A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 14 wins & 51 nominations total
Jaime King
- Betty
- (as James King)
Matthew Davis
- Joe
- (as Matt Davis)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen shooting the scene where Rafe (Ben Affleck) and Danny (Josh Hartnett) manage to get off the ground during the attack, and are chased by three Japanese Zeroes, one of the real planes clipped a palm tree and crashed. The pilot was dazed, and suffered only a broken finger.
- Goofs(at around 1h 20 mins) The Japanese are shown flipping a calendar from the 6th to the 7th of December on the morning of the attack. This is done for American audiences who are familiar with the date of the attack being 7 December 1941. Clocks aboard the Japanese ships were kept on Tokyo time, so for them the attack actually took place the morning of 8 December. The Japanese version of the film shows the calendar flipping from the 7th to the 8th.
- Quotes
Admiral Yamamoto: I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant.
- Crazy creditsUnusually, Pearl Harbor started without showing the opening Touchstone and Bruckheimer logos; they only showed up after the end credits.
- Alternate versionsThe VHS & HDTV versions of the movie are presented in 16x9 pan and scan with the battle scenes presented in 1.85:1.
- ConnectionsEdited into Transformers (2007)
- SoundtracksThere You'll Be
Written by Diane Warren
Produced by Trevor Horn and Byron Gallimore
Performed by Faith Hill
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
Featured review
I really love this movie which is awesome for me in every detail. I was speechless after watching it with my husband and other friends at home. I cried and cheered all the time. My friends also loved it. Because this is one of the greatest love stories ever told and deserves 10 points rating- no doubt about it. That makes me think how silly are people who cannot appreciate this movie.
Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Empire of Japan, and the American democracy entered the war to protect its freedom. Japan forced the USA to get into the war and the strength of American people during that exhausting struggle turned out to be the road to victory.
Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett are terrific handsome American guys who make it big in this movie. Kate Beckinsale plays an American voluntary nurse who enlists to serve her country and finds love.
The music by Hans Zimmer is absolutely awesome... I bought the CD of the original soundtrack the same week I watched the movie.
All in all this is a must-see movie for intelligent people able to understand history and the sacrifice payed by the Greatest Generation of Americans to defeat the Japanese and German imperialism and bring democracy and freedom to the world.
Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Empire of Japan, and the American democracy entered the war to protect its freedom. Japan forced the USA to get into the war and the strength of American people during that exhausting struggle turned out to be the road to victory.
Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett are terrific handsome American guys who make it big in this movie. Kate Beckinsale plays an American voluntary nurse who enlists to serve her country and finds love.
The music by Hans Zimmer is absolutely awesome... I bought the CD of the original soundtrack the same week I watched the movie.
All in all this is a must-see movie for intelligent people able to understand history and the sacrifice payed by the Greatest Generation of Americans to defeat the Japanese and German imperialism and bring democracy and freedom to the world.
- fernandez_1989
- Dec 19, 2006
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Tennessee
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $140,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $198,542,554
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $59,078,912
- May 27, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $449,220,945
- Runtime3 hours 3 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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