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King Rat [1965]
 
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King Rat [1965]
DVD ~ George Segal
4.5 out of 5 stars  (4 customer reviews)
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Product details
  • Actors: George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox, Denholm Elliott, Todd Armstrong
  • Directors: Bryan Forbes
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 ( DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 8 Aug 2005
  • Run Time: 129 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  (4 customer reviews)
  • DVD Features:
    • Main Language: English
  • ASIN: B0009WT5G4
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 28,880 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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High on the list of best POW movies, King Rat bears some comparison to that compound over by the River Kwai... but this is an entirely more cynical exercise. In a Japanese prison camp, a brash American corporal (George Segal) runs a variety of money-making operations, much to the amazement of a young British officer (James Fox). Director Bryan Forbes, who adapted James Clavell's novel, follows different POWs through various strands of plot, each episode seemingly designed to highlight the dog-eat-dog nature of men held in close confinement. (In one pointedly black-comic sequence, it becomes man-eat-dog.) This was one of Segal's breakthrough roles, and his modern style fits the movie's anti-heroic, '60s approach. It was Oscar®-nominated for art direction and cinematography, which may sound odd for such a bleakly confined location, but the lucid starkness of the camp justifies the nods. The John Barry score, while apt, is similarly stark. --Robert Horton

Synopsis
Life in a Japanese prisonor of war camp in Singapore, towards the end of World War Two. The camp's Provost Marshal vows to make trouble for Corporal King, who has spent his time collaborating with his captors.

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