A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 14 wins & 51 nominations total
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Jaime King
- Bettyas Betty
- (as James King)
Matthew Davis
- Joeas Joe
- (as Matt Davis)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Pearl Harbor is a classic tale of romance set during a war that complicates everything. It all starts when childhood friends Rafe and Danny become Army Air Corps pilots and meet Evelyn, a Navy nurse. Rafe falls head over heels and he and Evelyn and Rafe hook up. Then Rafe volunteers to go fight in Britain, and Evelyn and Danny get transferred to Pearl Harbor. While Rafe is off fighting, suddenly one morning comes the air raid we now know as "Pearl Harbor." —shoppingurl3
- Taglines
- It takes a moment to change history. It takes love to change lives.
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for sustained intense war sequences, images of wounded, brief sensuality and some language
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaJon Voight wore duplicates of the steel leg-braces that President Franklin D. Roosevelt had to wear. As a result, Voight suffered from bruising and chafing on his legs for weeks after finishing his work for the film.
- GoofsThe Japanese are shown flipping a calendar from the 6th to the 7th of December on the morning of the attack. This is done for American audiences who are familiar with the date of the attack being 7 December 1941. Clocks aboard the Japanese ships were kept on Tokyo time, so for them the attack actually took place the morning of 8 December. The Japanese version of the film shows the calendar flipping from the 7th to the 8th.
- Quotes
Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: There's nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer.
- Crazy creditsUnusually, Pearl Harbor started without showing the opening Touchstone and Bruckheimer logos; they only showed up after the end credits.
- Alternate versionsThe VHS & HDTV versions of the movie are presented in 16x9 pan and scan with the battle scenes presented in 1.85:1.
- ConnectionsEdited into Transformers (2007)
- SoundtracksThere You'll Be
Written by Diane Warren
Produced by Trevor Horn and Byron Gallimore
Performed by Faith Hill
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
Top review
I'm confused with all the hate of the film.
I've never written a review before but after seen how many people are saying this film I thought I better.
I actually think the film was great the main premise of the film which I feel most people have completely missed is a bond between two guys that is as strong as a brotherhood hood. The alpha one who has the confidence to take over the world and the quiter one both who would die for each other in an instance. And maybe it was just me but I really did feel the emotions that they feel throughout the film. It seems like a lot of people hate the film so maybe I'm missing something but i think its a great film. The film is not totally accurate but films don't need to be and I film is long which is the reason I suspect it gets so much hate.
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- joshhylto
- Apr 17, 2019
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Tennessee
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $140,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $198,542,554
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $59,078,912
- May 27, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $449,220,945
- Runtime3 hours 3 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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