¡The Purple Heart[Limited Pressing] [Priced-down Reissue]
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[Machine Translation] [Best Hits ( World War II )] 70 Years After the War--Something to Watch Now! World War II in Film: 30 selected titles, on sale for a limited time only! The epic war trial drama from the master filmmaker Milestone! U.S. Air Force soldiers who became prisoners of war and chose to die a death of courage. Another shocking depiction of the reality of war! Lewis Milestone won the first Academy Award for Best Comedy Director for "Two Beautiful People in a Beautiful Country" ('27) and the Best Director Award for the immortal masterpiece "No Stranger on the Western Front" ('30). The following year, he won the Best Director Award for Crime City and was nominated for Best Picture for his film The Twenty-Nine-Day Rat and the Man ('39), both great works from the silent film era. The film was produced by the great producer Darryl F. Zanuck. The music is by Alfred Newman, a master of film music, and the film has a top-notch staff. --The film is based on the story of a U.S. bomber that begins an air raid on the Japanese mainland, but malfunctions in bad weather. The eight airmen were tried in a Japanese civilian court for bombing civilians. General Mitsubi tortures and torments each of them, forcing them to reveal the location of the carrier. The trial is winding down, and General Mitsubi offers favorable terms, but the eight men choose to die without saying a word in order to protect their country... Limited time production until January 29, 2016.
Original Release Year: 1944
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