LOS ANGELES – This Summer’s Most Anticipated Film is a tale of catastrophic defeat, heroic victory, personal courage, and overwhelming love, Pearl Harbor is director Michael Bay’s epic take on the life-changing events surrounding December 7, 1941, and the war’s devastating impact on two daring young pilots (Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett) and a beautiful, dedicated nurse (Kate Beckinsale).
December 7, 1941, was arguably the most devastating day in American history. Now that infamous day, the events leading up to it, and its aftermath, are being recreated in a film that is certain to be one of the most memorable depictions of such a crucial moment in American history.
Directed by Michael Bay and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and starring Ben Affleck, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Alec Baldwin, Pearl Harbor, the movie, explores the lives of two daring young pilots whose worlds are drastically altered by the events leading up to World War II.
The three-hour, $140 million movie opens across the country Friday and in Japan next month. The Navy assisted in the making of the movie, and Disney is reimbursing it for costs.
The movie already has touched off strong feelings among some Japanese Americans, who say it implies that Japanese Americans assisted in the attack.
“Pearl Harbor” tells the story of the attack through the lives of two Army fighter pilots (Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett) who fall in love with the same nurse (Kate Beckinsale).
