Midway

Summary: A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

Release Date: June 18, 1976

Genres: Action, Drama, History

Director: Jack Smight

Writer: Donald S. Sanford

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: PG

Production: The Mirisch Corporation, Universal Pictures

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Image Entertainment, MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 43,220,000

Box office:

Domestic:$43.2MWorldwide:$43.2M

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The Metacritic audience rated this 8% higher than the critics.

Metacritic Meta:

48/100

Metacritic User:

56/100

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6% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

22% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White77.78%Asian16.67%Mixed / Other5.56%

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race relations,interracial,interracial relationship

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Midway: Fighting for a White Country

1,931 words

It’s shocking Hollywood produced a film like Midway.

The heroes are upstanding white men who fight for their country and not abstract ideals. The good guys are all white, the bad...

Proper Review

Dec 10th 2019

Counter Currents Staff

#DissidentRight

War Is a Hell of a Good Time in Midway

A flyboy saga reduces the crucial Pacific battle to a video game.

Proper Review

Nov 12th 2019

Kyle Smith

#Christian #CenterRight

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Jun 28th 2017

PJ Media Staff

#Christian #CenterRight

‘1917’ and the Suicide of the West

This review contains a few spoilers.

If you’ve seen the trailer for 1917, you know the premise: Two British soldiers must slip through enemy lines to deliver an urgent message. If they fail, the...

Contains Mention

Jan 14th 2020

American Renaissance

#DissidentRight #PaleoCon

‘Midway’ and the America That Has Been Lost

World War II established the ideological foundation of the modern Western order. In the popular imagination, it was a crusade against racism and anti-Semitism. Yet Americans didn’t fight for egalitarianism...

Contains Mention

Nov 27th 2019

American Renaissance

#DissidentRight #PaleoCon

'Midway' (2019) Review: Unpretentious, Accurate, Exciting, Pro-American

"Midway" does not hit you with even one stupid moment, not a single one of political correctness

Contains Mention

Nov 12th 2019

John Nolte

#CenterRight

‘Midway’ Director Emmerich: We Need More WWII Movies

“Midway” showed audiences are still hungry for All-American heroism.