MacArthur [videorecording] / Universal ; a Richard D. Zanuck/David Brown production ; written by Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins ; produced by Frank McCarthy ; directed by Joseph Sargent.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 20544 | Universal StudiosLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios, c2001.Description: 1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0783260628
- 9780783260624
- Title on container: General Douglas MacArthur
- MacArthur (Motion picture).
- Music, Jerry Goldsmith.
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Northport Library | DVD | DRAMA MacArthu | Available | 33111007399609 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Star Gregory Peck went into MacArthur disliking the title character that he was slated to play, but emerged from the experience with a deeper understanding and respect for this complex historical figure. The film is framed in flashback, with an octogenarian General Douglas MacArthur (Peck) making his final address before his alma mater of West Point. We flash back to the fall of Corregidor in 1942, with MacArthur promising "I shall return" to the beleaguered (and eventually imprisoned) American and Filipino troops. The story follows MacArthur's subsequent victories in the South Pacific, occasionally pausing to show us the General's omnipresent sense of "showmanship" (e.g. his wading ashore on the beaches of the Philippines for the benefit of the newsreel cameras). The greater part of the film involves MacArthur's attempts to restore dignity to the defeated postwar Japan, and to keep the Russian Communists from overtaking the orient as they had Eastern Europe. MacArthur is eventually fired from his post by President Truman after the general defies orders during the Korean conflict. MacArthur was intended as Universal's "answer" to 20th Century-Fox's enormously successful Patton (1970), but box-office returns were disappointing. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1977.
Special features include : production notes, cast & filmmakers, theatrical trailer, 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen.
Music, Jerry Goldsmith.
Gregory Peck, Ed Flanders, Dan O'Herlihy.
A biographical drama of one of the most controversial public figures of his time, General Douglas MacArthur.
MPAA rating: PG.
DVD; mono.
Captions/subtitles in English, French and Spanish.