Midway
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Isoroku Yamamoto...during the decisive early years of the Pacific War and so was responsible for major battles such as Pearl Harbor and Midway . He died during an inspection tour of forward positions in the Solomon Islands when his aircraft (a G4M... In this article: Isoroku Yamamoto, Midway, Pearl Harbor, Japan, United States, Mitsubishi G4M, Guadalcanal, Chester W. Nimitz, and Pacific |
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Wikipedia | October 25, 2009
Midway (film)
...(played by Fonda), plays a desperate gamble by sending his last remaining carriers to Midway before the Japanese to set up his own ambush. The film depicts the battle as a great American victory brought about by a combination of...
In this article: Battle of Midway, Pearl Harbor, World War II, Yorktown, California, Toshiro Mifune, U.S. Navy, and Henry Fonda
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Wikipedia | September 24, 2009
John Guillermin
Charlton Heston described Guillermin as an "imaginative and skillful director" with an "irascible streak". Before filming started on Midway , producer Walter Mirisch replaced Guillermin with Jack Smight after Guillermin requested more time...
In this article: John Guillermin, Ralph E. Winters, The Blue Max, King Kong, London, Cambridge University, and Royal Air Force
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Wikipedia | May 27, 2009
File:Midway movie poster.jpg
movie poster for the American theatrical release of the film "Midway" (1976) This image is being used to illustrate the article on the movie in question (Midway (film)) and is used for informational or educational purposes only. This...
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NPR | May 23, 2009
The Story Of The Plantation That Moved Away
...with his cousins on his ancestral home, Midway Plantation. The city grew up around Midway though, destroying the once-bucolic setting. Moving Midway is a documentary about the current owner's decision to move Midway to a new location,...
In this article: Godfrey Cheshire, NPR, and North Carolina
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boston.com - Latest TV news | April 30, 2009
McCain to host AMC's weekend of war heroes films
...marathon of movies celebrating war heroes. The former prisoner of war and Republican presidential candidate will introduce movies like "Midway," "Patton," "The Longest Day," "Hamburger Hill," "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and "Battle of the...
In this article: John McCain, All rights reserved, E mail, Memorial Day weekend, Hanoi, NEW YORK, Arizona, and Associated Press
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Wikipedia | March 17, 2009
File:Midway (film) screenshot.jpg
Screenshot from the film Midway ''. For this scene the ''"Midway" editors used stock footage from the Japanese movie "太平洋风暴 Hawai Middouei daikaikusen: Taiheiyo no arashi" from 1960 (US title: "Storm Over the Pacific"). The screenshot is...
In this article: Storm Over the Pacific and US
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Wired: Game Life | January 26, 2009
MK Vs DCU Success Guarantees More Mortal Kombat
In a press release trumpeting the surprisingly successful sales of Midway's Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe, the company revealed that it has already begun work on the next entry in the long-running Mortal Kombat game series. Since its...
In this article: Mortal Kombat and Ed Boon
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Kotaku | November 28, 2008
Midway's New Game Looks 'As Good If Not Better' Than Gears 2 [Midway]
By Jim Reilly, 1:40 PM on Fri Nov 28 2008, 4,469 views Midway's Wheelman creative director Simon Woodroffe offered up some details about the company's future lineup of games yesterday. In an interview with Videogamer.com, Woodroffe cites...
In this article: Gears 2 and God of War 3
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www.washingtonpost.com | April 06, 2008
Heston Left Cinematic, Political Mark
..."Ben-Hur" elevated Heston to the top of Hollywood's A-list. His later films included "Earthquake," "El Cid," "The Three Musketeers," "Midway" and "Soylent Green." In recent years, Heston drew as much publicity for his crusades as for...
In this article: Charlton Heston, National Rifle Association, Michael Moore, Moses, Ben-Hur, Shirley Jones, Oscars, Planet of the Apes, The Ten Commandments, and Nancy Reagan
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www.washingtonpost.com | April 06, 2008
Heston's Bearing, Toughness Endured
Many were contemporary: "The Private War of Major Benson," "Soylent Green," "Airport 1975," "Earthquake," "Two Minute Warning," Midway," etc. Some of Heston's movies were bombs, but he continued a heavy schedule. He had nothing but...
In this article: Charlton Heston, Moses, Jack Lemmon, God, Prospero, Alzheimer's disease, The Tempest, William Shakespeare, The Private War of Major Benson, and National Rifle Association
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Description from Wikipedia:
Midway is a 1976 war film made by the Mirisch Corporation and released by Universal Pictures . It was directed by Jack Smight and produced by
Walter Mirisch from a screenplay by Donald S. Sanford. The music score was by John Williams and the cinematography by Harry Stradling, Jr.
The film features an international cast of well-established actors including Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Mitchum, Pat Morita, Cliff Robertson and Robert Wagner, among others.
The soundtrack used Sensurround to augment the physical sensation of engine noise, explosions, crashes and gunfire.
- Name:
- Midway
- Release Date:
- June 18, 1976
- Directed By:
- Jack Smight
- Produced by:
- Walter Mirisch
- Written By:
- Donald S. Sanford
- Editor:
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- Robert Swink
- Frank J. Urioste
- Starring:
- Cinematography:
- Harry Stradling Jr.
- Music By:
- John Williams
- Distributed By:
- Universal
- Length:
- 132 min.
- Language:
- English
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