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There are so many amazing qualities about this spectacular film that I love, but a good friend of mine once referred to it as "BORE-ah, BORE-ah, BORE-ah".
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Deciphering the Japanese title, I see that it seems to be three words which are actually exactly the same... Could it be MIDWAY! MIDWAY! MIDWAY! (?)
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You UNDERSTAND JAPANESE!
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Banzai! Banzai! Banzai!
That's a generic movie themed poster which shows the Nagato with escorting zeros and submarine piggy-backing a mini-sub. Only thing is, Nagato had one funnel, not two!
Did you go to the Pacific War ?
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There are so many amazing qualities about this spectacular film that I love, but a good friend of mine once referred to it as "BORE-ah, BORE-ah, BORE-ah".
I couldn't love it more. Don't find a single second of it boring.
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I agree with you PhiladelphiaSon!
But that comment always made me laugh...
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May 28, 2013 - 2:50 PM
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ClipperJon
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I love this movie. I once read "The Fox That Got Away," which chronicled the last years of the Zanucks, Daryl F. and Richard, n the late 1960s and early 1970s at Fox. "Tora! Tora! Tora!" was not meeting box office expectations. One studio wag said, "In Japan they're cutting an hour out of it and calling it 'Those Were the Happy Times"! This, of course, was reference to the Julie Andrews musical "Star!," which also hadn't met b.o. expectations, was yanked from release, and retitled "Those Were the Happy Times."
I think the film would have done better if it had been produced and released prior to the American involvement in Southeast Asia. By 1970, anti-war sentiment in the U.S. had reached a fever pitch.
This film is vastly superior to "Pearl Harbor."
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"A lot of Juicy Fruit got flug at TORA! TORA! TORA!"
RoryR, at five sticks per pack, did your buddy carry Juicy Fruit BY THE CASE???
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May 30, 2013 - 8:57 AM
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Ralph
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"A lot of Juicy Fruit got flug at TORA! TORA! TORA!"
RoryR, at five sticks per pack, did your buddy carry Juicy Fruit BY THE CASE???
Five sticks per pack? Not sure what you're talking about. It's been a long time since I was into candy (never figured out if Razzles were a candy or a gum), but I recall that Juicy Fruit was little gummy bear-like candy shaped like fruit. But now that I remember, it may have been Dots he flung, and such things were a lot cheaper back in 1970/71. I think it was only like a $1.25 to get into a matinee, maybe even less, and I don't remember any box of candy being much more than a dollar.
Yes, Dots, but maybe you're thinking of Jujubes?
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