Pearl Harbor 2001

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 183 min

genre: drama

theme: war

director: Michael Bay

Score: 6 / 10

Pearl Harbor is a 2001 American romantic war drama film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer and written by Randall Wallace. It stars Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Colm Feore, and Alec Baldwin. The film features a heavily fictionalized version of the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941, focusing on a love story set amidst the lead up to the attack, its aftermath, and the Doolittle Raid.

Plot

In 1923 Tennessee, two best friends, Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker, play together in the back of Danny's father's, who is a World War One Veteran suffering from PTSD, old biplane, pretending to be fighting airmen.

Awards

Academy Awards

Cast

More details

author	Randall Wallace
award	Academy Awards
contentLocation	England Japan Tennessee
director	Michael Bay
editor	Chris Lebenzon Mark Goldblatt Roger Barton Steven Rosenblum
events	Attack on Pearl Harbor aviation Battle of Britain Doolittle Raid World War II
genre	drama romance
keywords	american pilots b-25 mitchell best friend biplane bomb bomb tokyo day of infamy speech dyslexia eagle squadron empire of japan english channel even fight fly franklin d. roosevelt imperial japan imperial japanese navy jimmy doolittle killed in action luftwaffe married military police morning naval base new york harbor north american b-25 mitchell out of fuel p-40 raf rescue royal air force secret mission silver star suffer trap wound
musicBy	Hans Zimmer
nomination	Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Golden Globe Awards
producer	Jerry Bruckheimer Michael Bay
publisher	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
recordedAt	Badminton House Baja California Peninsula Duxford Ford Island Hawaii Honolulu Long Beach Los Angeles Mexico Pearl Harbor San Diego San Pedro Tustin Van Nuys Airport
theme	dance romantic drama war