Pearl Harbor is a 2001 American epic war movie. The movie also has romance and action elements in it. It was directed by Michael Bay and was produced by Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer. Pearl Harbor was released on May 25, 2001. The movie is based on the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Reviews
The movie gained negative reviews from critics and holds a 25% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Even though the movie received negative reviews, it was a major box office success and earned almost $450 million worldwide. The movie was nominated for four Academy Awards and won one for Best Sound Editing.
Many Pearl Harbor survivors did not like the movie. They called it grossly inaccurate and pure Hollywood. In an interview, producer Jerry Bruckheimer was quoted saying, "We tried to be accurate, but it's certainly not meant to be a history lesson".
Cast
Ben Affleck as First Lieutenant (later Captain) Rafe McCawley
Josh Hartnett as First Lieutenant (later Captain) Daniel "Danny" Walker
Kate Beckinsale as Nurse Evelyn Johnson
Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Petty Officer Second Class Dorie Miller
Tom Sizemore as Earl
Jon Voight as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Colm Feore as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Mako as Kaigun Taishō (Admiral) Isoroku Yamamoto
Alec Baldwin as Major (later Lieutenant Colonel) Jimmy Doolittle
Supporting cast
William Lee Scott as First Lieutenant Billy Thompson
Greg Zola as First Lieutenant Anthony Fusco
Ewen Bremner as First Lieutenant Red Winkle
Jaime King as Nurse Betty Bayer (credited as James King) Catherine Kellner as Nurse Barbara Jennifer Garner as Nurse Sandra Michael Shannon as First Lieutenant Gooz Wood Matt Davis as Joe Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Kaigun Chūsa (Commander) Minoru Genda Dan Aykroyd as Captain Thurman Scott Wilson as General George Marshall Graham Beckel as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Tom Everett as Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox Tomas Arana as Rear-Admiral Frank J. 'Jack' Fletcher Peter Firth as Captain Mervyn S. Bennion Glenn Morshower as Vice Admiral William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr. Madison Mason as Admiral Raymond A. Spruance Sara Rue as Nurse Martha Reiley McClendon as Young Danny Jesse James as Young Rafe Kim Coates as Lieutenant Jack Richards Michael Shamus Wiles as Captain Marc Andrew "Pete" Mitscher William Fichtner as Mr. Walker Steve Rankin as Mr. McCawley Andrew Bryniarski as Joe the Boxer Leland Orser as Major Jackson Michael Milhoan as Army Commander Eric Christian Olsen as gunner to Captain McCawley David Kaufman as young nervous doctor Brandon Lozano as Baby Danny
References
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2001 romantic drama movies
2000s war movies
American epic movies
American romantic drama movies
American war movies
2000s English-language movies
Movies set in Hawaii
Japanese-language movies
Movies based on real life events
Movies composed by Hans Zimmer
Movies directed by Michael Bay
Movies set in England
Movies set in Japan
Movies set in New York (state) Movies set in Washington, D.C. Movies set in the 1920s Movies set in the 1940s Movies set in Tennessee