Midway (1976)

[Akijama]

Midway Blu-ray

An expensive war epic, Midway emulates The Longest Day and Tora! Tora! Tora! in attempting to re-create a famous World War II battle from both the American and Japanese viewpoints. The 1942 battle of Midway was the turning point of the War in the Pacific; the Japanese invasion fleet was destroyed, and America's string of humiliating defeats was finally broken. Though the battle itself was sufficiently dramatic to fill two films, Midway also has plotline involving the mixed-race relationship between Ensign Garth (Edward Albert), son of Navy Captain Matt Garth (Charlton Heston), and Haruko Sakura (Christina Kokubo), a Hawaiian girl of Japanese descent. The real-life personages depicted herein include American Admirals Nimitz (Henry Fonda), Halsey (Robert Mitchum) and Spruance (Glenn Ford), and Japanese Admiral Yamamoto (Toshiro Mifune, his voice once again dubbed by Paul Frees, whom Mifune personally selected for the job). For its original road show release, Midway was offered in the "Sensurround" process, which electronically shook and vibrated the audience's chairs during the battle sequences.

Midway Official Trailer #1 - Charlton Heston Movie (1976) HD

[rkolinski]

Looking forward to owning this and Earthquake which is released on the same day. Even though this is a so-so movie, I have to support war film releases on BD so that better and more war films will be released in the future.

[Arkadin]

wow!
Universal stepping up a bit.
keep it coming.
great to see.

[Nighteyes]

It's about time.

[Deciazulado]

Hope they remember to not turn the mono switch on

[cb1]

ooooo!

I hope they offer the extended cut! day one for sure. I saw this movie in the theater with my Dad the first week it came out. I want the "sensor-round" sound that I remember!!

[malcy30]

In addition to the reviews any news on whether the extras from the DVD CE have been carried over ?

[slick1ru2]

The print is excellent. Stunning, takes me back to the theater with my late father. They include about 10 minutes if the approximately 40 minutes of the tv footage in a separate section. I can see with it being 4:3 ratio why they didn't do two versions.

[Blu Titan]

Excellent PQ for the film elements...5/5. Everyone should be aware that the movie does employ authentic war footage and that looks great, but is is war footage .

[slick1ru2]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

Excellent PQ for the film elements...5/5. Everyone should be aware that the movie does employ authentic war footage and that looks great, but is is war footage .

And that today is the 71th anniversary of the first day of the battle.


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[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by slick1ru2

And that today is the 71th anniversary of the first day of the battle.


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It is a very good WWII movie. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in war/history movies. Like I stated in the previous page, the PQ on this release is tops .

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

Excellent PQ for the film elements...5/5. Everyone should be aware that the movie does employ authentic war footage and that looks great, but is is war footage .

But no CGI which makes me VERY happy. Ah la Red Tails.

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[Duffy12]

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I have a audio question for the ones who have watched this already.

I used to watch this all the time on TV going way back to the late 70's. And I remember that during the start of the attack on Midway Island one of the Marine pilots draws first blood by shooting down a Japanese plane, and yells over his radio something along the lines of- "I got him! And he's smoking/flaming all the way down!"

In the DVD and later recent TV versions this line was omitted from the movie. Was it included in this Blu-ray version, or left out again also.


Thanks.

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[JimSD]

Thanks for the reviews on the PQ guys. I've only seen this on Netflix streaming, but really liked it. Looking forward to getting this.

[slick1ru2]

The ce extras were ported over. 7 extras.

Making of
Music of
Sensurround
Scenes shot for tv
They were there
Photo montage
Trailer

[McCrutchy]

It looks like Japan might be getting the TV cut on DVD to supplement their upcoming Blu-ray:



http://www.happinet-p.com/jp3/releases/bbxf-2109

Originally Posted by Amazon Japan

●珊瑚海海戦シーン等を含む“幻のテレビ編集版"収録の特典DVD封入! ※DVD未収録
※テレビ編集版は原盤(SDマスター)が行方不明のため、民生の録画素材より製作しています。

- Enclosing the bonus DVD containing "Corridor TV edition version" including the coral sea warfare scenes! ※ DVD not yet recorded
※ TV editing version is produced from the recorded material of the consumer because the original master (SD master) is missing

[kidglov3s]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

It looks like Japan might be getting the TV cut on DVD to supplement their upcoming Blu-ray:



http://www.happinet-p.com/jp3/releases/bbxf-2109

And from Japan of all places. I need to rewatch this, I don't remember much from when I did a few years ago save for the significant degree to which I did not give a shit about Charlton Heston's son.

[Hard Times Chaney]

Originally Posted by kidglov3s

And from Japan of all places. I need to rewatch this, I don't remember much from when I did a few years ago save for the significant degree to which I did not give a shit about Charlton Heston's son.

What are you referring to when mentioning Heston's son?

[Early Memphis]

Originally Posted by Hard Times Chaney

What are you referring to when mentioning Heston's son?

He's referring to his character's son. The sub-plot is ... boring and at least border-line whiney. Kids in a war movie ...

[skylark68]

Originally Posted by kidglov3s

And from Japan of all places. I need to rewatch this, I don't remember much from when I did a few years ago save for the significant degree to which I did not give a shit about Charlton Heston's son.

Has anyone picked this up? I'd love to have the TV version on DVD. I still have an old VHS copy I made when it used to air on cable way back in the day.