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Midway (1976 film)

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1274:(1970), but withdrew when director Akira Kurosawa left the project. The filmmakers wanted to portray the Japanese in a fair light and to portray them and the Americans as equals. Principal photography was scheduled to end around 20 July 1975. Filming at sea took three weeks, which included lensing on the U.S.S. Lexington, the last World War II ship in service. Robert Mitchum settled on filming his scenes in bed. Modern crew members of the U.S.S. Lexington were persuaded to have their hair cut and to shave to conform to World War II Navy regulations after watching the filming. Fonda was astonished to learn that Yamamoto and Nimitz were missing fingers from accidents. Fonda consciously folded back his finger throughout his performance and Mifune had his uniforms and gloves made to be accurate as possible. In the original script, Garth survived. 1690:, commander-in-chief of the navy, approved the Midway battle plan propounded by Nimitz. They were regularly in contact, so there was no need of sending fictional Capt. Vinton Maddox to consult Nimitz. There were numerous air attacks by Midway-based bombers on approaching Japanese fleets omitted by the script; these had the same effect as later carrier-based torpedo bombers destroyed by Japanese fleet air-defenses portrayed in the movie. The failure of the initial raids by land-based bombers only convinced Japanese commanders of their own invincibility and incompetency of the US military. 1399: 1765:. Layton served as Pacific fleet intelligence officer, spoke Japanese and was key to transposing raw outputs of cryptography analysis into meaningful intelligence for Nimitz and his staff. Layton was an old friend of Joseph Rochefort. Matt Garth's further exploits were pure fiction and resembled deeds of at least two more persons: first, an intelligence officer on Fletcher's 1283: 1267:
and Joseph Rochefort served as consultants; George Gay, the only survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8, visited during filming. Toshiro Mifune sent his script to Minoru Glenda and to Yamamoto’s son, so that they could attest to its historical accuracy. Reportedly, Mifune had been scheduled to play Yamamoto
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s "clichéd dialogue" and an overuse of stock footage led the film to have a "shopworn quality that signalled the end of the heroic era of American-made World War II epics." He described the film as a "final, anachronistic attempt to recapture World War II glories in a radically altered geopolitical
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Later studies by Japanese and American military historians call into question key scenes, such as the dive-bombing attack that crippled the first three Japanese carriers. In the movie, American pilots jubilantly report that there are no fighters and the carrier decks are loaded with ammunition. As
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Historical footage and atelier shots of warplanes action are mostly inaccurate in the movie. Most of the original footage portrays later and/or different events and thus planes and ships that were not operational during the battle or did not take part. Among the first aircraft shown taking off to
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called it a "tired combat epic" and wrote, "Hollywood may mean well, or imagine it does, but it's a little appalling to think that authentic acts of bravery and sacrifice have become the pretext for such feeble, inadequate dramatization. There is no serious attempt in 'Midway' to characterize the
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gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote that "he battle scenes run hot and cold." He praised Henry Fonda as "absolutely convincing" but stated that Sanford "deserves a year in the brig for inserting amid the battle scenes a stupid subplot involving a young American sailor in love
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gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "The movie can be experienced as pure spectacle, I suppose, if we give up all hopes of making sense of it. Bombs explode and planes crash and the theater shakes with the magic of Sensurround. But there's no real directorial intelligence at
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wrote that "the movie blows up harmlessly in a confusion of familiar old newsreel footage, idiotic fiction war movie clichés, and a series of wooden-faced performances by almost a dozen male stars, some of whom appear so briefly that it's like taking a World War II aircraft-identification test."
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On June 4, the Japanese fleet is spotted by scouts; the American carriers launch their planes in response. Nagumo's carrier force launches its air attack on Midway Island. The American base is damaged but the airstrip remains usable, meaning Midway can still launch aircraft. Nagumo learns of a
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docks at Pearl Harbor, the injured younger Garth is carried off the ship, seen by Haruko, as Nimitz and Rochefort reflect on the battle. Nimitz suggests that Matt would have noted that Yamamoto "had everything going for him", and asked "were we better than the Japanese, or just luckier?"
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proved extremely popular with movie audiences, and opened at number one at the US box office with an opening weekend gross of $ 4,356,666 from 311 theatres. It went on to gross over $ 43 million at the US box office, becoming the tenth most popular movie of 1976 with
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thought that the film "emerges more as a passingly exciting theme-park extravaganza than a quality motion picture action-adventure story ... Donald S. Sanford's cluttered script, while striving for the long-ago personal element, gets overwhelmed by its action effects."
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While most characters are real people, some are fictional though inspired by actual people. Captain Matt Garth and his son, Ensign Thomas Garth, are fictional. Garth's contribution to planning the battle is based loosely on actual work of Lieutenant-Commander
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surviving. When American escort fighters cover another wave of torpedo bombers, Tom is wounded and severely burned. The Japanese fighters are drawn down to wave-top altitude by the low-flying torpedo planes, leaving them out of position when dive-bombers from
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more devastating than if planes, torpedoes and bombs were on an open deck. During the attack on the Japanese carriers, an American pilot reports, "Scratch one flat top!" This is a famous radio transmission but it was made a month earlier during the
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More flag officers took part at the decision making and planning before the battle, not just Nimitz, Fletcher and Spruance. All the same, commanding officers' staffs were generally bigger than the one or two men portrayed in the movie. Admiral
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whose disaster is war," with its principal strength being that it "keeps the lines of battle both straight and suspenseful in the viewer's mind." He too faulted the romance subplot as "hokey even beyond the demands of the form."
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played Ann, the girlfriend of Captain Garth, to add depth to his reason for previously divorcing Ensign Garth's mother, and restored a cut scene from the theatrical release that clarifies that Garth suffered a hand injury in the
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Later video versions dropped Sullivan to emphasize the essentially all-male cast and wartime action. The additional footage with Sullivan became available as a bonus feature on the Universal Pictures Home Entertainment DVD of
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code, revealing a location the Japanese refer to as "AF". Garth is asked by his son, naval aviator Ensign Tom Garth, to help free his girlfriend Haruko Sakura, an American-born daughter of Japanese immigrants, who has been
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with her parents, by calling in favors to have the charges against the family dropped. Yamamoto and his staff present their plans for Midway to the commanders who have been chosen to lead the attack, Admirals
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Jack Smight directed the additional scenes. The end credits of the TV version use the song, "Men of The Yorktown March" (which is more prominent in the film's underscore), instead of the "Midway March".
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was damaged beyond saving by Japanese torpedoes fired from a submarine which had penetrated the destroyer screen rather than the air attack seen in the film. This attack also sank a nearby destroyer,
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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
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is bombed, Nagumo suffers a concussion, and is tended to by Genda. In reality, according to witnesses, Nagumo stood near the ship's compass looking out at the destruction.
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hand to weave the special effects into the story, to clarify the outlines of the battle and to convincingly account for the unexpected American victory."
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has been spotted. Below decks, Matt meets Tom and reconciles with him. Due to a shortage of pilots, Matt joins the counterattack against
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Many of the action sequences used footage from earlier films: most sequences of the Japanese air raids on Midway are stock shots from
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arrive. As the Japanese prepare to launch their second wave, the American bombers attack and reduce three of the Japanese carriers –
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During the American torpedo attacks, Admiral Nagumo remarks, "They sacrifice themselves like samurai, these Americans." Similar to
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that has kept him out of flying, to bring further emotional impact to the fate of Captain Garth. Ann is seen in the final scene as
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is reduced to a burning wreck, and Yamamoto, during a general withdrawal, takes responsibility of apologising for the failure to
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network to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Midway battle. This version brought in successful ratings.
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sound mix which required special speakers to be installed in movie theatres. The other Sensurround films were
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was reportedly hired to direct but was replaced by Jack Smight before filming began. Naval aviator Lieutenant
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of $ 20,300,000. Internationally, it grossed $ 57 million for a worldwide gross of $ 100 million.
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and inflict severe damage. The crew manage to bring the fires under control as a scout plane reports that
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In June 1992, a re-edit of the extended version, shortened to fill a three-hour time slot, aired on the
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Shortly after its successful theatrical debut, additional material was assembled and shot in standard
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The Making of Midway : Original Featurette (w/edits) Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford
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https://www.military.com/off-duty/2019/10/30/7-weird-facts-about-1976-movie-midway.html
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that inadvertently guided US dive bombers to the carriers had attacked U.S. submarine
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Newspaper Enterprise Association, "Filming of 'Midway': Making War for the Movies",
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launches aircraft. Following the returning American bombers, the Japanese find
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battle scenes to help the plot build up to the decisive engagement at Midway.
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John Guillermin Pollock, David. The Scotsman; Edinburgh (UK) 03 Oct 2015: 34.
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played the part of both American and Japanese flattops for shipboard scenes.
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staff, and then the leader of the last attack made by dive bombers from USS
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played Takeo Koda, a Japanese pilot and old friend of Nagumo. After the
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after his dive bomber squadron sank the Japanese aircraft carrier 
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era, when the old good-versus-evil dichotomies no longer made sense."
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As with many "carrier films" produced around this time, the US Navy
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Byron, Stuart (March–April 1977). "SECOND ANNUAL GROSSES GLOSS".
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became the tenth most popular movie at the box office in 1976.
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young men who fought on either side of this pivotal battle."
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Naval Base, Los Angeles, California, the U.S. Naval Station,
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The film was the second of only four films released with a
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Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
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Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
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is crippled and the order is given to abandon ship.
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"'Earthquake' Goes to Sea". 1732:Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully write in 8: 2571:Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully (2005). 2394:Arnold, Gary (June 19, 1976). "Bombs Away". 2078:I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History 3053:Works about Pacific theatre of World War II 2462:, 2006, p. 119. Retrieved on April 9, 2009. 1808:jet plane crash which actually occurred on 1722:, which had tried to attack the battleship 1710:The film omits that the Japanese destroyer 2744: 2730: 2722: 1427:(1970). Some scenes are from the Japanese 483:of the Japanese carrier force and Admiral 29: 20: 3123:World War II films based on actual events 2448:History in the Media: Film and Television 1659:History in the Media: Film and Television 1222: 1008: 622: 3148:Cultural depictions of Isoroku Yamamoto 2322:On Film, the Battle of 'Midway' Is Lost 2233:"Make Way For Midway (advertisement)". 1857: 1695:Isoroku Yamamoto's sleeping giant quote 3103:Seafaring films based on actual events 1925:. 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Index


Jack Smight
Donald S. Sanford
Walter Mirisch
Charlton Heston
Henry Fonda
James Coburn
Glenn Ford
Hal Holbrook
Toshiro Mifune
Robert Mitchum
Cliff Robertson
Robert Wagner
Robert Webber
Ed Nelson
James Shigeta
Christina Kokubo
Edward Albert
Harry Stradling Jr.
Frank J. Urioste
John Williams
The Mirisch Corporation
Universal Pictures
war film
Battle of Midway
Pacific Theater of Operations
World War II
Jack Smight
Walter Mirisch
Donald S. Sanford

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