Pearl Harbor is a 2001 American romantic war drama film directed by Michael Bay. It stars Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Colm Feore, and Alec Baldwin. The film presented a heavily fictionalized version of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It was a box office success, earning USD 59 million in its opening weekend and nearly USD 450 million worldwide.
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Pearl Harbor is a 2001 American romantic war drama film directed by Michael Bay. It stars Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Colm Feore, and Alec Baldwin. The film presented a heavily fictionalized version of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It was a box office success, earning USD 59 million in its opening weekend and nearly USD 450 million worldwide. It received generally negative reviews from critics, who criticized the story, long runtime, screenplay and dialogue, pacing, performances and historical inaccuracies. The movie was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning in the category of Best Sound Editing. However, it was also nominated for six Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture. It is the first occurrence of a Worst Picture-nominated film winning an Academy Award. It also won the Best Picture Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture for Best Director. The soundtrack was released on November 25, 2001. It has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, making it one of the highest-grossing films of all time. The album of the same name was also released in 2001, and has sold over $1 billion worldwide. The score was composed by John Cusack, who also wrote the score for The Godfather: Part II, which was released in 2004. The song was recorded by The Carpenters, who recorded a version of it for the soundtrack of the film, “The Godfather, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, and Part VI” The film was released by Paramount Pictures on November 26, 2001, at the same time as “The Hobbit: The Desolation of the Planet of the Apes” and “The Descendants of the Holy Grail” (also released in 2002).
It was directed by Jerry Bruckheimer and co-written by Randall Wallace, who previously worked with Bay on “The Matrix” (1998). The film is about two best friends, Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker, who meet and fall in love during World War I. In January 1941, with World War II raging, Danny and Rafe are both first lieutenants under the command of Major Jimmy Doolittle. Rafe is shot down over the English Channel and is presumed killed in action. The next day, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Day of Infamy Speech to the nation and requests the US Congress declare a state of war with the Empire of Japan. The survivors attend a memorial service to honor the numerous dead. Later, the two are assigned to travel stateside under newly promoted Lt. Colonel Doolitt for a secret mission. They are held at gunpoint by Japanese soldiers at the end of the mission, and Danny is mortally wounded. The two are rescued by Chinese soldiers before the group is rescued by Rafe. After the mission is successful, Danny tells Rafe that his child is now dead.
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