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Midway

Movie (1976)

A sprawling war film, Midway stars nearly every actor who wasn't in A Bridge Too Far. Charlton Heston, Toshirô Mifune, Robert Mitchum and Henry Fonda are among the familiar faces depicting the American and Japanese forces in a naval battle that became the turning point of the Pacific war. Using some real wartime footage, Midway provides an exciting view of a gigantic battle.

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Released:	Jun 18th, 1976
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Midway Main Cast

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Charlton Heston
plays Captain Matt Garth

Henry Fonda
plays Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

James Coburn
plays Captain Vinton Maddox

Glenn Ford
plays Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

Hal Holbrook
plays Commander Joseph Rochefort

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Almost all the on-board scenes were filmed on the USS Lexington. Lexington was an Essex-class "fast carrier" commissioned in February, 1943. Even some of the "Japanese carriers" shown in birds-eye views were actually Lexington (with the film reversed to put the island superstructure on the port side whereas all US carriers had them on the starboard side) Lexington, decommissioned in 1991, was the longest serving carrier in history. Lexington is now a museum ship at Corpus Christi, Texas.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When Tom Garth takes off from the aircraft carrier to attack the Japanese, he's taking off in an F4F Wildcat, but when he returns from the attack, burned and shot up, he lands in an F6F Hellcat.
Several aerial combat scenes seem to be taken from Battle of Britain. There are some shots where the distinctive silhouettes of Spitfires are visible, and scenes with a Messerschmitt Bf-109 plummeting into the sea, and an exploding Ju-87 Stuka and a He-111 are also to be found.
Jack Smight replaced John Guillermin as director.

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