Double feature : The great raid ; Emperor.
(DVD)

Great raid: Miramax Films presents a Marty Katz production in association with Lawrence Bender Productions ; produced by Lawrence Bender, Marty Katz ; screenplay by Carlo Bernard & Doug Miro ; directed by John Dahl ; director of photography, Peter Menzies, Jr. ; art directors, Bill Booth, Michael Rumpf ; editors, Scott Chestnut, Pietro Scalia ; music, Trevor Rabin ; costume designer, Lizzy Gardiner ; production designer, Bruno Rubeo ; visual effects supervisor, Chris Godfrey.

Emperor: Krasnoff Foster Entertainment and United Performers' Studio ; a Peter Webber film ; screenplay by David Klass and Vera Blasi ; producers, Yoko Narahashi ... [et al.] ; director, Peter Webber. Cinematography by Sturt Dryburgh ; film editing by Chris Plummer ; production design by Grant Major ; art direction by Jill Cormack ; music by Alex Heffes.

Great raid: Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen, Marton Csokas, Joseph Fiennes.

Emperor: Tommy Lee Jones, Matthew Fox, Kaori Momoi, Eriko Hatsune, Aaron Jackson.

Great raid: Based on the true story of American Rangers who rescue the survivors of the Bataan Death March from the Cabanatuan Prison Camp during WWII. When the Philippines fell to the Japanese, the remnants of Gen. MacArthur's Army were forced down the Bataan Peninsula where they were surrounded and cutoff with no hope of rescue. They were starving and dying of disease. Gen. Wainwright eventually surrendered and the troops were marched off to prison. Along the way thousands died or were murdered by the Japanese. They were taken to Camp O'Donnell and to Cabanatuan Prison Camps where they were starved and beaten. When MacArthur invaded the Philippines he made it a priority to rescue the remaining prisoners still alive in Japanese hands.

Emperor: Immediately after Emperor Hirohito's World War II surrender, General MacArthur suddenly finds himself the de facto ruler of a foreign nation. He challenges his expert on Japanese culture, General Fellers to provide evidence in ten short days to decide if the Japanese Emperor, worshiped as a god by his people but accused of war crimes, should be punished or saved, as the fate of a nation waits.

Great raid: MPAA rating:R; for strong war violence and brief language ; Emperor: MPAA rating: PG-13 for violent content, brief strong language and smoking (historical).

Great raid: DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation ; Emperor: DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.40:1), 5.1 Dolby digital.

Great raid: English ; Spanish subtitles; English SDH ; Emperor: English ; English and Spanish subtitles.