Academy Awards, USA 1966
| Nominated Oscar | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Loyal Griggs |
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Otto Preminger
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Paramount)
Aging Navy Captain John Wayne finds new life after blundering a counterattack on the Japanese after Pearl Harbor. After a stint at a desk job in Washington as punishment, he is assigned to lead a secret mission to take control of a remote Pacific island. The final battle with the Japanese fleet, including the infamous battleship Yamato, is a highlight, his romantic involvement with nurse Patricia Neal is not. Preminger paints a broad picture of the lives and loves of Navy seamen at war, with a definite emphasis of love over war. Black-and-white cinematography by Loyal Griggs is strikingly beautiful at times, earning him a well-deserved Oscar nomination.
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