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The Pacific / HBO Miniseries presents a Playtone and Dreamworks production ; co-producers, Robert Schenkkan, George Pelecanos ; producers, Cherylanne Martin, Todd London, Steve Shareshian ; co-executive producers, Eugene Kelly, Bruce C. McKenna, Graham Yost, Tony To ; executive producers, Gary Goetzman, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks.
The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
Item details
- ISBN: 1419884379
- ISBN: 9781419884375
- Physical Description: 6 videodiscs (approximately 530 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: [Blu-ray version].
- Publisher: [New York] : HBO Home Entertainment, [2010]
- Distributor: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video.
- Copyright: ©2010
Contents / Notes
| General Note: | Ten part miniseries that originally aired on HBO. Episode titles from Internet movie database. Special features: "Profiles of The Pacific" portraits (John Basilone, Eugene Sledge, Robert Lecki, Sidney Phillips, R.V. Burgin, Chuck Tatum); "Making The Pacific" featurette; "Anatomy of The Pacific War" featurette; field guides including maps, historical overviews, bios, and Marines' experiences; interviews with historians and veterans; archival footage and more. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1. Part 1. [Guadalcanal/Leckie] / written by Bruce C. McKenna ; directed by Tim Van Patten ; Part 2. [Basilone] / written by Bruce C. McKenna ; directed by David Nutter -- Disc 2. Part 3. [Melbourne] / written by George Pelecanos and Michelle Ashford ; directed by Jeremy Podeswa ; Part 4. [Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika] / written by Robert Schenkkan and Graham Yost ; directed by Graham Yost -- Disc. 3. Part 5. [Peleliu Landing] / written by Laurence Andries and Bruce C. McKenna ; directed by Carl Franklin ; Part 6. [Peleliu Airfield]/ written by Bruce C. McKenna and Laurence Andries and Robert Schenkkan ; directed by Tony To -- Disc 4. Part 7. [Peleliu Hills] / written by Bruce C. McKenna ; directed by Tim Van Patten ; Part 8. [Iwo Jima] / written by Robert Schenkkan and Michelle Ashford ; directed by David Nutter and Jeremy Podeswa -- Disc 5. Part 9. [Okinawa] / written by Bruce C. McKenna ; directed by Tim Van Patten ; Part 10. [Home] / written by Bruce C. McKenna and Robert Schenkkan ; directed by Jeremy Podeswa -- Disc. 6. Special features: Profiles of The Pacific ; Making The Pacific / executive producers, Chris Spencer, Karen Sands ; Anatomy of the Pacific War. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Music by Hans Zimmer, Blake Neely, Geoff Zanelli ; editors, Edward A. Warschilka, Alan Cody, Marta Evry ; production designer, Anthony Pratt ; directors of photography, Remi Adefarasin, Stephen F. Windon ; co-producer, Michelle Ashford ; supervising producer, Tim Van Patten. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | James Badge Dale, Joe Mazzello, Jon Seda, Jon Bernthal, Joshua Bitton, Tom Budge, Linda Cropper, Caroline Dhavernas, Josh Helman, Ashton Holmes, Toby Leonard Moore, Henry Nixon, Keith Nobbs, Conor O'Farrell, Jacob Pitts, William Sadler, Ian Meadows, Nate Corddry, Matt Craven, Brendan Fletcher, Leon Willem Ford, Scott Gibson, Rami Malek, Martin McCann, Gary Sweet, Anna Torv, Dylan Young, Dwight Braswell, Annie Parisse, Noel Fisher, Betty Buckley, Josh Close, Brandon Keener ; narrator, Tom Hanks. |
| Target Audience Note: | Not rated. Rating: TV-MA. |
| System Details Note: | Blu-ray Disc, widescreen (16x9 ; 1.78:1 presentation); requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language Note: | English (DTS 5.1), dubbed French (5.1 DTS), dubbed Spanish (Latin American (2.0) or Castilian (5.1 DTS)) and dubbed Polish (2.0) soundtracks with optional subtitles in English SDH, French, Latin American Spanish, Castilian Spanish, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Czech, Greek, European Portuguese or Korean. |
| Awards Note: | Emmy Awards, 2010: Outstanding Miniseries. |
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| Genre: | War television programs. Historical television programs Television mini-series. Fiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
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