TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: War – Battlefront Asia (Bataan / Back to Bataan / The Green Berets / Destination Tokyo)
BATAAN Robert Taylor and his squad battle alongside Filipino regiments in a last-ditch effort to destroy a strategic bridge before the Japanese capture of the Philippines. George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan, Robert Walker and Desi Arnaz co-star in this fierce and stirring salute to World War II heroes. BACK TO BATAAN John Wayne portrays a squad commander in this heroic salute to the Philippine resistance forces who became effective guerrilla-warfare operatives against the invading Japanese in the years leading to General MacArthurs return. Anthony Quinn co-stars, Edward Dmytryk (The Young Lions) directs. DESTINATION TOKYO In the only military-action film he made during World War II, Cary Grant plays the skipper of a submarine making its battle-strewn way from San Francisco to the Aleutians and into the enemy’s front yard. Under the taut direction of Delmer Daves (his directorial debut), John Garfield leads a stellar array of co-stars as boys-next-door gone to war. THE GREEN BERETS John Wayne stars in and co-directs this red-white-and-blue depiction of Americas Vietnam effort, based on Robin Moore’s novel about the elite, uniquely trained soldiers of the Special Forces. David Janssen, Jim Hutton and Aldo Ray add star-power to the firepower.
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Review by kk38sk7 for TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: War – Battlefront Asia (Bataan / Back to Bataan / The Green Berets / Destination Tokyo)
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Looking at the cover, I don’t see where it states this is a WWII collection. Only that it is “War Collection Battlefront Asia”. It appears to me that Amazon made the mistake when they tagged it as a WWII collection. You can’t knock the DVD for that. These are all great movies at a price you can’t beat.
Review by mdnitoil for TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: War – Battlefront Asia (Bataan / Back to Bataan / The Green Berets / Destination Tokyo)
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For those who are curious, The Green Berets has finally gotten a facelift. The two previous releases were non-anamorphic flippers, which is to say that you had to turn the disc over halfway through the movie to see the end. Thankfully, with this release Warners has fixed the old configuration and issued The Green Berets in anamorphic widescreen on one dual-layered side of a disc. So, no more flipping to finish the movie and anamorphic to boot! The remaining movies are identical to their previous releases, including the same extras.
Review by David Rea for TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: War – Battlefront Asia (Bataan / Back to Bataan / The Green Berets / Destination Tokyo)
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The Green Berets takes place during the Vietnam War, not WWII.
Apparently not much thought when into these “classic” collections.