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Roger Ebert June 22, 1976. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. After the American naval victory at Midway, the aircraft carrier Enterprise returns to Honolulu. Stirring music plays. Civilians greet the returning heroes. The wounded are taken ashore.
41% Tomatometer 17 Reviews 71% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings In this dramatization of the Battle of Midway during World War II, U.S. Navy Adm. Chester Nimitz (Henry Fonda) leads an outnumbered...
- (17)
- Jack Smight
- PG
- Charlton Heston
The film Midway shows in graphic documentary style, the battle that did nothing less than save America and ultimately allow us to win World War II. If the Japanese had prevailed at Midway, they might very well have taken Hawaii and been blockading our continental Pacific coast.
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Nov 6, 2019 · THR review: 'Independence Day' director Roland Emmerich turns his attention to real war in 'Midway,' a WWII saga starring Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Mandy Moore, Ed Skrein and Nick Jonas.
Jun 18, 1976 · Midway: Directed by Jack Smight. With Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford. A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
- (22K)
- Action, Drama, History
- Jack Smight
- 1976-06-18
Nov 7, 2019 · By Kenneth Turan. Nov. 7, 2019 1:57 PM PT. “Midway” is so square, so old-school and old-fashioned, it almost feels avant-garde. Ambiguity is not its goal, nor is nihilism its motivating...
He described the film as a "final, anachronistic attempt to recapture World War II glories in a radically altered geopolitical era, when the old good-versus-evil dichotomies no longer made sense." On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 41% score based on 17 reviews, with an average rating of 5.9/10.
