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Tora! Tora! Tora! (Widescreen Special Edition in THX)

Rated: G (General Audience) | Format: DVD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (120 customer reviews)

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"Sir, there's a large formation of planes coming in from the north, 140 miles, 3 degrees east." "Yeah? Don't worry about it." This is just one of the many mishaps chronicled in Tora! Tora! Tora! The epic film shows the bombing of Pearl Harbor from both sides in the historic first American-Japanese coproduction: American director Richard Fleischer oversaw the complicated production (the Japanese sequences were directed by Toshio Masuda and Kinji Fukasaku, after Akira Kurosawa withdrew from the film), wrestling a sprawling story with dozens of characters into a manageable, fairly easy-to-follow film. The first half maps out the collapse of diplomacy between the nations and the military blunders that left naval and air forces sitting ducks for the impending attack, while the second half is an amazing re-creation of the devastating battle. While Tora! Tora! Tora! lacks the strong central characters that anchor the best war movies, the real star of the film is the climactic 30-minute battle, a massive feat of cinematic engineering that expertly conveys the surprise, the chaos, and the immense destruction of the only attack by a foreign power on American soil since the Revolutionary war. The special effects won a well-deserved Oscar, but the film was shut out of every other category by, ironically, the other epic war picture of the year, Patton. --Sean Axmaker

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"Tora! Tora! Tora!" is the Japanese signal to attack - and the movie meticulously recreates the attack on Pearl Harbor and the events leading up to it. Opening scenes contrast the American and Japanese positions. Japanese imperialists decide to stage the attack. Top U.S. brass ignore it's possibility. Intercepted Japanese messages warn of it - but never reach F.D.R.'s desk. Radar warnings are disregarded. Even the entrapment of a Japanese submarine in Pearl Harbor before the attack goes unreported. Ultimately the Day of Infamy arrives - in the most spectacular, gut-wrenching cavalcade of action-packed footage ever. You'll see moments of unsurpassed spectacle and heroism: U.S. fighters trying to take off and being hit as they taxi; men blasted from the decks of torpedoed ships while trying to rescue buddies; savage aerial dogfights pitting lone American fliers against squadrons of Imperial war planes. It's the most dazzling recreation of America's darkest day - and some of her finest hours.

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4.0 out of 5 stars good, Jan 27 2012
This review is from: Tora Tora Tora [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Excellent movie and extras. Details of the making of the film very interesting. Just by watching the movies you would not think that it takes so much work and funding to produce it.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Movie Ever Made About Pearl Harbor, Jun 7 2004
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Charles J. Rector (Woodstock, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tora! Tora! Tora! (Widescreen Special Edition in THX) (DVD)
Tora! Tora! Tora! is the single best movie ever made about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It features excellent performances from such actors as James Whitmore, E.G. Marshall, Jason Robards and Martin Balsam. The special effects are far more convincing than what's in modern movies. It also has some of the best movie music of all time. Best of all, the movie shows the sheer complacency on the U.S. side that enabled the Japanese to successfully mount the surprise attack.

Tora! Tora! Tora! is far superior to any other movie ever made about Pearl Harbor. In fact, it is one of the absolute best movies ever made about World War II. It is a classic motion picture in its own right.

On a scale of 1 to 5, it really merits a 10.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great history, poor images, Jun 2 2009
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R. Paquette (Granby, QC Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tora! Tora! Tora! (Widescreen Special Edition in THX) (DVD)
Tora, Tora, Tora, is a great movie to review the historical context and events leading to the US-Japanese confrontation during WWII. Sober presentation and dialogue, good depiction of the slow and negligent reaction of many in front of mounting evidence are representative of the often clumsy way large organizations adapt to change and events.
The downside of the movie, however, is the poor depiction of ships and war gear which often look like cardboard models devoid of realistic details. Use of real planes save some of it.
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