A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
Toshirô Mifune
- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- (as Toshiro Mifune)
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- TriviaKevin Dobson's character Ensign George Gay, was the sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8. Gay wrote a book about his experiences (Sole Survivor) and was an advisor on this film.
- GoofsWhen the cockpit of one of the planes catches fire, the pilot pulls out a fire extinguisher. It is a more modern one, not a fire extinguisher that would have existed in the 1940s.
- Quotes
Vice Adm. Chuichi Nagumo: [commenting on the American torpedo bombers] They sacrifice themselves like samurai, these Americans.
- Alternate versionsA television version exists, with additional cast and plot. It runs four hours with commercials. The main plot points are a Charlton Heston-Susan Sullivan romance and the Coral Sea battle (reffered to in the other version) is played out like the Midway battle. The Coral Sea battle heavily features Mitchell Ryan as Admiral Aubrey Fitch and also includes a subplot where a young Japanese pilot who'd met with Admiral Nagumo to express his opposition to Japanese military action is shot down. At the end of the TV version, Sullivan and Christine Kukobo are both shown waiting dockside.
- ConnectionsEdited from Salute to the Marines (1943)
- SoundtracksIn the Mood
Music by Joe Garland
Performed by the Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (as Glenn Miller Orchestra) on the jukebox at the bar in Hawaii
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Ignore the bad press. This is a good film
Again I am forced to say this. History is impossible to film as it happened. Everything is based on someone's memory and rarely on the facts, whatever they happen to be. With the possible exception of Charlton Heston being over cast for what should have been a lessor role with a lessor actor, this film has nothing...I repeat nothing to be ashamed about. The viewing of the events leading up to Midway, just as in the equally watchable "Tora! Tora! Tora!" is helped by being viewed from both sides. It makes it easier, for one thing to understand the motivations of both sides.
I am always entrusted in the music, and the music here was excellent as always. Very fitting to the film. I have to say I am not one for war movies usually, so it takes something special to interest a history major like myself.
I am always entrusted in the music, and the music here was excellent as always. Very fitting to the film. I have to say I am not one for war movies usually, so it takes something special to interest a history major like myself.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $43,220,000
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,356,666
- Jun 20, 1976
- Runtime2 hours 12 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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