Tora! Tora! Tora! [2 Discs] [Special Edition]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

This 25-million dollar epic collaboration accurately recreates the events that led to the Japanese attack on the American naval base during World War II. With Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, the wheels are set in motion by Japan to plan the attack. After internal differences in the government, the Japanese quickly mobilize plans for the assault. Key American personnel ignored warnings of the possibility of Japanese aggression. The first part of the film divides scenes from both countries. Part two contains spectacular battle scenes of the bombing that destroyed the American naval base of operations in Hawaii. Governmental errors on both sides add to the confusion, but the Japanese ultimately carry out the deadly mission. The film did well in Japan, did not do well in the he United States, and took years to make back the production costs. It remains an insightful and well crafted World War II action drama that was the result of years of negotiations between the two countries. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 2
• Subtitle: Eng/Spa
• Audio: THX
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
• Features:
  • Commentay by directore Richard Fleischer & Japanese film historian Stuart Galbraith lV
  • Two historical documentaries
  • AMC backstory: "Tora!Tora! Tora!"
  • Behind-the-scenes still galleries
  • Ten fox movietone news features
  • Original theatrical trailer

AWARDS

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

•     Won Best Visual Effects - 1970 (A.D. Flowers, L.B. Abbott)
•     Nominated Best Art Direction - 1970 (Yoshiro Muraki, Taizoh Kawashima, Jack Martin Smith, Carl Biddiscombe, Richard Day, Walter Scott, Norman Rockett)
•     Nominated Best Cinematography - 1970 (Shinsaku Himeda, Masamichi Satoh, Charles Wheeler, Osamu Furuya)
•     Nominated Best Editing - 1970 (Pembroke J. Herring, Inoue Chikaya, James Newcom)
•     Nominated Best Sound - 1970 (Herman Lewis, Murray Spivack)

• National Board of Review

•     Nominated Best Picture - 1970

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Martin Balsam - Adm. Husband E. Kimmel
       So Yamamura - Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto
       Joseph Cotten - Henry L. Stimson
       Tatsuya Mihashi - Cmdr. Minoru Genda
       E.G. Marshall - Lt. Col. Rufus S. Bratton
       Takahiro Tamura - Lt. Cmdr. Fuchida
       Eijiro Tono - Admiral Nagumo
       Wesley Addy - Lt. Commander Kramer
       Shogo Shimada - Ambassador Nomura
       Frank Aletter - Lt. Commander Thomas
       Leon Ames - Frank Knox
       Junya Usami - Adm. Yoshida
       Richard Anderson - Capt. John Earle
       Neville Brand - Lt. Kaminsky
       Leora Dana - Mrs. Kramer
       George Macready - Cordell Hull
       Rick Cooper - Lt. Welch
       Elven Havard - Doris Miller
       June Dayton - Miss Ray Cave
       Jeff Donnell - Cornelia
       Shunichi Nakamura - Kameto Kirojima
       Edmon Ryan - Rear Adm. Bellinger
       Hisao Toake - Saburo Kurusu
       Asao Uchida - Gen. Hideki Tojo

• Director:

  Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda

• Producer:

  Elmo Williams

• Screenwriter:

  Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima

• Book Author:

  Ladislas Farago, Gordon W. Prange

• Screenwriter:

  Larry Forrester

• Cinematographer:

  Shinsaku Himeda, Charles Wheeler, Osamu Furuya, Masamichi Satoh

• Composer (Music Score):

  Jerry Goldsmith

• Editor:

  Pembroke J. Herring, James Newcom, Inoue Chikaya

• Production Designer:

  Jack Martin Smith

• Art Director:

  Richard Day, Yoshiro Muraki, Jack Martin Smith, Taizoh Kawashima

• Associate Producer:

  Otto Lang

• Set Designer:

  Norman Rockett, Walter Scott

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  James Corcoran, Herman Lewis, Murray Spivack, Douglas O. Williams

• Makeup:

  Dan Striepeke

• Special Effects:

  L.B. Abbott, Art Cruickshank

• First Assistant Director:

  David Hall

• Second Unit Director:

  Ray Kellogg