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| Midway (Collector's Edition) | 
 enlarge | Directors: Jack Smight, Laurent Bouzereau
Actors: Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Edward Albert, James Coburn, Glenn Ford
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (167 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1160
Format: Anamorphic, Collector's Edition, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 132 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD21220D
ISBN: 0783255152
UPC: 025192122026
EAN: 9780783255156
ASIN: B00005N5S3
Release Date: October 30, 2001
Theatrical Release Date: June 18, 1976
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 Not a great film, but it tells the story of the battle pretty well June 24, 2008
I watched this movie with my teenage son in order to give him a bit of history about WWII. We first watched "Tora, tora, tora" and then this film to see our response to the attack on Pearl Harbor. This is a good film, but not as good as "Tora, tora, tora".
Every movie must make choices and distort history, but the best do their best to try and tell the real story or at least give the impression of it. This movie does that and I commend them for it. However, the whole Charton Heston - Edward Albert relationship seems sort of stuck into the movie. Yes, it was good to get a statement against the Japanese Internment in (Edward Albert's character is trying to marry an American girl of Japanese descent. She and her parents are picked up and being ready for transport to a camp on the mainland.), but it just seems out of place in the battle film. I think "Tora, tora, tora's" focus on the war is a much better and stronger approach.
While most of these WWII films used newsreel footage from the war (and that makes sense), I did not like using footage from other movies. That scene of the jeep smashing into a building after a bomb goes off is obviously from "Tora, tora, tora" and is kind of embarrassing.
"Tora, tora, tora" was a joint film with Japan and used Japanese actors. Here the Japanese actors are really American and speak with American accents and that is fine. However, they also brought in Toshiro Mifune as Admiral Yamomoto. If you look at his lips, he is trying to speak English, but I suppose his accent was so out of place with all the other American accents that they had Paul Frees dub his voice. So, why have Mifune? I mean the role of an officer is one where he just looks stern, troubled, and makes decisions. I am sure there was a Japanese-American actor who could have done that role without dubbing.
But the story of the chess game, the code breaking, and the way the Yorktown was sent to sea without repairs after the battle of Coral Sea is told quite well. And for this the movie is very much worth seeing. Just overlook its flaws as much as you can and take away its strengths.
Reviewed by Craig Matteson, Ann Arbor, MI
 One of my favorite movies June 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Movie showed up on time and in perfect condition. As much as I enjoy this movie (and have for years), the producers comments about the making of the movie were even more enjoyable and interesting then the movie itself. I will not give away any of what I learned. Also the comments were quite substantial. So I spent one evening watching the comments and another night watching the movie.
A Classic WWII Movie May 29, 2008
This movie is the best one out there to tell the story of Midway. Using real footage from the attack when possible, and some real footage that doesn't match in others and really bugs me, this movie is great overall and I recommend it to anyone.
Midway February 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A wonderful Movie...All star cast! This has been a favorite of ours for many years. Decided to add it to the collection.
One of the all time great war movies. January 20, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bought this for my husband. He is totally into war movies and this is one of his favorites. The dvd was a really great gift for him and would be for anyone that is a war movie buff.
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