Search - Pearl Harbor [Director's Cut] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Profanity, War Violence Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 07/02/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 4 Number of Discs: 4 Run Time: 3 hrs 4 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Total Copies: 2 Genres: War, War Epic, War Romance See Also: Pearl Harbor [60th Anniversary Commemorative Edition], Pearl Harbor [Blu-ray]

At the time of its release, this lavish period war drama from hyperkinetic director Michael Bay became the most expensive motion picture ever green-lighted by a studio. Ben Affleck stars as Rafe McCawley, a military pilot stationed under Jimmy Doolittle (Alec Baldwin) in New Jersey, along with his best friend from childhood, Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett). Rafe is chomping at the bit to get involved in World War II, but America has not entered the conflict, so he is forced to fight on loan to the Royal Air Force in Britain, leaving behind his beautiful girlfriend Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale). After Rafe goes overseas, both Danny and Evelyn are transferred to the naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where word arrives that Rafe has been killed in action. A grief-stricken Evelyn and Danny become romantically attached, a situation that becomes a lit powder keg when Rafe suddenly reappears, having survived his ordeal in the European war. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor puts the romantic triangle on hold, as the best friends are ordered to undertake a top-secret and highly dangerous retaliatory mission to bomb Tokyo, once again under the command of Doolittle. Although the trio of leads are entirely fictional, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, and Jon Voight (as FDR) co-star in the roles of real-life historical figures. Pearl Harbor is based on a script by Randall Wallace, writer of Braveheart (1995) and The Man in the Iron Mask (1998). Taking a page from the production history of James Cameron's Titanic (1997), many of the actors and filmmakers involved with Pearl Harbor deferred their usual salaries until the film "broke even" at the box office. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Ben Affleck - Rafe McCawley
Josh Hartnett - Danny Walker
Kate Beckinsale - Evelyn Johnson
Cuba Gooding, Jr. - Doris "Dorie" Miller
Tom Sizemore - Earl

Michael Bay's WWII film Pearl Harbor gets the deluxe treatment from Disney on this DVD release. The disc offers a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1. There are neither subtitles nor closed captions on this release. Supplemental materials include three different commentary tracks featuring the director, the actors, and the crew; eight different featurettes; the ability to access multiple angles during the centerpiece action sequence; a featurette; an introduction by directory Michael Bay; interviews with the cast; a timeline and other historical information; and a music video. This THX certified release has excellent picture and sound quality, as well as enough extras to keep anyone busy for hours. Whatever one thinks of the film, =Pearl Harbor is a superb disc. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide