"It takes a moment to change history. It takes love to change lives."

2001

3h 3m

6.9(6737 votes)

War

Romance

History

Action

Overview

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

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114 members

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Ben Affleck

Rafe McCawley

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Kate Beckinsale

Evelyn Johnson

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Josh Hartnett

Danny Walker

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Cuba Gooding Jr.

Doris Miller

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Jon Voight

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Tom Sizemore

Earl Sistern

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Alec Baldwin

James Doolittle

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Ewen Bremner

Red Winkle

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William Lee Scott

Billy Thompson

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Greg Zola

Anthony Fusco

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Jennifer Garner

Sandra

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Jaime King

Betty Bayer

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Catherine Kellner

Barbara

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Sara Rue

Martha

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Michael Shannon

Gooz Wood

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Dan Aykroyd

Captain Thurman

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Colm Feore

Admiral Kimmel

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Mako

Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto

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John Fujioka

Nishikura

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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Cmdr. Minoru Genda

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Jesse James

Young Rafe

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Reiley McClendon

Young Danny

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William Fichtner

Danny's Father

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Steve Rankin

Rafe's Father

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Brian Haley

Training Captain

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Graham Beckel

Adm. Chester W. Nimitz

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Will Bowden

British Pilot

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Angel Sing

Japanese Aide

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Rufus Dorsey

Dorie's Friend

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Matthew Davis

Joe

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David Hornsby

Flyer with Murmur

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Scott Wilson

George Marshall

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Howard Mungo

George

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Randy Oglesby

Strategic Analyst

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Ping Wu

Japanese Officer

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Stan Cahill

Pentagon Lieutenant

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Tom Everett

Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox

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Tomas Arana

Vice Admiral Frank J. Fletcher

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Beth Grant

Motherly Secretary

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Sung Kang

Listener

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Raphael Sbarge

Kimmel's Aide

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Marty Belafsky

Louie

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Yuji Okumoto

Japanese Shy Bomber

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Josh Green

Ellis

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Ian Bohen

Radar Operator #2

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Michael Milhoan

Army Commander

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Peter Firth

Mervyn Bennion

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Marco Gould

Pop-Up Sailor

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Andrew Bryniarski

Boxer Joe

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Nicholas Downs

Terrified Sailor

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Tim Choate

Navy Doctor

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John Diehl

Senior Doctor

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Joseph Patrick Kelly

Medic

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Ron Harper

Minister

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Ted McGinley

Army Major

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Madison Mason

Raymond Spruance

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Kim Coates

Jack Richards

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Glenn Morshower

William Halsey Jr.

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Paul Francis

Doolittle Co-Pilot

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Scott Wiper

Ripley

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Eric Christian Olsen

Gunner

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Rod Biermann

Navigator

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Noriaki Kamata

Japanese Soldier

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Garret Sato

Japanese Soldier

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Eiji Inoue

Japanese Soldier

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Precious Chong

Nursing Supervisor

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Jeff Wadlow

Next Guy in Line

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Will Gill Jr.

Train Conductor

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Seth Sakai

Japanese Tourist

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Curtis Andersen

Eighteen-Year-Old Typist

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Blaine Pate

Orderly in Aftermath

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John Pyper-Ferguson

Naval Officer in Hospital

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Michael Shamus Wiles

Marc Mitscher

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Toru Tanaka Jr.

Samoan Bouncer

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Sean Gunn

Traction Sailor

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Josh Ackerman

Wounded Sailor #1

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Matt Casper

Wounded Sailor

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David Kaufman

Young Nervous Doctor

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Lindsey Ginter

Captain Low

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Guy Torry

Teeny Mayfield

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Leland Orser

Major Jackson

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Peter James Smith

Mission listener

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Pat Healy

Newsreel Guy

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Thomas Wilson Brown

Young Flier

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Chad Morgan

Nurse

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James Saito

Japanese Aide

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Tak Kubota

Japanese Aide

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Robert Jayne

Sunburnt Sailor

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Vic Chao

Japanese Doctor

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Frederick Koehler

Wounded Sailor

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Ben Easter

Baja Sailor

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Cory Tucker

Baja Sailor

Writing

Abe Sylvia

Baja Sailor

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Jason Liggett

Baja Sailor

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Bret Roberts

Baja Sailor

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Sean Faris

Danny's Gunner

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Nicholas Farrell

RAF Squadron Leader

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Tony Curran

Ian

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Daniel Mays

Pilot

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Toshi Toda

Dentist

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Jaymee Ong

Dental Assistant

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Lisa Ross

Nurse (uncredited)

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Max Thayer

Bit Part (uncredited)

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Camille Carida

Nurse (uncredited)

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Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Tanya Dempsey

Nurse (uncredited)

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Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Frieda Jane

Nurse (uncredited)

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Kathleen Mullan

Stearn Nurse (uncredited))

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Directing

Lin Oeding

Japanese Sailor (uncredited)

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Barbara Scolaro

Josephine Doolittle (uncredited)

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Melissa Anne Young

Nurse (uncredited)

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Scott Levy

Sergeant (uncredited)

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J Michael Briggs

Injured Marine

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