Hart's War (2002)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Gregory Hoblit

Writers (WGA):

John Katzenbach (novel)
Billy Ray (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

15 February 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Tagline:

Heroes Are Measured By What They Do.

Plot:

A law student becomes a lieutenant during World War II, is captured and asked to defend a black prisoner of war falsely accused of murder.

Plot Keywords:

Honor | Racism | Murder | Prisoners Of War | Escape

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Bruce Willis	...	Col. William A. McNamara
Colin Farrell	...	Lt. Thomas W. Hart
Terrence Howard	...	Lt. Lincoln A. Scott
Cole Hauser	...	Staff Sgt. Vic W. Bedford
Marcel Iures	...	Col. Werner Visser
Linus Roache	...	Capt. Peter A. Ross
Vicellous Reon Shannon	...	Lt. Lamar T. Archer (as Vicellous Shannon)
Maury Sterling	...	Pfc. Dennis A. Gerber
Sam Jaeger	...	Capt. R.G. Sisk
Scott Michael Campbell	...	Cpl. Joe S. Cromin
Rory Cochrane	...	Sgt. Carl S. Webb
Sebastian Tillinger	...	Pvt. Bert D. 'Moose' Codman
Rick Ravanello	...	Maj. Joe Clary
Adrian Grenier	...	Pvt. Daniel E. Abrams
Michael Weston	...	Pfc. W. Roy Potts

Also Known As:

Das Tribunal (Austria) (Germany) [de]
En defensa del honor (Argentina) (Colombia) [es]
Война Харта (Russia) [ru]
A Guerra de Hart (Brazil) [pt]
Em Defesa da Honra (Portugal) [pt]
Hart háborúja (Hungary) [hu]
Hart's War (Finland) [fi]
Hartin sota (Finland) (TV title) [fi]
Hartov rat (Serbia) [sr]
Hartova válka (Czech Republic) (TV title) [cs]
Hartova vojna (Slovakia) [sk]
I nyhta ton aihmaloton (Greece) [el]
Justice (Japan: English title) [en]
La guerra de Hart (Spain) [es]
Le combat du lieutenant Hart (Canada: French title) [fr]
Mission évasion (France) [fr]
Razboiul lui Tom Hart (Romania) [ro]
Seref ve cesaret (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Sotto corte marziale (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated R for some strong war violence and language.

Runtime:

125 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Brazil:14 | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:U | USA:R (certificate #38093) | Canada:A (Ontario) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | France:U | Germany:12 | Hungary:16 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R13 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Barrandov Studios, Prague, Czech Republic

Company:

Cheyenne Enterprises

Trivia:

Edward Norton and Tobey Maguire were both in talks for the lead role, but both eventually dropped out.

Goofs:

Continuity: When we first see Lt. Thomas W. Hart at the map board he is wearing Captain's bars. These change in the next scene to the correct insignia.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Billy Ray (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

Summertime

If you're looking for a different kind of POW story . . .

If you're looking for action in your war film skip this one. But if you don't mind an interesting drama about prejudice among Americans in a German POW camp, which although slow at times, leads to an interesting pay-off with a twist that (kinda) makes the whole thing worth it, then check it out. I especially enjoyed the subdued though "grizzled" looking Bruce Willis as Colonel McNamara and Marcel Iures as the camps' German commander.