Midway
The movie chronicles the Battle of Midway, a turning point in World War II in the Pacific, the Japanese invasion fleet was destroyed, and America's string of humiliating defeats was finally broken.
21 February 1928, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA
10 February 1930, Detroit, Michigan, USA
1 August 1943, USA
31 July 1937, Sacramento, California, USA
26 March 1939, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
16 May 1905, Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
29 June 1925, Olaa, Hawaii, USA
1 April 1920, Tsingtao, China [now Qingdao, Shandong, China]
25 February 1931, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
14 October 1924, Santa Ana, California, USA
2 July 1931, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
18 March 1943, New York City, New York, USA
23 December 1946, Riverside, California, USA
13 January 1928, Wendell, North Carolina, USA
17 November 1943, Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
6 August 1917, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
10 August 1921, Sacramento, California, USA
16 March 1949, New York City, New York, USA
8 October 1919, Fresno, California, USA
1934
20 February 1951, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 March 1946, Burbank, California, USA
17 August 1933, El Monte, California, USA
13 September 1948, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
4 January 1941, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
4 October 1923, Wilmette, Illinois, USA
31 August 1928, Laurel, Nebraska, USA
9 September 1923, La Jolla [now in San Diego], California, USA
22 May 1932, Hawaii, USA
29 January 1945, Detroit, Michigan, USA
May 04, 2012
To make an uninvolving movie out of one of the most decisive battles of the Second World War may seem a dubious challenge, but there's no denying Universal their full credit in meeting it.
November 07, 2001
If the movie drags a bit in the dramatics department, that's probably because the filmmakers were shooting for 'accuracy' over 'emotion'.
June 29, 2013
There are few surprises here, yet the feature remains dependably engaging and charmingly acted, helping the production hurdle a few questionable artistic choices as it attempts to resurrect history over 30 years after the fact.
October 07, 2004
Rather dull, although certainly elaborate enough
March 19, 2003
has the decency to devote the majority of the film to the actual events, and not get bogged down in a fictitious, smarmy love affair.
September 16, 2003
Charlton Heston at his restrained yet forceful best.
