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Pearl Harbor

  • 20012001
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 3h 3m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
331K
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POPULARITY
513
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    • Director
      • Michael Bay
    • Writer
      • Randall Wallace
    • Stars
      • Ben Affleck
      • Kate Beckinsale
      • Josh Hartnett
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Michael Bay
    • Writer
      • Randall Wallace
    • Stars
      • Ben Affleck
      • Kate Beckinsale
      • Josh Hartnett
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 2KUser reviews
    • 164Critic reviews
    • 44Metascore
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 14 wins & 51 nominations total

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    Photos216

    Jerry Bruckheimer in Pearl Harbor (2001)
    Josh Hartnett in Pearl Harbor (2001)
    Pearl Harbor (2001)
    Ben Affleck, Cuba Gooding Jr., Josh Hartnett, and Michael Shannon in Pearl Harbor (2001)
    Michael Bay in Pearl Harbor (2001)
    Kate Beckinsale, Jennifer Garner, Jaime King, and Sara Rue in Pearl Harbor (2001)
    Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett in Pearl Harbor (2001)
    Sara Rue in Pearl Harbor (2001)
    Jaime King in Pearl Harbor (2001)
    Pearl Harbor (2001)
    Kate Beckinsale in Pearl Harbor (2001)
    Ben Affleck and Kate Beckinsale in Pearl Harbor (2001)

    Top cast

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    Ben Affleck
    Ben Affleck
    • Rafe McCawley
    Kate Beckinsale
    Kate Beckinsale
    • Evelyn Johnson
    Josh Hartnett
    Josh Hartnett
    • Danny Walker
    William Lee Scott
    William Lee Scott
    • Billy
    Greg Zola
    • Anthony Fusco
    Ewen Bremner
    Ewen Bremner
    • Red
    Alec Baldwin
    Alec Baldwin
    • Doolittle
    Jaime King
    Jaime King
    • Betty
    • (as James King)
    Catherine Kellner
    Catherine Kellner
    • Barbara
    Jennifer Garner
    Jennifer Garner
    • Sandra
    Jon Voight
    Jon Voight
    • President Roosevelt
    Cuba Gooding Jr.
    Cuba Gooding Jr.
    • Doris 'Dorie' Miller
    Michael Shannon
    Michael Shannon
    • Gooz
    Matthew Davis
    Matthew Davis
    • Joe
    • (as Matt Davis)
    Mako
    Mako
    • Admiral Yamamoto
    John Fujioka
    John Fujioka
    • Nishikura
    Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
    Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
    • Genda
    Colm Feore
    Colm Feore
    • Admiral Kimmel
    • Director
      • Michael Bay
    • Writer
      • Randall Wallace
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      When shooting the scene where Rafe (Ben Affleck) and Danny (Josh Hartnett) manage to get off the ground during the attack, and are chased by three Japanese Zeroes, one of the real planes clipped a palm tree and crashed. The pilot was dazed, and suffered only a broken finger.
    • Goofs
      (at around 1h 20 mins) The Japanese are shown flipping a calendar from the 6th to the 7th of December on the morning of the attack. This is done for American audiences who are familiar with the date of the attack being 7 December 1941. Clocks aboard the Japanese ships were kept on Tokyo time, so for them the attack actually took place the morning of 8 December. The Japanese version of the film shows the calendar flipping from the 7th to the 8th.
    • Quotes

      Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: There's nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer.

    • Crazy credits
      Unusually, Pearl Harbor started without showing the opening Touchstone and Bruckheimer logos; they only showed up after the end credits.
    • Alternate versions
      The VHS & HDTV versions of the movie are presented in 16x9 pan and scan with the battle scenes presented in 1.85:1.
    • Connections
      Edited into Transformers (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      There You'll Be
      Written by Diane Warren

      Produced by Trevor Horn and Byron Gallimore

      Performed by Faith Hill

      Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records

    User reviews2K

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    Quintessential Hollywood Big production
    Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor is Hollywood at its most ambitious. From glossy photography, beautiful wide-angle shots, eye-widening special effects and exceptionally good-looking people playing the lead characters, it offers a lot of eye candy to those who are willing to sit through the long movie. In fact, it reminds me of a big cake with a recipe in which the makers tried to include all the tried-and-true ingredients of a commercially successful movie: visual treats, humor, drama, action and a story involving love, passion, friendship, vengeance and a good dose of patriotism. It almost seems as if director Michael Bay wanted to challenge the audience with all these elements to be entertained by a movie twice the length of a typical feature without lapsing into boredom. If that was the challenge then he succeeded: it was entertaining, it really did not feel like three hours, and I, at least, did not feel bored at any time during the movie.

    My impression is that most of the negative reviews are critical of the movie because they are looking for something that went beyond its intentions. Definitely, A Saving Private Ryan this movie ain't. But I believe that one should evaluate a movie, as one would any other work of art, for what it is and not for what it should be. Take the love story, for example. It has been criticized by many as being extraneous. It is true that a story about philosophical and ethical questions raised by war (and treated in Ryan) would have been more fitting in the context. As it stands, the life-changing attack could have been replaced by a natural disaster without losing much from the gist of the story. But what would a quintessential great Hollywood production be without a love story? Besides, the beauty of Kate Beckinsale adds to the visual aesthetics. Another possible charge against the movie might be that it tends to glamorize war. That may be true, but again, this movie is not meant to be a propaganda call for arms, but just a few hours of good entertainment. I must admit, though, that in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks against the WTC, the reply of William Baldwin's character to a question-that if he ran out of plane fuel, he would `find the sweetest military target and try to kill as many Japanese as possible'- sent chills down my spine because it illustrated how righteous the terrorists must have felt. I suppose the recent events highlight the movie's rudimentary treatment of the philosophical issues and conflicts associated with war, especially if one considers the obvious similarities.

    In the end, if you eat this cake to be enlightened by some new insights, you will be disappointed. If you eat it, however, to enjoy it for its own sake, you will.
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    • The Analytical Critic
    • Oct 14, 2001

    FAQ10

    • Are the guns used in the film historically accurate?
    • What aspects of the film are historically accurate?
    • What aspects of the film are historically inaccurate? How might such inaccuracies have arisen?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 25, 2001 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Stream officially on Disney+ Hotstar Indonesia
    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Tennessee
    • Filming locations
      • Badminton House, Gloucestershire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Touchstone Pictures
      • Jerry Bruckheimer Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $140,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $198,542,554
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $59,078,912
      • May 27, 2001
    • Gross worldwide
      • $449,220,945
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      3 hours 3 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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