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Midway is a 2019 war film directed by Roland Emmerich, produced with Harald Kloser, and written by Wes Tooke. The film covers the first six months in the Pacific Theater of World War II , from the Attack on Pearl Harbor to the titular Battle of Midway .
Midway proved extremely popular with movie audiences, and opened at number one at the US box office with an opening weekend gross of $4,356,666 from 311 theatres. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] It went on to gross over $43 million at the US box office, becoming the tenth most popular movie of 1976 with theatrical rentals of $20,300,000. [ 18 ]
Vincent Riotta played Jimmy Doolittle in Bille August's 2017 film The Chinese Widow aka The Hidden Soldier. Aaron Eckhart played Doolittle in Roland Emmerich 's 2019 film Midway . Bob Clampett 's 1946 cartoon Baby Bottleneck briefly portrays a dog named "Jimmy Do-quite-a-little", who invents a failed rocket ship.
William Thomas Sadler (born April 13, 1950) [1] is an American stage, film, and television actor. His television and motion picture roles have included Chesty Puller in The Pacific, Luther Sloan in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sheriff Jim Valenti in Roswell, convict Heywood in The Shawshank Redemption, Senator Vernon Trent in Hard to Kill, Death in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and Bill & Ted Face ...
The opening scene of the film Midway (1976) uses footage from Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo to launch the film's plot with the Doolittle Raid. In the Seinfeld season 3 episode "The Keys", Kramer mentions to Jerry that he is watching the film. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo inspired The Simpsons episode "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo". [19]
In Teahouse of the August Moon (1956), he played a psychiatrist with an enthusiasm for farming. He appeared in several military roles, including The Longest Day (1962), about the Normandy invasion. The film Attack (1956) provided Albert with a dark role as a cowardly, psychotic Army captain whose behavior threatens the safety of his company.
In 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley,' Eddie Murphy's Detroit detective is finally returning to LA after 30 years.
Rear Admiral Clarence Wade McClusky, Jr., (June 1, 1902 – June 27, 1976) was a United States Navy aviator during World War II and the early Cold War period. He is credited with having played a major part in the Battle of Midway.