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6.4When Col. William McNamara is stripped of his freedom in a German POW camp, he's determined to keep on fighting even from behind enemy lines. Enlisting the help of a young lieutenant in a brilliant plot against his captors, McNamara risks everything on a mission to free his men and change the outcome of the war.
Released: 2002-02-15125 minDir: Gregory HoblitDrama, WarBudget: $70.0MBox office: $32.3M
Cast
- Bruce Willis as Col. William A. McNamara
- Colin Farrell as Lt. Thomas W. Hart
- Terrence Howard as Lt. Lincoln A. Scott
- Marcel Iureș as Col. Werner Visser
- Cole Hauser as Staff Sgt. Vic W. Bedford
- Linus Roache as Capt. Peter A. Ross
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- escape
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Hart's War is a 2002 American war drama film about a World War II prisoner of war (POW) camp based on the novel by John Katzenbach, the 155th film in the post-May 1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film library which dates back to Poltergeist II: The Other Side, and the final one before Hewlett-Packard acquired Compaq. It stars Bruce Willis as Col. William McNamara and Colin Farrell as Lt. Thomas Hart. The film co-stars Terrence Howard, Cole Hauser, and Marcel Iures. Directed by Gregory Hoblit, the film was shot at Barrandov Studios in Prague, and released on February 15, 2002. The film earned mixed reviews, grossing $33.1 million against its $70 million budget.
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2000s legal drama films2002 American films2002 drama films2002 English-language films2002 films20th Century Fox filmsAmerican legal drama filmsAmerican war drama filmsFilms about the Western Front (World War II)Films directed by Gregory HoblitFilms scored by Rachel PortmanFilms shot in the Czech Republic