In article , Ed Rasimus
wrote:

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:47:41 +0200, "JasiekS"
wrote:


I'm surprised that nobody mentioned 'The King of Rats' based on
Clavell's novell.

JasiekS

That would be "King Rat" and probably more than a little bit
biographical, since Clavell spent a little bit of time in Changi.

And, while we're in that region, how about "Bridge on the River Kwai"?


"Bridge on the River Kwai" is one of the very, very few movies that I
considered better done than the book -- and it wasn't a bad book.

The most gut-wrenching movie of which I'm aware, which I can only watch
every several years, is "The Highest Honor". Let me simply say it was
based on historical incidents, and produced by a joint
Australian-Japanese company. Never was higher classic tragedy written
by any of the ancient Greek masters.

"13 Rue Madeleine"

Not all that historically accurate, but a good movie nevertheless was
"The Great Escape." I preferred the book of "Von Ryan's Express", but
it was a decent movie.