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Note des utilisateurs:
6.5/10   4,863 votes
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Réalisateur:
Jack Smight
Scénariste:
Donald S. Sanford (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
18 juin 1976 (USA) suite
Genre:
Action | Drame | History | War suite
Accroche:
The glory, the suspense, the spectacular drama of the men who won the most decisive naval battle in U.S. history. suite
Plot:
A dramatization of the battle that turned out to be the turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II. full summary | full synopsis
Avis des utilisateurs:
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US TV Schedule:
Fri. July 108:15 AMAMC   

Ensemble

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Charlton Heston ... Captain Matt Garth

Henry Fonda ... Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

James Coburn ... Captain Vinton Maddox

Glenn Ford ... Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Hal Holbrook ... Commander Joseph Rochefort
Toshirô Mifune ... Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (as Toshiro Mifune)

Robert Mitchum ... Admiral William F. Halsey

Cliff Robertson ... Commander Carl Jessop

Robert Wagner ... Lieutenant Commander Ernest L. Blake
Robert Webber ... Rear Admiral Frank J. 'Jack' Fletcher
Ed Nelson ... Admiral Harry Pearson
James Shigeta ... Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
Christina Kokubo ... Haruko Sakura

Monte Markham ... Commander Max Leslie
Biff McGuire ... Captain Miles Browning
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Additional Details

Autre(s) titre(s):
Battle of Midway (Philippines: English title) (UK)
The Battle of Midway (USA) (video title)
La bataille de Midway (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
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Durée:
132 min
Pays:
USA
Langue:
Anglais
Couleur:
Couleur (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 suite
Son:
Sensurround (Westrex Recording System)
Emplacements De Pelliculage:
Lake Castaic, California, USA suite

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This was the second film to be presented in "Sensurround", a special low-frequency bass speaker setup consisting of four huge speakers loaned by distributors to select theatres showing the film. This system was employed only during certain sequences of the film, and was so powerful that it actually cracked plaster at some movie theaters. "Sensurround" was employed in only three other films released by Universal: Earthquake (1974), Rollercoaster (1977), and the theatrical release of Battlestar Galactica (1978) (TV). suite
Goofs:
Continuity: When Tom Garth takes off from the aircraft carrier to attack the Japanese, he's taking off in an F4F Wildcat, but when he returns from the attack, burned and shot up, he lands in an F6F Hellcat. suite
Guillemet:
Captain Garth: Can I ask you something personal? Very personal?
Commander Rochefort: Sure.
Captain Garth: You know, it really stinks down here. How often do some of your people take a bath?
Commander Rochefort: Bath? Hell, I don't know. What *day* is it?
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30 out of 32 people found the following comment useful:-
inspiring, in a way, 20 October 2003
Author: ghoge de Baltimore, MD

I can't help but agree with most of the other comments: the sloppy production values, the scenes "borrowed" from better movies, the countless anachronisms, the distracting subplot about Lt. Garth and his Japanese girlfriend, and so on. But for me, this movie has two strong points in its favor. One, when they get around to the actual battle, they follow the history with surprising accuracy. (The "Pearl Harbor" makers could have learned something from this one.) So the movie's hard to follow? So was the actual battle! Personally, I think they did a pretty good job of keeping the flow coherent while still remaining faithful to its source material.

The second thing in its favor is that, from the moment I first saw it in the theater as a 10 year old, it ignited in me a passion for the Battle of Midway that remains to this day. I can't think of any other movie that even comes close to getting me as hooked on its subject as this one. Maybe it's a good thing I first saw it when I was young, when I was much less discerning about production values, etc. That way, I could concentrate on the story itself.

If you have even the slightest interest in military history or even in important historical events in general, do yourself a favor. Watch "Midway" to get an overview of the event (fast-forward over the love-story scenes if you like), then go read "Incredible Victory" by Walter Lord (which is a better book than the one for which he is most famous, "A Night to Remember"). You won't be sorry.

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