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Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

It takes a moment to change history. It takes love to change lives.

20016.93h 3m

Overview

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

Directed by Michael Bay
Written by Randall Wallace
Produced by Pat Sandston, Kenny Bates, Jennifer Klein
Box OfficeBudget: $140.0MRevenue: $449.2M

Top Cast

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck

Rafe McCawley

Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale

Evelyn Johnson

Josh Hartnett

Josh Hartnett

Danny Walker

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Doris Miller

Jon Voight

Jon Voight

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Tom Sizemore

Tom Sizemore

Earl Sistern

Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin

James Doolittle

Ewen Bremner

Ewen Bremner

Red Winkle

William Lee Scott

William Lee Scott

Billy Thompson

G

Greg Zola

Anthony Fusco

Themes & Keywords

armyairplanenursepatriotismhawaiiworld war iipilotpearl harboru.s. air forcedyslexiapacific warlovepin-upmelodramatic

About Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor is a war, romance, history, action film released in 2001 exploring themes of army, airplane, nurse, patriotism, hawaii, world war ii. Directed by Michael Bay, it stars Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett. The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

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