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I was wondering if anyone had recommendations on WWII movies, please, especially in the Pacific theater and involving flying or pilots in some way.
From Here to Eternity, of course. Deborah Kerr! Hubba Hubba!
There are a bunch of John Wayne movies about Marines in the Pacific.
Here's an Amazon list of movies on the Pacific Front.
Guadalcanal Diary is supposed to be very good.
The Fighting Seebees (my grandfather was a Seebee).
Flat Top would be good for aircraft carriers and navy pilots.
I'm so pissed with myself that I never asked Daddy questions about his time in the Army. I was such a lump.
An overarching wikipedia list of WWII films.
You can search on "Pacific" to find the ones of interest.
I knew this was the right place to ask.. Thanks, y'all!
Isn't Twelve O'Clock High the Pacific theater?
No. Eurpoean theater, dealing with the US Army Air Corps and their bombing campaign against Germany. Lots o' Flying Fortresses.
Not really a feature film, and only involving the bombers stationed at Tinian for military action, but for anyone wanting to see a fascinating look at the end of WWII/Pacific, I can recommend Hiroshima, a Showtime movie from 1995 with Kenneth Walsh as Truman. It was co-directed by a Brit and a Japanese director and shares the story equally between both sides. Koji Takahashi is amazing as General Anami. Oh, and there's a great scene with Saul Rubinek as Leo Szilard trying to get Jimmy Byrnes to convey to Truman the objections many physicists had to the nuclear bomb.
Not Pacific, but def. flying "Catch-22."
Black stars don’t mean Hollywood is color-blind. It's a bit frustrating that the point would even need to be made. I mean, the article can only come up with two and a half actors. And Tyler Perry completely doesn't belong in an article on colour-blindness. As far as I can tell, Star Trek is about the only high profile colour blind thing he's done.
I didn't realize that was Tyler Perry. Huh.
I'm not sure I see the logic of grouping Tyler Perry in with Will Smith and Denzel Washington on any basis - he's not a movie star, or even primarily known for acting. I think of him as a writer/director/producer. (If you hadn't mentioned Star Trek I doubt I could have pointed to any acting role he's had that wasn't in one of his own movies.)