Synopsis

Rafe and Danny grew up together and have been best friends for years. They had learned to fly airplanes together and worked as pesticide spraying pilots in their hometown. When World War II broke out, they joined the U.S. Air Force together, with Rafe serving in the Royal Air Force as a U.S. Air Force volunteer (the U.S. wasn't even in the war yet), and Danny being stationed at Pearl Harbor's air base. Although they are in different places, the best friends fall in love with Evelyn, a nurse in a field hospital.

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It was at this time that Japan attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, and the United States declared its entry into World War II. The three of them are facing a severe test of their relationship with each other in the fire and smoke. In order to fulfill his best friend and the woman he loves, Leif resolutely participated in the Death Squad and went to the front line to carry out the "surprise attack on Tokyo" plan together with Captain Dewright; while in Pearl Harbor, Danny also fought strongly for love and faith. The fate of the three people who love each other y and the fierce war is inextricably linked together ......

Cast List Cast Role Actor Voice Remarks Rafe Ben Affleck Sun Yuebin U.S. Air Force Volunteer Evelyn Kate Beckinsale Xue Bai A nurse in the army Danny Josh Hartnett Wang Lei Rafe grew up with his best friend, Doris Dolittle, and his best friend, Doris Dolittle. Diehard friends we grew up with Doris Miller Cooper Gooding Jr. ---- Ordinary soldiers President Roosevelt John Waters Chih-Chiang Chou ---- Jaymes Alec Baldwin ---- ---- Winkel Irving Brenner ---- ---- Betty Beyer Jamie King ---- ---- Sandra Jennifer Garner ---- ---- Wood Michael Shannon ---- ---- Thurman Colonel Dan Aykroyd ---- ---- Kimmel Corum Fiore ---- ---- Yamamoto Noboru Iwamatsu ---- ---- ---- Joe Matthew Davis ---- ---- ---- Young Rafe Jess James ---- ---- Danny's father William Fidnell ---- ---- ---- Captain-in-training Bryan Healy ---- ---- Marshall Scott Wilson ---- ---- Secretary Beth Grant ---- ---- Mervyn Neen Peter Firth ---- ---- Senior Doctor John Deer ---- ---- ---- Chaplain Ron Harper ---- ---- Jack Richards Kim Coates ---- ---- Jackson Lelander Osser ---- ---- Ian Tony Curran ---- ---- Dental Assistant Shumi Wang ---- ---- Ensign Billy Thompson William Lee Scott ---- ---- ---- Nurse Martha Sara Rue ---- ---- ---- Genda Hiroyuki Kawada ---- ---- Young Danny Reilly McClendon ---- ---- CREW Producers: Kenny Bates, Michael Bay, Jerry Bruckheimer, Bruce Hendrix, Randall Wallace Director: Michael Bay Assistant Directors (Asst.): Steve Battaglia, Eric Brevig, Bruce Hendricks, Katie Marlowe, Emily McGowan Screenplay by Randal Wallace Cinematography by John Schwartzman Soundtrack by Hans Quartermaine Editing by Roger Barton, Mark Goldblatt, Chris Leibenson, Steven Rosenblum Casting Director Bonnie Tremaine Art. Directed by Nigel Phelps Art Direction by Jon Billington, Martin Laing, William Ladd Skinner Costume Design by Mitziha Larson, Michael Kaplan Visual Effects by Eric Brevig, Edward Hirsch, Nathan McGuinness, Ben Snow Set Designer by Jennifer Williams

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Characterization Rafe

Rafe? | Ben Affleck

Played from the country's small learning to fly airplanes, in the old country as a pesticide spraying pilot. After the outbreak of World War II, he joined the U.S. Air Force and served in the Royal Air Force as a U.S. Air Force volunteer. Rafe befriended Evelyn, a military nurse, and the two quickly fell in love.

Danny

Danny? |? Josh Hartnett

Acting as Rafe's best friend from childhood, and joining the U.S. Flying Corps together, he took care of his girlfriend Evelyn for Rafe as he traveled to the European Theater of Operations. But when he soon learns that Rafe's plane has been shot down, he and Evelyn have a ****.

Evelyn

Evelyn? |? Kate Beckinsale

A nurse in the army, she meets Rafe during a military medical checkup and quickly falls in love, establishing a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship with Rafe Doris Miller

Doris Miller?

Doris Miller? Cooper Gooding, Jr.

is an ordinary soldier on the Pearl Harbor warship, when attacked by Japanese planes, bravely stood out, using machine guns to frantically strafe Japanese planes. Musical Soundtrack Album Title Release Date Artist Language Record Label Pearl Harbor May 22, 2001 Hans Zimmer English WMG Behind the Scenes

1- The special effects department used incendiary sanitary balls to create the rolling black smoke of the bombing scene.

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2- The National Environmental Protection Agency supervised the filming of the entire movie.

3 - Ben Affleck had initially refused to play Rafe.

4- The crew was responsible for assisting the filming of more than 40 ships.

5- The movie *** featured 190 computerized special effects.

6-The vintage fighters that appeared in the film included three Japanese Aichi 99 naval dive bombers, three replicas of the Nakajima 97 naval attack aircraft, three Zero fighters, and American P-40 fighters, one DC-3 transport, four B-25 bombers, and one Messerschmitt ME. Messerschmitt ME-109 fighter.

7 - Rafe's character was based on fighter pilot Joe Foss, who shot down 32 enemy planes during World War II.

8- Jon Voight thought he was an expert on Roosevelt and grossly recommended himself to Michael Bay to get the role of Roosevelt in the movie.

9- Kevin Costner had turned down the role of Lt. Col. Doolittle in the film.

Behind the scenes

Underwater filming

The film began shooting on April 4, 2000 on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The U.S. Navy allowed the crew to shoot underwater at the Arizona Memorial, which had never been open to film crews before. The wreckage was located 40 feet underwater, and the fuel oil from the spill was still present, so the water was not cloudy, and the amount of silt, algae, and giant barnacles made it very dangerous to shoot the underwater scenes.

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Explosion Scenes

To create the most spectacular and thrilling air raid scenes, special effects coordinator John Fraser decided to detonate the six battleships with 700 sticks of dynamite, 2,000 feet of detonating cord, and 4,000 gallons of gasoline. For safety reasons, Fraser had thousands of fire hoses and fire extinguishers on set in case the fire got out of control, and all crew members were required to wear gas masks. Director Michael Bay carefully placed 12 widescreen cameras, one of which he personally shot, a scene by 30 stuntmen, 90 extras, 9 airplanes, a camera ship and countless special effects technicians *** with the construction of the scene, in 7 seconds in one fell swoop, at the same time, all the plans were surprisingly without fail, and for this scene the crew prepared for 7 months.

Computerized

Although many of the battle scenes in the film are from real special effects, the details need to be done by Industrial Light & Magic. Pearl Harbor is a tourist destination, and the visual effects crew had to remove everything but the distant mountains from the scene before adding computer-generated battleships, attacks, and big explosions. Miniatures and large sets were minimized, and computer models of ships and airplanes were created and later replicated, resulting in hundreds of CG airplanes and more than 10 CG ships appearing in the film. In addition to filling the entire Pearl Harbor, computer-generated sailors with different costumes and movements on the ships were also used.

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Aerial Filming

The film's Pearl Harbor was an air raid, so the crew's aerial department dominated, and the crew had 14 planes in the air at the same time, some of which were old enough to have been in use for 60 years, and the filming of the movie would have undoubtedly pushed them to their limits, and it's a good thing that the pilots the crew invited to the filming were experienced. When filming the tower scene, the plane had to approach the 16-story tower at 200 miles per hour, and then turn around and fly around the tower, which was only 10 feet away from the plane, and the pilots ensured the safety of the whole filming with their excellent skills.

Award Record Award Time Session Award Name Won Remarks 2002 74th Academy Awards Best Sound Editing Christopher Boyce Won 2002 74th Academy Awards Best Sound Greg Russell Nominated 2002 74th Academy Awards Best Visual Effects Eric Brevig Nominated 2002 74th Academy Awards Best Original Song Diane Warren Nominated 2002 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards Best Original Song Diane Warren Nominated 2002 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards Best Motion Picture Soundtrack Hans Quartermaine Nominated 2001 3rd Teen Choice Awards Best Actor in a Motion Picture Ben Affleck Won 2001 3rd Teen Choice Awards Best Action-Adventure Movie The Whole Crew Won 2001 3rd Teen Choice Awards Best Actor in a Motion Picture Joey Henderson Won 2001 3rd Teen Choice Awards Best Motion Picture Joey Henderson Won 2001 Teen Choice Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Josh Hartnett Nominated 2001 3rd Teen Choice Award for Best Sparks in a Motion Picture Kate Beckinsale, Ben Affleck Nominated Produced and Distributed Released Country/Region of Release Release/Date

United States USA

May 25, 2001 ?

Hong Kong, China

June 21, 2001 ?

China

August 10, 2001 ? Production Company Distribution Company Touchstone Pictures [USA] ? Bowery Films [USA] ? (2001) ? Jerry Bruckheimer Films [USA] Buena Vista International (Sweden)