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Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

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This 25-million dollar epic collaboration accurately recreates the events that led to the Japanese attack on the American naval base during World War II. With Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, the wheels are set in motion by Japan to plan the attack. After internal differences in the government, the Japanese quickly mobilize plans for the assault. Key American personnel ignored warnings of the possibility of Japanese aggression. The first part of the film divides scenes from

Nov 2, 1999

20th Century Fox Film Corporat

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The film looks gorgeous in HD, and remains the best Hollywood treatment of Pearl Harbor.

December 29, 2011 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

an interesting footnote in cinema history... though it's no less propaganda than the flag wavers from the 1940s

December 20, 2011 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | Comment
7M Pictures

Strictly for history buffs only, because it presents the story in the most dry way possible. It's like a History Channel re-enactment with all of the right aircraft carriers and airplanes.

December 15, 2011 Full Review Source: Scene-Stealers.com | Comment
Scene-Stealers.com

Historical accuracy stands as the biggest strength

April 23, 2010 Full Review Source: Old School Reviews | Comment

Works well as a history lesson, and the recreation of the 12/7/41 attack is spectacular, but the film is much less effective on a character level.

June 4, 2007 Comment
FulvueDrive-in.com

Told from both sides, and certainly better than "Pearl Harbor."

October 15, 2004 Comment

Gives the viewer a true sense of the frightening chaos felt at the time.

April 1, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comments (2)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Stodgy, but more edifying and entertaining than 'Pearl Harbor.'

November 29, 2002 Comment
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Clearly the inspiration for Michael Bay's PEARL HARBOR (which is slightly lesser than this), TORA! TORA! TORA! is a long, amazing history film. Most of it is in Japanese, and even with the consistent subtitles, it's still irritating to not hear much English; but all in all, this is a classic, memorable dramatization

September 10, 2011
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Alexander Diminiano

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Tora! Tora! Tora! is a flawless dramatization of the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7th, 1941. One thing I admire about this film that it shows both sides of the story. The film goes into detail on the planning of the attacks, and we get to see a more in depth reason as to why the Japanese carried out the attacks of

January 22, 2011
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Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

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