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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.
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Randall Wallace (written by)
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Release Date:
25 May 2001 (USA) more
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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 10 wins & 34 nominations more
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C'est magnifique, c'est ne le guerre pas! more (1917 total)

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Also Known As:
Pearl Harbour (UK) (promotional title)
Tennessee (USA) (working title)
Pearl Harbor (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Pearl Harbor (Austria) (Germany) [de]
оЕЮПК уЮПАНП (Russia) [ru]
Pearl Harbor (Norway) [no]
Pearl Harbor (Greece) [el]
Pearl Harbor (Italy) [it]
Pearl Harbor (France) [fr]
Pearl Harbor (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Pearl Harbor (Brazil) [pt]
Pearl Harbor, entre el fuego y la pasión (Colombia) [es]
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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)
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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 (f) (w) | Germany:16 (f) (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)

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Trivia:
Two of the Japanese A6M2 "Zero" planes were made specifically for the movie at the "Strela" plant in Oranienburg, Russia, which specializes in restoring WWII planes. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: At the end during Evelyn's monologue, she explains how many men are still entombed in the Arizona as it shows the ship on the screen and it appears to be well beneath the surface of the water. In actuality parts of the ship, such as the turret housings stick above the water. more
Quotes:
Gooz: Red, do you think they are making us do this because we are young and dumb? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya (2001) more
Soundtrack:
There You'll Be more

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385 out of 587 people found the following comment useful.
C'est magnifique, c'est ne le guerre pas!, 28 January 2003
Author: hissingsid from London, UK

(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!

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