Guadalcanal Diary (1943)

Product Summary Publisher: Foxvideo Format: DVD UPC: 00024543025337 Buy.com Sku: 40687764 Item#: VLWK7M Buy.com Sales Rank: 25216 Category Keywords: Action  Big Battles  World War II  Rating: NR     Features: DVD, Sensormatic   Editor's Note Wartime account of the Marine invasion of the Solomon Islands during WWII. Clearly intended to bolster home-front morale, but the better-than-average cast of tough guys and the proximity of the release to the events themselves give the action an added urgency.   Features Region 1 Keep Case Single Side - Dual Layer Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: Mono - English Stereo 2.0 - English Subtitles - Spanish - Optional Additional Release Material: Trailers: 1. Original Theatrical Trailer 2. Fox Flix Trailers Interactive Features: Scene Selection Interactive Menus   Technical Info Release Information Studio: Foxvideo Release Date: 5/13/2008 Running Time: 88 minutes Original Release Date: 1943 Catalog ID: 2002533 UPC: 00024543025337 Number of Discs: 1 Audio & Video Original Language: English Available Audio Tracks: English Available Subtitles: Spanish Video: B&W   Cast & Crew Preston Foster Ralph Byrd Richard Jaeckel Miles Mander William Bendix Lionel Stander Roy Roberts Anthony Quinn Reed Hadley Richard Conte Minor Watson Lloyd Nolan Charles Lang Leland Fuller - Art Director Jerry Cady - Screenwriter Lamar Trotti - Screenwriter David Buttolph - Composer James Basevi - Production Designer Charles G. Clarke - Cinematographer Fred Sersen - Special Effects Fred Allen - Editor Emil Newman - Music Director Bryan Foy - Producer Richard Tregaskis - Story Lewis Seiler - Director    Related Videos Fast and Furious Inglourious Basterds Land of the Lost

It was okay. It reflects the innocense of the era it was made. I'm sure it was a great movie when it was made, but it really doesn't hold up over time. It seemed to be more of a moral boost movie than one that really details the events of what happened. It is too short on content for me.
 
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