Pearl Harbor (movie)

Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
Directed by	Michael Bay
Written by	Randall Wallace
Produced by	Michael Bay; Jerry Bruckheimer
Starring	Ben Affleck; Josh Hartnett; Kate Beckinsale; Cuba Gooding, Jr.; Tom Sizemore; Jon Voight; Colm Feore; Alec Baldwin
Cinematography	John Schwartzman
Edited by	Roger Barton; Chris Lebenzon; Mark Goldblatt; Steven Rosenblum
Music by	Hans Zimmer
Production; companies	Touchstone Pictures; Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date	July 17, 1996
Running time	183 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English; Japanese
Budget	$140 million
Box office	$449,220,945

Pearl Harbor is a 2001 American epic war movie. The movie also has romance and action elements in it. It was directed by Michael Bay and was produced by Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer. Pearl Harbor was released on May 25, 2001. The movie is based on the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Reviews

The movie gained negative reviews from critics and holds a 25% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.^[3] Even though the movie received negative reviews, it was a major box office success and earned almost $450 million worldwide. The movie was nominated for four Academy Awards and won one for Best Sound Editing.^[4]

Many Pearl Harbor survivors did not like the movie. They called it grossly inaccurate and pure Hollywood. In an interview, producer Jerry Bruckheimer was quoted saying, "We tried to be accurate, but it's certainly not meant to be a history lesson".^[5]

Cast

Ben Affleck as First Lieutenant (later Captain) Rafe McCawley
Josh Hartnett as First Lieutenant (later Captain) Daniel "Danny" Walker
Kate Beckinsale as Nurse Evelyn Johnson
Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Petty Officer Second Class Dorie Miller
Tom Sizemore as Earl
Jon Voight as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Colm Feore as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Mako as Kaigun Taishō (Admiral) Isoroku Yamamoto
Alec Baldwin as Major (later Lieutenant Colonel) Jimmy Doolittle

Supporting cast

William Lee Scott as First Lieutenant Billy Thompson
Greg Zola as First Lieutenant Anthony Fusco
Ewen Bremner as First Lieutenant Red Winkle
Jaime King as Nurse Betty Bayer (credited as James King)
Catherine Kellner as Nurse Barbara
Jennifer Garner as Nurse Sandra
Michael Shannon as First Lieutenant Gooz Wood
Matt Davis as Joe
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Kaigun Chūsa (Commander) Minoru Genda
Dan Aykroyd as Captain Thurman
Scott Wilson as General George Marshall
Graham Beckel as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Tom Everett as Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox
Tomas Arana as Rear-Admiral Frank J. 'Jack' Fletcher
Peter Firth as Captain Mervyn S. Bennion
Glenn Morshower as Vice Admiral William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.
Madison Mason as Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Sara Rue as Nurse Martha
Reiley McClendon as Young Danny
Jesse James as Young Rafe
Kim Coates as Lieutenant Jack Richards
Michael Shamus Wiles as Captain Marc Andrew "Pete" Mitscher
William Fichtner as Mr. Walker
Steve Rankin as Mr. McCawley
Andrew Bryniarski as Joe the Boxer
Leland Orser as Major Jackson
Michael Milhoan as Army Commander
Eric Christian Olsen as gunner to Captain McCawley
David Kaufman as young nervous doctor
Brandon Lozano as Baby Danny

References

↑ Cagle, Jess (27 May 2001). "Pearl Harbor's Top Gun". Time. Archived from the original on 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
↑ "Total Lifetime Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
↑ "Pearl Harbor". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
↑ "Academy Awards, USA: 2002". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
↑ Wetta, Frank (2001). "Reviewed work: Pearl Harbor, Michael Bay, Jerry Bruckheimer, Randall Wallace". The Journal of Military History. 65 (4): 1138–1140. doi:10.2307/2677684. JSTOR 2677684. Retrieved 2014-11-06.

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[1] Cagle, Jess (27 May 2001). "Pearl Harbor's Top Gun". Time. Archived from the original on 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2014-11-06.

[2] "Total Lifetime Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-11-06.

[3] "Pearl Harbor". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-11-06.

[4] "Academy Awards, USA: 2002". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2014-11-06.

[5] Wetta, Frank (2001). "Reviewed work: Pearl Harbor, Michael Bay, Jerry Bruckheimer, Randall Wallace". The Journal of Military History. 65 (4): 1138–1140. doi:10.2307/2677684. JSTOR 2677684. Retrieved 2014-11-06.

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