Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Japanese: ), also known in many European editions as Furyo (俘虜, Japanese for "prisoner of war"), is a 1983 British-Japanese wartime drama film directed by Nagisa Oshima, produced by Jeremy Thomas and starring David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano and Jack Thompson. The screenplay by Oshima with Paul Mayersberg was based on Sir Laurens van der Post's experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II as depicted in his works "The Seed and the Sower" (1963) and "The Night of the New Moon" (1970). Sakamoto also wrote
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) new vision," he also called the film "moving," praising the performances by the three main leads, while "Entertainment Weekly" praised the film for being more mature than its predecessors. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" was nominated for Best Original Music Score (John Williams) and Best Visual Effects at the 77th Academy Awards held in 2005. This was the second film in the series to be nominated for an Oscar. The film also ranks at 471 in "Empire" magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. IGN designated "Prisoner of Azkaban" as the fifth best fantasy