Written by Randall WallaceDirected by Michael BayRunning Time: 180 minutes (approx)Production Year: 2001Rating: 12 CertificateProduction Country: USAFilmed in ColourThis epic love story is set in the days when nations last made the devastating leap from peace to World War. The story follows two daring young pilots, Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck) and Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett), who grew up like brothers and first learned to fly in the daring and dangerous flying practice of crop-dusting; now they both have become pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Rafe has fallen in love with Evelyn Stewart (Kate Beckinsale), a beautiful and courageous nurse serving in the U.S. Navy. But their love has only just begun to bloom when their personal destiny, and that of a world on the brink of war, intervenes. Bold and idealistic, Rafe has volunteered for the 'Eagle Squadron' (a group of Americans who fought alongside English pilots during the Battle of Britain) even though most Americans have no wish to join into what they consider a European war. Leaving his new love behind, with the promise that he will return, he heads off for the deadly skies above the English Channel, while both Evelyn and Danny are transferred to the Hawaiian idyllic paradise of Pearl Harbour.
They, and the other residents of Pearl Harbour, are carrying on with their fairly placid lives, totally unaware of the overwhelming forces moving toward them. When word reaches Evelyn and Danny that Rafe has been killed in air combat in Europe, their personal peace is shattered; broken and grief-stricken, they cling to each other for support, and ultimately fall in love. Then Rafe returns. His arrival rips all three of their hearts apart; but before they have a chance to find resolution, the stupendous attack upon Pearl Harbour by the combined air and naval forces of Imperial Japan shatters their world and alters history. It is a tale of heroism on an epic scale...as well as on a level of powerful personal intimacy. And the cataclysm of December 7, 1941 is not the end. America's response to the staggering emotional defeat at Pearl Harbour is to create one of the most daring and unexpected military events in history: the bombing of Tokyo through a suicide mission led by aviation legend Jimmy Doolittle (Alec Baldwin). When Colonel Doolittle chooses Rafe and Danny to be his key leaders on the heroic raid, their lives and their loves for Evelyn are once and more at the center of this tale of passion and spectacular personal courage. Cast
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Pearl Harbour is a Film programme that first aired in 2001 and has been rated 12. Pearl Harbour is a 3 star programme.
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