The Pacific - TV Miniseries (HBO)

[ajithfederer]

The Pacific is based primarily on two memoirs of U.S. Marines, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene Sledge and Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie. The series will tell the stories of the two authors and Marine John Basilone, as the war against the Empire of Japan rages. It also draws on Sledge's China Marine[28] and Red Blood, Black Sand,[29] the memoir of Chuck Tatum, a Marine who fought alongside Basilone at Iwo Jima.

The series will feature well-known battles involving the 1st Marine Division, such as Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa, as well as Basilone's involvement in the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Hugh Ambrose has authored the official tie-in book to the series,which follows the stories of the three men featured in the series as well as stories of their fellow Marines. It is set to publish in the US and UK in March 2010.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pacific_(miniseries)

Official website (http://www.hbo.com/the-pacific)

The Pacific @ all movie (http://www.allmovie.com/work/395872)

The Pacific @ TV (http://www.tv.com/the-pacific/show/76289/summary.html)

The Pacific @ imdb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374463/)

The official website of Marine Sidney Phillips, whose story is seen in The Pacific (http://www.marinesidphillips.com/)

[ajithfederer]

Episodes
# Title Directed by Written by Original airdate
1 "Part One" Tim Van Patten[32] Bruce C. McKenna March 14, 2010 (2010-03-14)
Robert Leckie and the 1st Marines land on Guadalcanal and take part in the Battle of the Tenaru.


2 "Part Two" David Nutter Bruce C. McKenna March 21, 2010 (2010-03-21)
John Basilone and the 7th Marines land on Guadalcanal to bolster the defenses around Henderson Field.


3 "Part Three" Jeremy Podeswa George Pelecanos & Michelle Ashford March 28, 2010 (2010-03-28)
The 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal is relieved and arrives in Melbourne, Australia. Basilone receives the Medal of Honor and returns home to sell war bonds.


4 "Part Four" Graham Yost Robert Schenkkan & Graham Yost April 4, 2010 (2010-04-04)
Eugene Sledge enlists in the Marines and trains for combat, while Leckie and the 1st Marine Division are put into action at Cape Gloucester.


5 "Part Five" Carl Franklin Laurence Andries & Bruce C. McKenna April 11, 2010 (2010-04-11)
Sledge and Leckie land with the 1st Marine Division at Peleliu.


6 "Part Six" Tony To Bruce C. McKenna & Laurence Andries & Robert Schenkkan April 18, 2010 (2010-04-18)
The Marines move to capture Peleliu's vital airfield. Leckie is wounded by blast concussion and evacuated.


7 "Part Seven" Tim Van Patten Bruce C. McKenna April 25, 2010 (2010-04-25)
Sledge and the 5th Marines move into Peleliu's Bloody Nose Ridge to face the Japanese.


8 "Part Eight" David Nutter & Jeremy Podeswa Robert Schenkkan & Michelle Ashford May 2, 2010 (2010-05-02)
Basilone is transferred to the 5th Marine Division and lands at Iwo Jima.


9 "Part Nine" Tim Van Patten Bruce C. McKenna May 9, 2010 (2010-05-09)
Sledge and the 1st Marine Division land at Okinawa.


10 "Part Ten" Jeremy Podeswa Bruce C. McKenna & Robert Schenkkan May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16)
Sledge and Leckie return home after the Japanese surrender.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pacific_(miniseries)#Episodes

[bingleguy]

hows Tom Hanks n Steven Spielberg part of this series AF ????

[ajithfederer]

I saw the first episode on Sunday midnight. Actually I missed the telecast and I saw it on On-Demand. The first episode was good. The first episode starts 9 months after Pearl Harbor attack on Aug 1942. It tracks the lives of marines who were dropped into an island in the Pacific called the Guadalcanal to stop the Japanese from building an air-base with which they plan on to halt the american offensive and increase the Japanese offensive.

When the marines reach there they see that the other american soldiers are resting on the beach. Happy to see them they start their patrol into the interior of the island. They encounter dead marines there and in the night they are shocked to found their navy ships being bombed by the japanese and they are left with very no ammo-supplies and food until the next batch arrives which is doubtful.

In the Night they engage in an gun fight with the japanese and kill everybody and they play with a japanese soldier by not shooting him but by rather shooting around him. Enraged by this the guy starts yelling and the protoganist(James Budge Dale - One of the proteges of Frank Costello in The Departed shot by damon at the end) of this show shoots him to stop this ravage play.

[ajithfederer]

They are Narrators. You can see extra stuff if you have on demand i think.

hows Tom Hanks n Steven Spielberg part of this series AF ????