Wake Island (1942) | |
| Director(s) | John Farrow |
| Producer(s) | Joseph Sistrom |
| Top Genres | Drama, War |
| Top Topics | True Story (based on), World War II |
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Wake Island (1942) was a War - Drama Film directed by John Farrow and produced by Joseph Sistrom.
Academy Awards 1942 --- Ceremony Number 15 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Supporting Actor | William Bendix | Nominated |
| Best Director | John Farrow | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Paramount | Nominated |
| Best Writing | W. R. Burnett, Frank Butler | Nominated |
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Wake Island (1942)
By Beatrice on Aug 30, 2014 From Flickers in TimeWake Island Directed by John Farrow Written by W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler 1942/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing/Universal Studios DVD Why, if??Wake Island is the first “action” WWII movie, does it feel like such a cliche? ?Maybe this is where these cliches started? The film beg... Read full article
Wake Island
By Alyson on May 24, 2010 From The Best Picture ProjectYou know, I enjoy a good old American war film as much as the next guy, but Wake Island does a horrible service to the Alamo of the Pacific.? Today, it just isn’t relevant.? Between it’s style of comedy and chronic battle scenes it’s likely to just annoy a 21st century audience.... Read full article
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Quotes from
Pvt. Aloysius K. 'Smacksie' Randall:
The dumber those guys get, the more stripes you get.
Pvt. Joe Doyle: You oughta look like a zebra.
Maj. Geoffrey Caton: Boys, the honeymoon's over. From now on you're marines.
Pvt. Aloysius K. 'Smacksie' Randall: [Dressed in civilian clothes] World, her I cpme!
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Pvt. Joe Doyle: You oughta look like a zebra.
Maj. Geoffrey Caton: Boys, the honeymoon's over. From now on you're marines.
Pvt. Aloysius K. 'Smacksie' Randall: [Dressed in civilian clothes] World, her I cpme!
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Facts about
Paramount began work on this movie before the real life battle for Wake Island was over.
In a "History Channel" special called "Wake Island: The Alamo of the Pacific", the survivors of the conflict called this movie one of the greatest works of fiction ever produced by Hollywood, especially because the movie portrays that there were no survivors.
Robert Sklar in his book 'Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies' states that this movie was the " . . . first of many to dramatize American war heroics for the home front."
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In a "History Channel" special called "Wake Island: The Alamo of the Pacific", the survivors of the conflict called this movie one of the greatest works of fiction ever produced by Hollywood, especially because the movie portrays that there were no survivors.
Robert Sklar in his book 'Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies' states that this movie was the " . . . first of many to dramatize American war heroics for the home front."
read more facts about Wake Island...
