Tora! Tora! Tora!
(DVD) 

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Contributors
Williams, Elmo, 1913-2015, producer.
Fleischer, Richard, director.
Masuda, Toshio, 1927- director.
Fukasaku, Kinji, director.
Forrester, Larry, 1924-1988, screenwriter.
Published
Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2006].
Status
Available
Central - Adult DVD/ Blu-ray
DVD DRAMA TORA
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Cherrydale - Adult DVD/ Blu-ray
DVD DRAMA TORA
1 available

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Description

A dramatization chronicling the bombing of Pearl Harbor from both the Japanese and American points of view.

More Details

Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
024543240754

Notes

General Note
Based on the books: Tora! Tora! Tora! / by Gordon W. Prange, and: The broken seal / by Ladislas Farago.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1970.
General Note
Program notes on container insert include an essay by film critic and historian Tom Weaver.
General Note
Special features (disc 1): Optional commentary by director Richard Fleischer & Japanese film historian Stuart Galbraith IV; "Day of Infamy" documentary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (20 min.); original theatrical trailer (4 min.).
General Note
Special features (disc 2): "History behind the lens Tora! Tora! Tora!: A giant awakes" documentary of the historical facts behind the film (90 min.); "Hollywood Backstories: Tora! Tora! Tora!" AMC making-of featurette (22 min.); "Movietone news" film clips of events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor, including "First Pictures of Jap Attack on Hawaii" (2 min.), "Now it can be shown" (9 min.), "A year of war since Pearl Harbor" (7 min.), "War with Japan" (7 min.), "U.S. declares war on Japan" (5 min.), "First pictures of Navy attack on Jap Islands" (3 min.), "Jap cities were bombed by U.S. Army planes" (1 min.), "President honors 'Jimmy' Doolittle for raid on Japan" (3 min.), "War reports of the United Nations" (2 min.), "Doolittle's raiders, who bombed Tokyo, mark anniversary" (1 min.), "Behind-the-scenes" production still gallery; "Production gallery" of cast and set stills; original theatrical trailer (4 min.).
General Note
Settings menu includes THX Optimode audio and video settings assistant.
Creation/Production Credits
Directors of photography, S[h]insaku Himeda, Masamichi Satoh, Osami Furuya, Charles F. Wheeler ; editors, James E. Newcom, Pembroke J. Herring, Inoue Chikaya; music, Jerry Goldsmith.
Participants/Performers
Martin Balsam, Soh Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, E.G. Marshall, James Whitmore, Takahiro Tamura, Eijiro Tono, Jason Robards.
Description
A dramatization chronicling the bombing of Pearl Harbor from both the Japanese and American points of view.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: G.
System Details
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital 4.1 surround (English), Dolby surround (English), Dolby Digital mono (French), anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1).
Language
In English or dubbed French; with optional English or Spanish subtitles.
Language
Closed-captioned in English.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA, 1970: Oscar - Best Effects, Special Visual Effects (A.D. Flowers, L.B. Abbott).

Table of Contents

Disc 1. Feature
disc 2. Special features.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Williams, E., Fleischer, R., Masuda, T., Fukasaku, K., Forrester, L., Oguni, H., Kikushima, R., Balsam, M., Yamamura, S., Cotten, J., Mihashi, T., Marshall, E. G., Whitmore, J., Tamura, T., Tōno, E., Robards, J., Himeda, S., Wheeler, C. F., Goldsmith, J., Galbraith, S., Prange, G. W. 1., & Farago, L. (2006). Tora! Tora! Tora! (Widescreen edition.). 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Elmo Williams et al.. 2006. Tora! Tora! Tora!. Beverly Hills, Calif.: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Elmo Williams et al.. Tora! Tora! Tora! Beverly Hills, Calif.: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Williams, E., Fleischer, R., Masuda, T., Fukasaku, K., Forrester, L., Oguni, H. and Kikushima, R. et al (2006). Tora! tora! tora! Widescreen edn. Beverly Hills, Calif.: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Williams, Elmo, et al. Tora! Tora! Tora! Widescreen edition., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

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