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04-03-2009, 10:19 AM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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| A very long story short... My aunt and uncle were friends with Erik Estrada he and actually visited my house when I was a teenager (over 30 years ago). He saw in my room I had an F4F model hanging from the ceiling along with a Val (the F4F was shooting down the Val). He told me about the filming of Midway and how he had a real good time during the shoot. This was prior to his "CHIPS" days so he was a bit more accessible. The last time I seen him was around 1989 at a gym in Universal City CA. He thought I was another hounding fan till I mentioned "Uncle Ralph." He gave me a big hug and treated me like long lost family.
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04-03-2009, 10:21 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stafford Springs, Connecticut
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05-19-2009, 08:04 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Washington DC
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| 90 percent of this movie was reused footage from other movies or real footage (Even the opening title shots were stolen from 30 seconds over Tokoyo!) That said before it sounds like I'm bashing it- This movie came out right at the time I was getting into WWII stuff and I loved every moment of it. Despite the millions of errors I like it for what it is and it's on my list to buy on DVD. As I kid I can remember being excitied because the japanese were speaking english! Now day's I'm firmly in the subtitle camp but back then I thought that was the coolest thing ever, and the wild cat pilot (The same guy with the japanese girlfriend) getting burned and holding his arms up gave me nightmares for years. I have to confess everytime the movie starts and you can hear that oneengine starting to crank my heart beats faster. Art
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05-19-2009, 12:07 PM
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| The Pop-Tart Whisperer  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
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Back in the days of VHS, I rented the movie and had a dual cassette recorder. I taped the movie but deleted the love story subplot. I became so used to it that when I got the DVD I couldn't believe they would mess it up. Then I remembered.....
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05-20-2009, 11:32 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Corona, California
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| Cool movie. I don't remember why but my parents took my sister to see this movie but not me. I didn't see it until it came out on TV. Wheelsup
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05-30-2009, 10:44 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hamlet, NC, US
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05-30-2009, 11:29 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: St.john's Newfoundland
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| A remake is in order for this one, Imagine what they could do. Id get "Dirty Harry" to direct it.
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