| Description |
2 videodiscs (144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
| Series |
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), anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1). |
| Language |
In English or dubbed French; with optional English or Spanish subtitles. |
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Closed-captioned in English. |
| Cast |
Martin Balsam, Soh Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, E.G. Marshall, James Whitmore, Takahiro Tamura, Eijiro Tono, Jason Robards. |
| Credits |
Directors of photography, S[h]insaku 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. |
| Note |
MPAA Rating: G |
| Awards |
Academy Awards, USA, 1970: Oscar - Best Effects, Special Visual Effects (A.D. Flowers, L.B. Abbott). |
| Subject |
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Hawaii -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 -- Videodiscs. |
| Genre |
War films.
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Historical films.
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Adventure films.
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Film adaptations.
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Historical films.
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War films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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War Feature.
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Historical Feature.
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Adventure Feature.
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Historical films Japan.
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War films Japan.
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Action and adventure films Japan.
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Feature films Japan.
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Motion pictures Japan.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Williams, Elmo, 1913- producer.
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Fleischer, Richard, director.
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Masuda, Toshio, 1927- director.
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Fukasaku, Kinji, director.
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Forrester, Larry, 1924-1988, screenwriter.
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Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996, screenwriter.
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Kikushima, Ryūzō, 1914-1989, screenwriter.
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Balsam, Martin, 1919-1996, actor.
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Yamamura, Sō, 1910-2000, actor.
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Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994, actor.
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Mihashi, Tatsuya, 1923-2004, actor.
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Marshall, E. G., 1914-1998, actor.
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Whitmore, James, 1921-2009, actor.
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Tamura, Takahiro, actor.
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Tōno, Eijirō, 1907-1994, actor.
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Robards, Jason, actor.
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Himeda, Shinsaku, 1916-1997, cinematographer.
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Wheeler, Charles F., cinematographer.
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Goldsmith, Jerry, composer.
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Galbraith, Stuart, 1965- commentator.
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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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| Note |
Japanese title on title screen: Tora·Tora·Tora |
| Standard No. |
024543240754 |
| Music No. |
2234075 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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