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Pearl Harbor (2001) 5.8
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Metascore: 44/100
Reviews: 1,956 user | 183 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com Pearl Harbor follows the story of two best friends, Rafe and Danny, and their love lives as they go off to join the war. Director:Michael BayWriter:Randall Wallace |
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Cast
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| Ben Affleck | ... | ||
| Josh Hartnett | ... | ||
| Kate Beckinsale | ... | ||
| William Lee Scott | ... | ||
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Greg Zola | ... | |
| Ewen Bremner | ... | ||
| Alec Baldwin | ... | ||
| Jaime King | ... |
Nurse Betty Bayer
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| Catherine Kellner | ... | ||
| Jennifer Garner | ... | ||
| Jon Voight | ... | ||
| Cuba Gooding Jr. | ... | ||
| Michael Shannon | ... | ||
| Matthew Davis | ... |
Joe
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| Mako | ... | ||
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Pearl Harbor is a classic tale of romance set during a war that complicates everything. It all starts when childhood friends Rafe and Danny become Army Air Corps pilots and meet Evelyn, a Navy nurse. Rafe falls head over heels and next thing you know Evelyn and Rafe are hooking up. Then Rafe volunteers to go fight in Britain and Evelyn and Danny get transferred to Pearl Harbor. While Rafe is off fighting everything gets completely whack and next thing you know everybody is in the middle of an air raid we now know as "Pearl Harbor." Written by shoppingurl3
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Experience the event that changed the world. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for sustained intense war sequences, images of wounded, brief sensuality and some language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
25 May 2001 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Tennessee See more »Box Office
Budget:
$140,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$56,452 (Italy) (17 August 2001)Gross:
$198,539,855 (USA) (30 November 2001)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
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2.35 : 1
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Written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
Performed by Woody Herman
Courtesy of MCA Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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Did You Know?
Goofs
Rafe wears an Eagle Squadron badge, as do the Spitfires. The squadron code 'RF' is for No.303 Squadron, which was a Polish unit. The only Hurricane seen in the film has the correct codes for an Eagle Squadron, 'XR-T' for No.71 Squadron. See more »Quotes
President Franklin D. Roosevelt: I like sub commanders. They have no time for bullshit, and neither do I.See more »
Crazy Credits
Unusually, Pearl Harbor started without showing the opening Touchstone and Bruckheimer logos; they only showed up after the end credits. See more »Soundtracks
"Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol Me)"Written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
Performed by Woody Herman
Courtesy of MCA Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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(Please excuse my French, it's probably wrong)
Roll up, roll up! See the cinematic spectacle of 2001! See the horrible deaths of 2500 or so people commemorated by a film about two guys who fly fast planes really fast. See them go ZOOOOOOOOM, see them go WHIIIIZZZZ! See them reprise the 'flypast and debriefing' scenes from Top Gun. Watch the beautiful love story unfold. See the true love two people have for one another tested and broken when Kate Beckinsale comes between them.
See a fine young actor reduced to playing Token Black Guy. Watch as he fights to prove he's more than a Token Black Guy, even though he's given so little to do that he ends up as nothing more than a Token Black Guy (even though, unlike the two guys in the planes, Token Black Guy actually existed).
Watch the awful bombing of a military target. Watch the heroic bombing of a city. Watch Jon Voigt recreate Peter Sellars' unforgettable character Dr. Strangelove.
Watch the whole reality of war, and the lives and deaths therein trivialised to make a Big Dumb Action Movie that thinks it's some kind of ghastly tribute to the American dead of December the 7th.
Or better still... don't!
On the other hand, if you want an unrealistic film with ponderously paced romance, fighter planes zooming all over the place and nice explosions, check this out. It's a lot of fun. Just don't take it seriously - you'll only encourage them!