Midway (1976)

Directed by

Jack Smight

Genre

drama film, action film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 14m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 331 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This World War II film dramatizes the pivotal Battle of Midway in the Pacific. It follows American officers and pilots as they plan and fight a desperate naval battle against Japanese forces.

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What happens

Midway, released in the United Kingdom as Battle of Midway, is a 1976 American war film that chronicles the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific War of World War II. Directed by Jack Smight and produced by Walter Mirisch from a screenplay by Donald S. Sanford, the film starred Charlton Heston and Henry Fonda, supported by a large international cast of guest stars including James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Ed Nelson, Hal Holbrook, Robert Webber, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, Pat Morita, Dabney Coleman, Erik Estrada and Tom Selleck. The film was made using Technicolor, and its soundtrack used Sensurround to augment the physical sensation of engine noise, explosions, crashes and gunfire. Despite mixed reviews, particularly involving the use of stock footage and an unnecessary romance subplot, the music score by John Williams and the cinematography by Harry Stradling Jr. were highly regarded; as evidenced when Midway became the tenth most popular movie at the box office in 1976. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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