DVD NEW: Midway + MacArthur + Raid On Rommel - 1976, 1977 & 1971 Military & War

Description: MIDDAY Midway, released in the United Kingdom as Battle of Midway, is a 1976 American war film that chronicles the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II. Directed by Jack Smight and produced by Walter Mirisch from a screenplay by Donald S. Sanford, the film starred Charlton Heston and Henry Fonda, supported by a large international cast of guest stars including James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Ed Nelson, Hal Holbrook, Robert Webber, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, Pat Morita, Dabney Coleman, Erik Estrada and Tom Selleck. The film was made using Technicolor, and its soundtrack used Sensurround to augment the physical sensation of engine noise, explosions, crashes and gunfire. Despite mixed reviews, particularly involving the use of stock footage and an unnecessary romance subplot, the music score by John Williams and the cinematography by Harry Stradling Jr. were highly regarded, and Midway became the tenth most popular movie at the box office in 1976. Rear Cover The Battle of Mi May sounded its furious thunder in June 1942, just six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor fidway interweaves the dramatic personal stories of the men who fought the courageous batte - a turning point for the United States. The all-star cast and breathtaking war age convey the Battle of Midway with powerful reality and epic sweep. FEATURES • The Making of Midway • Trailer • The Sounds of Midway Additional Scenes • The Score of Midway • Documentary • Photo Montage. GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MacArthur is a 1977 American biographical war film directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Gregory Peck in the eponymous role as American General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. The film portrays MacArthur's (Gregory Peck) life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan in World War II, to 1952, after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Harry Truman (Ed Flanders) for insubordination. It is recounted in flashback as MacArthur visits West Point in 1962. Rear Cover General Douglas MacArthur (GREGORY PECK), one of the most controversial public figures of our time, is the subject of this superb biographical drama which traces his outstanding career. In 1942, with his position in the Philippines made hopeless by Japan's destruction of more than half the planes in his Far East Command, MacArthur leaves pledging "I shall return!" MacArthur does return, with riveting victories in the Pacific and the deft handling of the democratisation of Japan; he is also armed with Presidential aspirations. While serving in Korea, it is there that his colossal ego and insubordination results in dismissal by Truman in 1951. MacArthur is a compelling story which explores the many facets of his ambitious character. It clearly demonstrates his brilliance as a strategist; his lust for publicity and flair for dramatics. SPECIAL FEATURES • Original Theatrical Trailer RAID ON ROMMEL Raid on Rommel is an American B movie in Technicolor from 1971, directed by Henry Hathaway and set in North Africa during the Second World War. It stars Richard Burton as a British commando attempting to destroy German gun emplacements in Tobruk. Much of the action footage was reused from the 1967 film Tobruk, and the storyline is also largely the same. In Libya in 1942, Captain Alex Foster (Burton), an intelligence officer with the British Army, allows himself to be captured by a German Afrika Korps convoy transporting British prisoners, pretending to be injured. Once integrated with the prisoners, consisting of a medical unit and remnants of a commando force, Foster outlines his plans to take over the convoy, with the help of the prisoners, and redirect it towards the Libyan port town of Tobruk. On the way, they find an unexpected concentration of German tanks, and they surmise that a fuel depot must be hidden nearby. Foster, in Afrika Corps uniform, and Major Tarkington (Clinton Greyn), the medical officer as his 'prisoner', gain access to the depot and meet Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (Wolfgang Preiss). During a friendly dispute over philately between Rommel and Tarkington, Foster notices a map which indicates the location of the fuel depot. They make excuses, leave, capture a tank, and blow up the fuel dump. They escape towards Tobruk, where they destroy a coastal battery. The prisoners are embarked in boats launched by attacking Royal Navy warships. However, Foster and Tarkington are captured by German soldiers. The film leaves their fates unexplained. The only female character in the film, Vivianne, is a woman previously attached to an Italian general. Vivianne is held against her will because of her presence on the official letters of transport for the convoy. She is drugged and eventually abandoned at the side of the road before the final battle in Tobruk. Rear Cover Seven-time Academy Award® Nominee* Richard Burton (Where Eagles Dare) is a British intelligence officer who leads a daring attack on the German shore defences at Tobruk in this explosive WWiI drama. Infiltrating a German POW convoy, Captain Foster (Burton) learns that the commandos he hoped to link up with have been almost completely wiped out, and the prisoners belong to a British medical unit. Aided by Mackenzie (John Colicos), one of the surviving commandos, he vows to carry out his mission, which is further complicated by the presence of an Italian general's mistress (Danielle de Metz). Together, Foster and Mac whip the ragtag band of POWs into a fighting force that overthrows and impersonates its captors - only to stumble into an unexpected meeting with Rommel (Wolfgang Preiss)!

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Music Artist: John Williams + Jerry Goldsmith + Hal Mooney

Video Format: PAL

Case Type: Tall/DVD Case

Rating: M

Subtitle Language: MIDWAY - English, French, Finnish, Greek, Italian, Hebrew, Spanish, Norwegian, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Danish, Swedish, Turkish, Dutch, MACARTHUR - English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, ROMMEL - English

Director: Jack Smight + Joseph Sargent + Henry Hathaway

Sub-Genre: Mystery, Escape, Battle

Cinematic Movement: Arthouse/Independent, Cult, Expressionism

MPN: Na

Studio: Universal Studios

Edition: Box Set, Standard Edition

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Type: Movie

Format: DVD

Region Code: DVD: 4 (AU, NZ, Latin America...)

Language: MIDWAY - English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, MACARTHUR - English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, ROMMEL - English

Release Year: 1976 + 1977 + 1971

Actor: MIDWAY - Charlton Heston Henry Fonda James Coburn Glenn Ford, Christina Kokubo Edward Albert, Robert Webber Ed Nelson James Shigeta, Cliff Robertson Robert Wagner, Holbrook Toshiro Mifune Robert Mitchum, MACARTHUR - Gregory Peck Ed Flanders Dan O'Herlihy, RAID ON ROMMEL - Richard Burton John Colicos Clinton Greyn, Wolfgang Preiss Danielle De Metz

Features: Anamorphic Widescreen, Dolby Digital 2.0, With Subtitles

Genre: Action, Action & Adventure, Military/War

Run Time: 126 Minutes + 124 Minutes + 94 Minutes

Movie/TV Title: Midway + General Douglas MacArthur. + Raid On Rommel

Season: 3 Movie Set (Series)

Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom & United States