Pearl Harbor is a 2001 American romantic war drama movie directed by Michael Bay, produced by Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer and written by Randall Wallace. The film stars Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Colm Feore, and Alec Baldwin.
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| Directed by | Michael Bay |
| Written by | Randall Wallace |
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| Cinematography | John Schwartzman |
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| Music by | Hans Zimmer |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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Running time | 183 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
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| Budget | $140 million[2][3] |
| Box office | $449.2 million[2] |
The plot is primarily set in a fictionalized version of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and surrounds the love triangle among life-long best friends Rafe and Danny, including the lead-up to the attack, its aftermath, and the Doolittle Raid.
The film was released on May 25, 2001, and was a box office success, grossing $59 million in its opening weekend and $449.2 million worldwide, becoming the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2001. However, critics gave it generally negative reviews for the acting, script, length, and historical inaccuracies, but praised the visual effects, action sequences and musical score. The film's mixed critical response is reflected in both the Academy Awards and the Golden Raspberry Awards. It was nominated for four Oscars, winning in the category of Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, but was also nominated for six Golden Raspberry Awards, including Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture.
Reviews
changeThe movie gained negative reviews from critics and holds a 25% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[4] Even though the movie received negative reviews, it was a major box office success and earned almost $449.2 million worldwide. The movie was nominated for four Academy Awards and won one for Best Sound Editing.[5]
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".[6]
Cast
change- 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
change- 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
change- ↑ "PEARL HARBOR (12)". British Board of Film Classification. May 17, 2001. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
Approved Running time 182m 46s
- 1 2 "Pearl Harbor (2001)". Box Office Mojo. 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
- ↑ Cagle, Jess (27 May 2001). "Pearl Harbor's Top Gun". Time. Archived from the original on April 11, 2005. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ↑ "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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