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Pearl Harbor (2001) -- Pearl Harbor follows the story of two best friends, Rafe and Danny, and their love lives as they go off to join the war.
Pearl Harbor (2001) -- Pearl Harbor follows the story of two best friends, Rafe and Danny, and their love lives as they go off to join the war.
Pearl Harbor (2001) -- US Home Video Trailer from Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Michael Bay
Writer (WGA):
Randall Wallace (written by)
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Release Date:
25 May 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Romance | War more
Tagline:
It takes a moment to change history. It takes love to change lives. more
Plot:
Pearl Harbor follows the story of two best friends, Rafe and Danny, and their love lives as they go off to join the war. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 9 wins & 34 nominations more
User Comments:
Someone get me a pair of scissors! more

Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Pearl Harbour (UK) (promotional title)
Tennessee (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sustained intense war sequences, images of wounded, brief sensuality and some language.
Runtime:
183 min | USA:184 min (director's cut)
Country:
USA
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS-8 (one 70 mm print for Tokyo Dome, Japan) | DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)
Certification:
Taiwan:PG-12 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Alberta) | Iceland:12 | Malaysia:U | Brazil:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:MA (director's cut) | Australia:M | Chile:TE | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Germany:16 (director's cut) | Hong Kong:IIA | India:U | Ireland:12PG (original rating) | Ireland:12 (video rating) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M (original rating) | New Zealand:R16 (director's cut) | Norway:15 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Sweden:15 (director's cut) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | USA:R (director's cut)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
There are four 100% CG shots in the film: the shot of the bomb falling toward the USS Arizona, the two shots of the explosion of the Arizona as it jumps upwards in the water, and the two Japanese Zeroes pitching down towards Battleship Row. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: A newsreel refers to the bombing of "downtown London". While there is in fact a "central" London, this area has never been referred to as "downtown". more
Quotes:
Billy: Man, I am one good-lookin' son-of-a-bitch... Don't you ever die. more
Soundtrack:
There You'll Be more

FAQ

What special features are on the DVD?
A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERS
What aspects of the film are historically inaccurate? How might such inaccuracies have arisen?
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220 out of 383 people found the following comment useful:-
Someone get me a pair of scissors!, 10 July 2001
3/10
Author: David Atfield (bits@alphalink.com.au) from Canberra, Australia

What a great film this could have been! The recreation of the attack on Pearl Harbor is some of the best film-making ever - an extraordinary and moving sequence made utterly believable by state of the art special effects. It ranks up there with the opening sequence from "Saving Private Ryan" and the sinking of the "Titanic" as one of the most harrowing "disaster" sequences filmed in recent years. But like both those other two films, PEARL HARBOR is desperately in need of a decent script to frame the disaster sequence.

Okay - I could almost accept the hokey old love triangle romantic plot - certainly the stars are great to look at - but the dialogue really sucked: "I don't think I'll ever look at another sunset without thinking of you". Please! And all those hero shots from the ground, and the slow motion love bits, and the soppy music, and the eternal sunsets...

But what this film really needed was an editor! The climax of the film is the attack on Pearl Harbor - an American defeat. But it seems the film-makers decided that the American audience wouldn't be satisfied with this - and so the movie grinds on and on for another hour or so dramatising a revenge attack on Japan. And we're supposed to believe that this attack was fought by the very same guys who were on the ground in Hawaii. I mean we all know that America won the war in the end, so did we really need this long epilogue?

Personally I'd cut out all the Roosevelt and the Japanese high command scenes and concentrate on the experiences of the people on the ground at Pearl Harbor. The Japanese stuff was all completely unbelievable anyway. The sad loss would be the superb performance of Jon Voight as Roosevelt - but maybe they could make another film about him. I'd also end the film after the attack at Pearl Harbor, as the survivors pick up the pieces. So why not have a shorter Director's Cut - a novel concept - that makes this film the great film it could have been. If you like I'll lend the scissors!

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