| Midway (1976),
				Director: Jack Smight, rated PG 
				In SENSURROUND. 
				One of the Most Spectacular Sea Clashes of All Time 
				
		  Starring: 
				Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal 
Holbrook, Toshirô Mifune, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, Robert 
Webber, Ed Nelson, James Shigeta, Christina Kokubo 
				DML Rating: 
				★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 
				- good 
				"I can only tell you 
				this Ray: You play it the way you feel it, not the way 
				you think I'd play it. You go to sea, you find Nagumo, 
				and chew his ass! Now, that's all there is to it." - 
				Vice Adm. Bull Halsey Jr. to his replacement Rear Adm. Ray 
				Spruance 
				Why watch this?
				It's a great film about World War II's most pivotal battle on 
				the Pacific theater of operations. 
				Plot Summary: 
				This epic covers the pivotal Battle of Midway during World War 
				II, a dramatic confrontation in the Pacific Theater. The story 
				unfolds from both American and Japanese perspectives, 
				highlighting the strategic planning and execution of the battle, 
				alongside the actions of key figures such as US Navy Admirals 
				Chester Nimitz and Raymond Spruance, and Japanese Admiral 
				Isoroku Yamamoto. A fictional subplot explores the personal 
				struggles of Captain Matt Garth, an American pilot whose son 
				falls in love with a Japanese-American woman facing wartime 
				internment. Dad's Preview: 
				With the success of 
				Earthquake 
				(1974), this Charlton Heston film also utilized a theater 
				gimmick called 
				
				Sensurround. When the loud airplane engines revved up or 
				the bombs exploded, the theater literally shook. The battle in 
				the Pacific against the Japanese came to a head with this epic 
				event. The Japanese committed it's entire Navy, while the 
				Americans frantically work to break the transmission code to 
				learn the point of the Japanese attack. I found the film 
				engrossing and fairly accurate historically, especially with 
				regard to the final sea battle. 
				 The Mirisch Corp.; 
				Universal Pictures
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