Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9780792172505
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792172507
Label: Paramount
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: PARD064184D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 22, 2001
Running Time: 165 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: April 06, 1965

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Two navy officers fight guilt and the japanese in the world war ii pacific. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/23/2006 Starring: John Wayne Patricia Neal Run time: 165 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Otto Preminger

Amazon.com essential video:
Otto Preminger's sprawling World War II drama packs a lot into its 165 minutes, beginning with the attack on Pearl Harbor (which Preminger re-creates in amazing detail) and ending a couple of years later with America's return to the South Pacific in force. John Wayne and Kirk Douglas star as a career naval captain and his self-pitying commander in the peacetime navy who are thrust into battle when Pearl Harbor is bombed while they are on maneuvers. Minutes into WWII, they are already scapegoated and demoted by the embarrassed military brass. Wayne romances a WAVE nurse (Patricia Neal) and attempts a reconciliation with his estranged, spoiled son (Brandon de Wilde) while Douglas sinks into the bottle after the death of his cheating wife until the American fleet rebuilds and calls upon Wayne to lead one of the initial invasion forces. Henry Fonda makes a brief but commanding appearance as the fleet admiral. Burgess Meredith is a former writer turned witty commander, Dana Andrews a showy but indecisive admiral, and Stanley Holloway a genial Australian scout working with the American invasion forces. Tom Tryon and Paula Prentiss play newlyweds torn apart by the war, and also appearing are Franchot Tone, Carroll O'Conner, Slim Pickens, George Kennedy, Bruce Cabot, and Larry Hagman, among many, many more. Loyal Griggs's handsome black-and-white photography is topped only by Saul Bass's impressive closing credits sequence, a rising cascade of crashing waves and rough surf reportedly paced to mirror the dramatic rhythm of the film. --Sean Axmaker




Rating: - A movie classic
This movie is a gem. Ignore its few minor flaws like the ship-models-in-washtub special effects. And the slow pace would offend only those with the attention span of a two-year-old. On the contrary--the movie takes the time necessary for expansive character development. What makes this movie special is its realistic depiction of military command, life, and relationships. Viewers with no military experience will get a little taste of military life--its nobility, gentility, courage, stoicism, ... Read More

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Rating: - "We got ourselves a mother-lovin' Gut-Bustin' Navy war."
Great movie with a legendary cast. If you don't have this movie, you're missing out.

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Rating: - Duke at his best
A classic match up of John Wayne, Kirk Douglas with a five star supporting cast. This, and the action a suspence of the early days of World War Two, make it unforgetable.

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Rating: - OTTO PREMINGER, OPUS 30
***1/2 1965. This film was based on James Bassett's Harm's Way. Produced and directed by Otto Preminger. Academy award nomination in the Best B&W Cinematography category. The movie depicts, from the Navy point of view or, rather, from the point of view of some Navy officers of the Pacific coast, the American reaction after Pearl Harbor. As other reviewers have made mention of it, it's evident that Otto Preminger wasn't that interested in filming sea battles, he only presented on the screen what his ... Read More

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Rating: - Abandon ship!
I have to agree with most of the one and two-star reviews. This movie came to my attention as I was looking up Doug Stanton's excellent WWII book "In Harm's Way," which is not at all related. There's talk about making Stanton's book into a movie; that would really be something, as there is drama galore in the story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis!

This 1965 star-packed, epic movie surprised me in a lot of ways, most of them bad. I was watching lots of movies in the 60's and I don't ... Read More

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