Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0044004472333
Running Time: 132 minutes
Theatrical Release Date: June 18, 1976

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Rating: - A cut-and-paste epic
Midway is very much from the last-gasp of big-screen spot-the-star epics, and it shows. On paper it's an impressive cast - Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, Robert Mitchum, James Coburn, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, Toshiro Mifune, James Shigeta - but aside from Heston, Fonda and Hal Holbrook, few of them have much to do: Mitchum only has one scene. Much of the first third of the film is taken up with either gathering intelligence while Heston tries not very hard to get estranged son Edward ... Read More

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Rating: - Tora, Tora, Midway
I first saw this film at its cinematic release in 'sensaround'. This was a novel seat-shaker device installed in some US cinemas. When the planes' engines turned over the seat shook; when the bombs dropped the seat shook; when the Charlton Heston coughed the seat shook. At the time I was amazed. But then again, I was only nine years old! After watching the video, I was stunned to realize that almost no new action footage was shot for this film. Much was borrowed from the (still fantastic) Tora, Tora, Tora ... Read More

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Rating: - A Fairly Good History Lesson
THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY moves a little faster than TORA, TORA, TORA and is only slightly shorter. It will be entertaining for those who are intersted in World WarII and the crucial Battle of Midway which is really more of an air battle than it is a good old-fashioned naval battle. The strong cast is led by Henry Fonda and Charlton Heston and includes James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook, Robert Mitchum, Toshiro Mifune and James Shigeta.

MIDWAY failed to receive any Oscar Nominations in 1976 when ... Read More

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Rating: - Chronologisch korrekt
Die Schlacht um Midway beinhaltet alles, was ein Kriegsfilm aus der Sicht Hollywoods benötigt. Schlachtszenen, persönliche Schicksale, und leider auch das Drama um die japanische Freundin eines US-Piloten. Warum haben es die Produzenten einfach nur wieder geschafft, den interessanten Ablauf der Schlacht mit einer völlig fiktiven Story um einen Commander der Navy Air Force zu verstricken. Die Geschichte um die Schlacht der Midway Inseln ist schon interessant genug, so dass dieses Geplänkel eher störend ... Read More

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Rating: - This is an excellent film, and a must have!
The film "Battle of Midway" is one of the many classic war films showing desperation, courage and tactics winning over numerical advantage. The film also has many, fantastic aerial dogfight sceens, is historically acurate, and where possible, original footage from the Pacific war theatre is used to give the film a sense of authenticity. The all-star cast makes the film a classic, and makes the characters roles easily accessable to the watcher. Some of the film is repeated , and some of the aircraft in the ... Read More

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