Midway overview

Midway

Synopsis:

An expensive war epic, Midway emulates The Longest Day and Tora! Tora! Tora! in attempting to re-create a famous World War II battle from both the American and Japanese viewpoints. The 1942 battle of Midway was the turning point of the War in the Pacific; the Japanese invasion fleet was destroyed, and America's string of humiliating defeats was finally broken. Though the battle itself was sufficiently dramatic to fill two films, Midway also has plotline involving the mixed-race relationship between Ensign Garth (Edward Albert), son of Navy Captain Matt Garth (Charlton Heston), and Haruko Sakura (Christina Kokubo), a Hawaiian girl of Japanese descent.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Jack Smight
  • Studio: Universal
  • Year: 1976
  • Run Time: 132 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Set in: Pacific Islands, Midway Islands
  • MPAA Rating: PG
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: War
  • Filmed in: Color

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