"Midway"

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This is one of two or three films with a Sensuround sound track. The process involved installing huge self powered sub-woofers in theaters and using them during extreme bass events, in this case WW II aircraft taking off from carriers. Henry Fonda and Charlton Heston head up a cast which also includes Glen Ford and Hal Holbrook. The story centers mainly on the battle for Midway Island in the Pacific and how shifting strategies favor first one side and then the other. A truly unnecessary sub plot involves Heston's junior office son, who is in love with a Japanese American girl. Many vintage aircraft were rounded up for this one and are effectively used. But a shot of a b-17 landing on one wheel was also used in "Tora, Tora, Tora". Enjoyable and mostly faithful to real events.

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Topic - "Midway" - rico 09:39:15 07/28/05 (3)

Saw "Midway" the night before my first jump. - dwill123 18:41:57 07/28/05 (0)

That movie got me into home theater stuff... - Hepcat 14:40:57 07/28/05 (1)

Never saw it on the big screen - Road Warrior 12:17:08 07/29/05 (0)

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