Shooting War (2000) (TV)

Director:

Richard Schickel

Writer:

Richard Schickel (writer)

Release Date:

7 December 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot Keywords:

WWII

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Tom Hanks	...	Himself / Narrator / Host
Stephen Ambrose	...	Himself (as Stephen E. Ambrose)
Russ Meyer	...	Himself
Walter Rosenblum	...	Himself
Joe Longo	...	Himself
Doug Wood	...	Himself
Arthur Mainzer	...	Himself
Doug Morrell	...	Himself
Fred Bornet	...	Himself
Harold Kempe	...	Himself
Daniel A. McGovern	...	Himself
Norm Hatch	...	Himself
Johnathan Ercole	...	Himself (as John F. Ercole)
Edward Montagne	...	Himself (as Ed Montagne)
Dave Quaid	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Shooting War: World War II Cameramen (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Finland:K-15 (2007) (TV rating) (self applied) | Finland:K-18 (2006) (DVD) (self applied)

Company:

DreamWorks Television

Trivia:

This documentary was included in the World War II Collection DVD boxed set, which also featured Saving Private Ryan (1998) and _Price for Peace (2002)_ .

Movie Connections:

References The Immoral Mr. Teas (1959)

Hanks and Speilberg team up again, their focus "WWII Combat Photographers"

Tom Hanks host and narrates this two-hour documentary on WWII Combat Photographers in Europe and the Pacific theater of war. Rare achieve footage of never release for public viewing films, some scenes breath taking - seeing our war machines in action, others horrific (should not have been shown on network television) showing mangle smash, burn and shot up human bodies Allies and Axis (see Benito Mussolini body and you know what I mean). There's a great behind the scene segment on director John Ford staging his 1942 production of the attack on Pearl Harbor, model ships and planes enter cut with the real footage of that day. Hank walks and narrates through a photo gallery (wearing a long beard-film during the production of `Cast Away') points out the significance of each photo and how all but one reel of the D-Day invasion was lost at sea. Stephen Ambrose narrates the second half of the show at the Normandy grave site. The conclusion have our camera men in Japan showing you in living color the full effects of the Atomic bombs.