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The Pacific [videorecording] / HBO miniseries ; presents a Playtone and Dreamworks production.

Contributor Spielberg, Steven, 1946-

Imprint:[United States] : HBO Home Box Office, : Distributed by Warner Home Video c2010.

Description6 videodisc (530 min.) : sd., col. and b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Note:The mini series is based on the books Helmet for my pillow by Robert Leckie, and With the old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge, with additional material from Red Blood, Balck Sand by Chuck Tatum and China Marine by Eugene B. Sledge, as well as original interviews conducted by the filmmakers.

Note:Special features (Disc 6) : Profiles of the Pacific [Delve into the lives of real Marines featured in the Pacific. Get personal perspective on their families, their war experiences, and their lives after the was in these intimate portraits] ; Making the Pacific [Go behind the scenes and take an inside look at the making of this epic, 10 part series] ; Anatomy of the Pacific [Explore the historical influences and cultural perceptions that led to the merciless brutality in the Pacific theater of World War II].

Note:Case 1. Parts 1 thru 4 ; Case 2. Parts 5 thru 8 ; Case 3. Parts 9, 10 and Special features: Profiles of the Pacific, Making the Pacific and Anatomy of the Pacific.

Target AudienceRated: M. Contains: Sex scenes, Coarse language, Violence, Adult themes.

Note:The Pacific is an epic ten-part miniseries which tracks the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S Marines - Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge - across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. The miniseries follows these men and their fellow Marines from their first battle with the Japanese on Guadalcanal, through the rain forests of Cape Gloucester and the strongholds of Peleliu, across the bloody sands of Iwo Jima and through the horror of Okinawa, and finally to their triumphant but uneasy return home after V-J Day.

Note : PerformerJames Badge Dale; Joe Mazzello; John Seda; Joshua Bitton; Tom Budge; Josh Helman; Ashton Holmes; Robert Leckie; E B Sledge; Chuck Tatum.

System Details NotesDigital video disc.

System Details NotesSystem requirements: Audio: English DTS Digital Surround 5.1, English 5.1, French 5.1, Spanish 2.0.

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Contributor
Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
Hanks, Tom.
Dale, James Badge.
Mazzello, Joe.
Seda, John.
Bitton, Joshua.
Budge, Tom.
Helman, Josh.
Holmes, Ashton.
Leckie, Robert, Helmet for my pillow.
Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant), 1923-2001. With the old breed.
Tatum, Charles W. (Charles William) Red blood, black sand.
Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant), 1923-2001. China marine.
HBO Home Box Office.
DreamWorks Pictures (2008- )
PlayTone.
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area -- Personal narratives.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Biographical films.
War films.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Fiction television programs.