Pearl Harbor (film)

Pearl Harbor
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Bay
Written byRandall Wallace
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJohn Schwartzman
Edited by
Music byHans Zimmer
Production
companies
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release dates
  • May 21, 2001 (2001-05-21) (Pearl Harbor, Hawaii)
  • May 25, 2001 (2001-05-25) (Mainland United States)
Running time
183 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Japanese
Budget$140 million[2][3]
Box office$449.2 million[2]

Pearl Harbor is a 2001 American romantic war drama film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer and written by Randall Wallace. It stars Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Colm Feore, and Alec Baldwin. The film features a heavily fictionalized version of the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941, focusing on a love story set amidst the lead up to the attack, its aftermath, and the Doolittle Raid.

The film was a box office success, grossing $59 million in its opening weekend and $449.2 million worldwide, becoming the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2001,[2] but received negative reviews from critics, who criticized the story, long runtime, screenplay and dialogue, pacing, performances and historical inaccuracies, although the visual effects and Hans Zimmer's score were praised. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning in the category of Best Sound Editing. It was also nominated for six Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture.

  1. ^ "PEARL HARBOR (12)". British Board of Film Classification. May 17, 2001. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Pearl Harbor (2001)". Box Office Mojo. 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  3. ^ Cagle, Jess (May 27, 2001). "Pearl Harbor's Top Gun". Time. Archived from the original on April 11, 2005. Retrieved November 30, 2023.