Midway

Midway

  • Director: Jack Smight
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: June 18, 1976
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: The Battle of Midway
  • "Midway" is a film directed by Jack Smight.

    Details

    • Release date June 18, 1976
    • Filming locations USS Lexington
    • Production companies The Mirisch Corporation, Universal Pictures

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $43,220,000

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $4,356,666

    Movie reviews

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    • By Al 2022-12-03 17:36:24

      The Battle of Midway-the naval and air battle that determines the offensive and defensive situation of the Pacific War

      The Battle of Midway Island was a sea and air battle that was decisive for both the United States and Japan in World War II. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and the United States was retreating in the Pacific Ocean, Japan made a plan to defeat the United States’ viable power and force the United States to make peace before the powerful industry of the United States would produce aircraft carriers and aircraft that Japan could not compare. A careful plan to attack Midway Island, an...

    • By Sidney 2022-10-18 22:27:34

      none

      Tolstoy wrote about the battle of Bolkino, and later the National People's Congress can summarize the reasons for the victory and defeat of countless wars, and then the soldiers and generals in the war could not see through this eccentric battle.
      The same is true for this war. No matter how good the US military’s early intelligence warfare is, all the Japanese military’s predictions are all wrong. The changes in future wars are still achieved by the irreversible fighting of the frontline...

    • By Felipe 2022-10-15 14:04:05

      History?

      It exemplifies the combination of planning, courage, error and pure chance by which great events are often decided

      . The opening prologue of the movie "Battle of Midway".

       

      On the train back to Beijing, I watched the "Battle of Midway Island", and I have a few experiences:

      1. The victory of the US in the Battle of Midway Island. From the movie , there are mainly two points, except for the excellent work and play of the decoders. Small tricks (lied to claim...

    • By Schuyler 2022-10-09 16:48:36

      Maybe God won't bless the Japanese devils. .

      I think of the "Fifty-Six Yamamoto" I read in high school, and the person who lost the aircraft carrier of Chengye Aircraft Carrier. The first to recognize the decisive power of naval aviation, but did not carry it forward. Midway Island shot down 147 U.S. aircraft and only 42 were shot down, but the remaining 280 were blown up in the aircraft carrier. . The unloaded bomb was placed on the deck, and the three aircraft carriers were completely destroyed within 5 minutes, which was unbelievably...

    • By Andres 2022-10-06 16:01:33

      As a war movie, the battle scene is the biggest failure

      If you are a military enthusiast, don't watch it.
      Since 90% of the battle scenes directly use historical data, this makes the battle process without any sense of substitution. The shots shot by the aircraft were completely separated from the shots hit, and there was no connection; the pilot reported that the enemy fleet was found on the horizon, and then gave a bird's eye view shot. EX me? couldn't stand it after seeing it, and skipped the battle. What's even more amazing is that
      when...

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    • By Parker 2023-09-24 01:16:05

      Fortunately, I just rewatched "Tiger Tiger Tiger", and many scenes were moved from that film without moving. You are saving too much money. . . The plot of the intelligence officer's son marrying a Japanese girl shouldn't be used to make up the...

    • By Agustin 2023-09-21 19:04:35

      It's actually quite boring. It's better to listen to a military class. In the end, you don't know who killed who and...

    • By Clemens 2023-09-15 15:28:18

      The Battle of Midway occurred six months after the Pearl Harbor incident. The U.S. military sank four main Japanese ships at the expense of one aircraft carrier, which became a turning point in the Pacific battlefield and even World War II. The film is star-studded and is one of the large-scale war films released in the 1970s. From the perspectives of the United States and Japan, try to show the entire process of the battle as objectively and truthfully as possible. A lot of detail restoration...

    • By Darion 2023-08-19 22:49:36

      Before watching the new version, I felt that the old version was less cinematic, like a trailer showing a history book. After watching the new version, I felt that the history was so wonderful that the new version didn't even have a performance, so it's not as good as the old version. On Henry Fonda's face, he really saw the shadow of his daughter's...

    • By Jeff 2023-07-29 07:39:41

      The United States won the battle of Midway Island by no means luck. It should be said that the Japanese were lucky to survive so many air strikes until the SBD sent three aircraft carriers to hell. If the Americans are lucky, the Army’s B17, B26, Marine Corps’ Avengers, or torpedo aircraft may cause losses to the mobile...

    Behind the scenes gags

    One of the major war films produced in the 1970s focused on the Battle of Midway Island in which the US and Japanese navies confronted each other. In a batch of similar movies that year, this film is not considered to be outstanding, director Jack. Smit's handling methods are relatively mediocre, but the superstar lineup can make today's audience revisit the previous generation of superstars, and the scenes of naval battles are really...
    more about Midway Behind the scenes gags

    Movie quotes

    • Captain Garth: Admiral, Commander Rochefort has something he would like to tell you.

      Commander Rochefort: It's about objective AF, sir, the meaning of AF. Now, our listening posts have been picking up alot of traffic between Yamamoto's staff commanders.

      Captain Garth: There has been a heavy volume of traffic, sir, with the recurring references to Objective AF and... what was the other one?

      Commander Rochefort: AO. Now, AO is still a mystery, Admiral, maybe a diverson, but I think we've identified Objective AF as Midway. Now, it really had us stymied there, until one of my men remembered an enemy intercept we decoded last March. Now, a Jap reconnaissance pilot radioed his base that he was passing close to AF. Now we plotted every possible course this plane might have taken, and the only appreciable land mass he could have overflown at the time was Midway.

      Captain Garth: Joe...

      Commander Rochefort: Look, I know it's thin...

      Admiral Nimitz: Thin? Damn near invisible.

      Commander Rochefort: But I found a way to confirm it, sir.

      [Takes out a message and passes it to Nimitz]

      Commander Rochefort: If you will have this flown to Midway. It's a fake message, sir, reporting that Midway's fresh water condenser has broken down. Now, it should be transmitted in the clear, so there's no question of Japanese operators getting every word of it.

      Admiral Nimitz: [Smiles and nods, passing it over to Blake] Instruct Midway to include that in their housekeeping traffic tomorrow.

      Lieutenant Commander Ernest L. Blake: Aye, sir.

    • Captain Vinton Maddox: Admiral, these enemy radio intercepts that your intelligence unit has been accumulating...

      Admiral Nimitz: Very detailed, aren't they?

      Captain Vinton Maddox: Too damned detailed, Admiral. Do you remember what happened just before December 7th?

      Admiral Nimitz: The Japanese flooded the airwaves with fake messages.

      Captain Vinton Maddox: Yes. These could be carbon copies. Washington's convinced that Yamamoto's feeding this stuff to you in order to cover his real intentions.

      Admiral Nimitz: Very definite possibility.

      Captain Vinton Maddox: Well then, sir, how can you still insist...

      Admiral Nimitz: Because it is my judgement that this information is factual. I'm convinced Yamamoto's target is Midway.

      Captain Vinton Maddox: If you're wrong, Admiral, if you send our carriers into a Japanese ambush, the entire west coast and Hawaiian islands will be wide open for invasion.

      Admiral Nimitz: I'm fully aware of that, Captain. You're saying the safe play is to defend the home folks first.

      Captain Vinton Maddox: With respects, Admiral, it's the smart play.

      Admiral Nimitz: Captain, if we surprise the enemy, catch him where he doesn't think we'll be, we can drive him back 3000 miles. And keep him pinned 'til we're ready to take him on his own front yard.

      Captain Vinton Maddox: Sir, my instructions were to convey Washington's deep concern for the safety of the west coast and the Hawaiian islands. That is, if...

      Admiral Nimitz: Captain Maddox, is Washington ordering me to defend against an attack here or the west coast?

      Captain Vinton Maddox: No, sir. My orders were simply to consult. No, sir, I have no such orders for you.

      Admiral Nimitz: Commander Blake, declare a state of fleet-opposed invasion. Target... Midway Island. Issue the order immediately.

      Lieutenant Commander Ernest L. Blake: Aye, aye, sir.

    • Admiral Nimitz: I'd like you to recommend your own replacement.

      Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.: Ray Spruance. I know... I know, he's junior to a lot of other flag officers, and never served a day on a carrier. But Chet, he *knows* carrier tactics.

      [beat]

      Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.: Well, you asked for my recommendation.

      Admiral Nimitz: I can just imagine Washington's reaction if I hand over the Enterprise and the Hornet to a cruiser skipper. Especially after all the static I've been getting about going out looking for the Japanese at Midway.

      Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.: You told me once, Chet. When you're in command, command.