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Pearl Harbor

2001 film by Michael Bay

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"Pearl Harbor" is a 2001 action film directed by Michael Bay that dramatizes the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor during World War II. The film was a major Hollywood production that brought this pivotal historical event to wide audiences through an entertainment lens.

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Film · TMDB

6.9

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

Released: 2001-05-21183 minDir: Michael BayWar, Romance, History, Action

Cast

Ben Affleck as Rafe McCawley
Kate Beckinsale as Evelyn Johnson
Josh Hartnett as Danny Walker
Cuba Gooding Jr. as Doris Miller
Jon Voight as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tom Sizemore as Earl Sistern

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Ratings · OMDb

IMDb

6.3/10

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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. Starring Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, 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, focusing on a love triangle set amidst the lead up to the attack, its aftermath, and the Doolittle Raid.

The film was produced by Touchstone Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films and released by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution on May 25, 2001, and was a box office success, grossing $59 million in its opening weekend and $449.2 million worldwide, becoming the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2001, but received generally negative reviews from critics, who criticized the performances, dialogue, runtime and historical inaccuracies, but was praised for the visual effects, action sequences and musical score. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning in the category of Best Sound Editing, but was also nominated for six Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture.