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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
EAN: 9780783255156
Format: Anamorphic, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783255152
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0SpanishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0EnglishSubtitledFrenchDubbedDolby Digital 1.0
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: D21220D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 30, 2001
Running Time: 132 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: June 18, 1976
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Product Description:
Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/02/2003 Run time: 132 minutes Rating: Pg
Amazon.com:
Six months after the Japanese destroyed the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, the Americans discovered the Japanese were planning to seize the Naval base at Midway Island--a perfect staging point for invading Hawaii or the mainland. Outnumbered four to one, the Americans won a surprise victory and shattered the backbone of the Japanese Imperial Navy. This 1976 film feels more like a history lesson than a drama, but World War II buffs will appreciate the attention to historical fact (especially the way in which fate and a few bad decisions turned the tide), as well as the generous use of actual battle footage. The all-star cast includes Robert Mitchum, James Coburn, and Cliff Robertson in cameos and a whole slew of familiar TV faces in supporting roles. Hal Holbrook is fun as an oddball intelligence officer. --Geof Miller
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
When it played in the theatres, "Sensurround", was the selling point of the film, even though, the gimmick, wasn't that effective. Other than that, Midway, a WWII drama, with an all-star cast, wasn't that great of a film. Much of the shots, depicting flight footage, were obviously filmed on a Hollywood soundstage, and looked kind of fake, the lighting wasn't realistic, a couple of smoke machines and fans going, rear screen projection, but the planes weren't even moving. The actual WWII footage, that ... Read More
Rating:  -
it came great perfect conditions on the package and the actual quality was great, didn't actually see the movie but only a part of it as it was a gift for my grandfather but he loved it.
Rating: -
Actually, the battles and strategies are good. The problem here is too much daddy-son-girlfriend interaction that detracts from the overall film. So the son is in love with a Japanese American who is, like so many, transferred to an internment camp [a disgrace]. Forget the interactions and stick to Midway.
Rating: -
"Midway" and "twelve o'clock high" are two of my favorite films. This edition of Midway is especially interesting in that it has added features by the producer and actors. The director and producer walk you through the production process of blending actual Navy combat film with the story with that shot as part of the movie on an AirCraft Carrier offshore. Charlton Heston also offers his views on the production of the film and introduces the viewer to several of the retired Navel officers and men that ... Read More
Rating: -
Fair! Lots of Hollywood trash thrown in for content filler that would not really have been needed if a historical fact visualization were wanted. Does not come close to "We Were Soldiers", "Tora, Tora, Tora", and others even though it was attempted to fill a void of this epic battle that coulda been a contender.
Lots of great flying footage of WW-2 aircraft and the special effects were good for the time this film was made--but it is still just fair.
One annoying scene is ... Read More
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