Midway

Midway (1976)

3 corrections since 9 Jan '17, 00:00

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Corrected entry: A couple of scenes show Japanese planes diving into US carriers. Kamikaze planes never struck until late 1944.

Correction: Planes diving into US ships doesn't make them kamikaze planes, who are specially fitted to be a flying bomb. They just had a damaged plane and decided to sacrifice themselves to hurt their enemy, even American pilots did that.

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Corrected entry: Admiral Nimitz (Henry Fonda) is at the hospital visiting Admiral Halsey (Robert Mitchum). Nimitz is asking Halsey who his replacement should be since Halsey is laid up with a skin disease. A jet engine can be heard very clearly in the background.

Correction: Sounded like a single engine prop to me I used to fly them. Definitely not a jet.

I replayed that scene 4 times it is definitely a single engine prop.

Corrected entry: Captain Garth's spectacular crash is in a Korean War Naval Jet (an F9F Panther) and not the Wildcat he should have been flying. BTW, the pilot of the jet walked away without a scratch.

Correction: Captain Garth was flying an SBD Dauntless during the battle. The Wildcat was a single-seat fighter.

Correction: The intent of the original error is the movie splices in Korean war footage of a jet crashing to depict Capt. Garth crashing in a WW2 propeller driven aircraft. As such this is a valid error.

Continuity mistake: During the scene when Torpedo Eight squadron is slaughtered during its attack on Nagumo's carriers, Ensign George Gay's aircraft changes appearance several times. This is due to the different snippets of wartime footage being cobbled together. When the squadron commences its attack, his plane is a Vindicator. When his plane is the last one left, it has changed into an SBD Dauntless. When Gay's plane has been hit and is diving towards the sea, it has become an Avenger. Finally, when his aircraft hits the water, it has become a Hellcat.

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Captain Garth: Can I ask you something personal? Very personal?
Commander Rochefort: Sure.
Captain Garth: You know, it really stinks down here. How often do some of your people take a bath?
Commander Rochefort: Bath? Hell, I don't know. What day is it?

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Trivia: The film-makers only had three vintage US aircraft for the production, namely two F4F Wildcat fighters and a PBY Catalina search plane. All of the other aircraft that appear are from either wartime footage or from previous war movies.

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Question: When is The Coral Sea Battle shown?

Answer: It's shown in the original 4 hour movie. Most of the scenes from the Coral Sea Battle are cut from this version and the battle is referenced, but never really shown.

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