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--167.7.248.212 18:12, 3 May 2005 (UTC)--167.7.248.212 18:12, 3 May 2005 (UTC)i have a question about the movie..... Why did Admiral Nagumo order the fleet to sail for Japen without sending a 2nd air strike???

In the movie, he ordered the fleet to withdraw because it was in the script. In reality, he sent a second strike — see Attack on Pearl Harbor for details — and withdrew without sending a third wave. ➥the Epopt 18:28, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

He did send a second strike in the film, but they launched it "off camera". There's a period in the film when the bombing stops and it cuts to a bunch of peoples' reactions, then it cuts back and there's bombing again. That's the second strike. Palm_Dogg 18:21, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 East-West Center: External links 1.1 Pacific Rim Studies: Related resources 2 Plot 3 Kurosawa 4 Unintentional POV? 5 The two pilots

[edit] East-West Center: External links

Tuesday June 7, 2005
10:00-12:00 - War and Image Making:
Two Films on the Pacific War ... Frank Capra’s “Why We Fight”
and Richard Fleischer and Fukasaku Kinji’s “Tora Tora Tora” - Professor Jonathan Lipman

• Japan Studies Institute 2005 at San Diego State University
  • Timeline: Life, Liberty, Loyalty, Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Monday, Septermber 13, 1999

[edit] Pacific Rim Studies: Related resources

• Association for Asia Pacific Studies (AAPS)

RJBurkhart 10:48, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plot

Um, can someone actually post a plot for this movie? Raveled

Attack on Pearl Harbor :) Palm_Dogg 21:18, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Then perhaps instead of a Plot section, a section listing what Hollywood changed for the movie? I understand this wasn't exactly a documentary, after all. Raveled

Yeah, either someone needs to write a plot summary or we don't need a "Plot" section (with a spoiler tag, no less). I will remove it for now.

[edit] Kurosawa

Director's commentary of the DVD says Kurosawa was replaced after two weeks of shooting. Can someone verify if Kurosawa was replaced after two weeks or two years. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.225.164.132 (talk • contribs) 05:27, 27 March 2006.

He was replaced after two weeks of shooting but he had been involved in the preproduction of the film for years. Doctor Sunshine 03:39, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unintentional POV?

The introduction includes "the series of American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness". The word "aggravated" implies a point of view. I have replaced it with "unintentionally improved". Bazza 14:10, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The two pilots

I have revised the sentence, "Two American fighter pilots race to Haleiwa and manage to take off knowing full well they cannot survive the mission" to "Two American fighter pilots (portrayals of second lieutenants George Welch and Ken Taylor) race to Haleiwa and manage to take off, despite the overwhelming odds." The original statement called for revision simply due to the fact that both pilots did, in fact, survive the battle, and since George Welch has his own WP page, I think mentioning them both by name is warranted as well. --Warrior-Poet 17:41, 13 November 2006 (UTC)