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Two men, one American, the other Japanese, meet on a desolate island in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Their evolving relationship is an interesting study of human conflict.Product Identifiers
ProducerReuben Bercovitch
EAN5030697013484
eBay Product ID (ePID)70364124
Product Key Features
ActorToshiro Mifune, Lee Marvin
Film/TV TitleHell in the Pacific
DirectorJohn Boorman
Release Year2008
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama, General
Run Time97 Mins
Additional Product Features
CertificatePG
Number of Discs1
ComposerLalo Schifrin
Production DesignerAnthony Pratt
Additional InformationDirector John Boorman's typical bravado is somewhat muted in this WWII parable. Set in the Pacific in 1944, the film focuses on two combatants stranded on the same barren atoll: a Japanese naval officer (Toshiro Mifune) and a U.S. marine pilot (Lee Marvin). At first the two men warily stalk each other, both revealing something by refusing to kill the other when the opportunity arises. At length the Japanese officer captures and harnesses the American, who ultimately escapes, returns, and ties up his opponent. The American finally releases his prisoner as both men grasp the pointlessness of their behavior, and a tacit truce develops between them, since neither can understand the other's language. After some scenes of mutually incomprehensible yelling and a bit of water torture, the Japanese man begins building a raft. The American's initial derision is replaced by an awareness that his cooperation would likely speed their departure and increase their odds of survival. In what is virtually a silent film, Boorman invokes his recurring 'man against nature' theme, here reconfigured as a plea for human solidarity. Marvin is excellent, while Mifune is a virtuoso of the kind of physical acting the film requires, and Conrad Hall's camerawork does justice to the spectacular beauty of the Micronesian islands.
ScreenwriterEric Bercovici, Alexander Jacobs
AuthorReuben Bercovitch
Sound sourceDolby Digital
EditorThomas Stanford
Movie/TV TitleHell In The Pacific
Director of PhotographyConrad L. Hall
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- 31. Mai. 2023
Good actors, good film
A different war storyBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 25. Dez. 2021
worth a watch
a good film with a few good parts and an ending that was differentBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 15. Jan. 2025
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Was unable to play as not suitable to my regionBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 14. Aug. 2019
As above.
A remarkable study of the conflict between two ideologies with humanity triumphing in the tragic conclusion.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
