[GreenKeys] The Movie Pearl Harbor

[Bruce Gentry]

The 2001 make of "Pearl Harbor" is one of the worst movies about WW2 for 
technical accuracy.  It is a romantic film, so technical accuracy was 
not particularly important, indeed many screenwriters would want the 
technical details downplayed. They calculated that the typical viewer 
wanting to see a romantic film would actually be put off by excessive 
detail, and those who are interested in technical accuracy would not be 
attending such a film. As long as they can sell tickets, they will 
ignore all of the details they can get away with.

    Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY




On 8/24/21 19:13, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> Sometimes the technical advisor and sometimes that the property person 
> can find. You would think M15 and similar machines were available but 
> some movie people think anything is generic, i.e. you could take a 
> carboard box and label it "Teletype" and it would do.
>
> On 8/24/2021 4:02 PM, Steve Garrison wrote:
>>
>> Anyone re-watched this movie lately?  Just watched it today, and I 
>> saw a fleeting glimpse of a Model 28 typebox.  In 1941!  Some 
>> technical advisor goofed.  Has anyone else seen that?  I didn’t 
>> happen to catch that glimpse in earlier viewings!
>>
>> Steve G./N4TTY
>>
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