Product Description

Cracking a Japanese code leads Adm. Nimitz and Navy officers to Yamamoto's fleet in the Battle of Midway, June 1942

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1240 in DVD
• Color: Color
• Brand: Midway
• Released on: 2001-10-30
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, Spanish
• Subtitled in: English
• Dubbed in: French
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 132 minutes

Features

• WIDESCREEN

Amazon.com
Six months after the Japanese destroyed the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, the Americans discovered the Japanese were planning to seize the Naval base at Midway Island--a perfect staging point for invading Hawaii or the mainland. Outnumbered four to one, the Americans won a surprise victory and shattered the backbone of the Japanese Imperial Navy. This 1976 film feels more like a history lesson than a drama, but World War II buffs will appreciate the attention to historical fact (especially the way in which fate and a few bad decisions turned the tide), as well as the generous use of actual battle footage. The all-star cast includes Robert Mitchum, James Coburn, and Cliff Robertson in cameos and a whole slew of familiar TV faces in supporting roles. Hal Holbrook is fun as an oddball intelligence officer. --Geof Miller