| Edition |
2-disc special edition ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1). |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Cinema classics collection |
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Cinema classics collection.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital 4.1 surround (English), Dolby surround (English), Dolby Digital mono (French). |
| Cast |
Martin Balsam, Soh Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, E.G. Marshall, James Whitmore, Takahiro Tamura, Eijiro Tono, Jason Robards. |
| Credits |
Directors of photography, Sinsaku Himeda, Masamichi Satoh, Osami Furuya, Charles F. Wheeler ; editors, James E. Newcom, Pembroke J. Herring, Inoue Chikaya; music, Jerry Goldsmith. |
| Note |
Based on the books: Tora! Tora! Tora! / by Gordon W. Prange, and: The broken seal / by Ladislas Farago. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1970. |
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Program notes on container insert include an essay by film critic and historian Tom Weaver. |
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Special features (disc 1): Optional commentary by director Richard Fleischer & Japanese film historian Stuart Galbraith IV; "Day of Infamy" documentary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (20 min.); original theatrical trailer (4 min.). |
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Special features (disc 2): "History behind the lens Tora! Tora! Tora!: A giant awakes" documentary of the historical facts behind the film (90 min.); "Hollywood Backstories: Tora! Tora! Tora!" AMC making-of featurette (22 min.); "Movietone news" film clips of events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor, including "First Pictures of Jap Attack on Hawaii" (2 min.), "Now it can be shown" (9 min.), "A year of war since Pearl Harbor" (7 min.), "War with Japan" (7 min.), "U.S. declares war on Japan" (5 min.), "First pictures of Navy attack on Jap Islands" (3 min.), "Jap cities were bombed by U.S. Army planes" (1 min.), "President honors 'Jimmy' Doolittle for raid on Japan" (3 min.), "War reports of the United Nations" (2 min.), "Doolittle's raiders, who bombed Tokyo, mark anniversary" (1 min.), "Behind-the-scenes" production still gallery; "Production gallery" of cast and set stills; original theatrical trailer (4 min.). |
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Settings menu includes THX Optimode audio and video settings assistant. |
| Summary |
A dramatization chronicling the bombing of Pearl Harbor from both the Japanese and American points of view. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: G. |
| Awards |
Academy Awards, USA, 1970: Oscar - Best Effects, Special Visual Effects (A.D. Flowers, L.B. Abbott). |
| Contents |
Special features: Anamorphic widescreen version -- Commentary by director Firchard Fleischer and Japanese film historian Stuart Galbraith IV -- Two historical documentaries -- AMC backstory: Tora! Tora! Tora! -- Behind-the scenes still galleries -- Ten Fox Movietone news features -- Original theatrical trailer -- Language: English 4.1 Dolby surround ; English Dolby surround ; French mono -- Subtitles: English, Spanish. |
| Language |
In English or dubbed French; with optional English or Spanish subtitles. |
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Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Hawaii -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Williams, Elmo, 1913-2015
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Fleischer, Richard.
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Forrester, Larry. 1924-1988.
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Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996.
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Kirkushima, Ryuzo.
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Masuda, Toshio, 1927-
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Fukasaku, Kinji.
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Balsam, Martin, 1919-1996.
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Yamamura, Sō, 1910-2000.
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Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994.
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Mihashi, Tatsuya, 1923-2004.
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Marshall, E. G., 1914-1998.
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Whitmore, James, 1921-2009.
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Tamura, Takahiro.
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Tōno, Eijirō, 1907-1994.
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Robards, Jason.
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Prange, Gordon W. (Gordon William), 1910-1980.
Tora! Tora! Tora!
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Farago, Ladislas.
Broken seal.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Standard No. |
024543240754 00 |
| Music No. |
2234075 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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