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In 1923 Tennessee, two best friends, Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker, play together in the back of an old biplane, pretending
to be soldiers fighting the German Empire in World War I. After Rafe's father lands his biplane and leaves, Rafe and Danny
climb into the plane. Rafe accidentally starts it, but manages to stop the plane at the end of the runway. Enraged, Danny's
father beats his son. Rafe stands up to him, calling him a "dirty German". However, Danny's father reveals that he fought the
Germans in France during World War I, and hopes the boys never see the horrors he saw. In January 1941, with World War II
raging, Danny and Rafe are both first lieutenants under the command of Major Jimmy Doolittle. Doolittle informs Rafe that he
has been accepted into the Eagle Squadron (a RAF outfit for American pilots during the Battle of Britain). A nurse named
Evelyn meets Rafe, who passes his medical exam despite his dyslexia. That night, Rafe and Evelyn enjoy an evening of dancing
at a nightclub and later a jaunt in the New York harbor in a borrowed police boat. Rafe shocks Evelyn by saying that he has
joined the Eagle Squadron and is leaving the next day. During a mission to intercept a Luftwaffe bombing raid, Rafe is shot
down in the English Channel and is presumed killed in action. Evelyn mourns his death and turns to Danny, which spurs a new
romance between the two.
On the night of December 6, Evelyn is shocked to discover Rafe standing outside her door, having survived his downing and
spending the ensuing months trapped in Nazi-occupied France. Rafe, in turn, discovers Danny's romance with Evelyn and leaves
for the Hula bar, where he is welcomed back by his overjoyed fellow pilots. Danny finds a drunken Rafe in the bar with the
intention of making things right, but the two get into a fight. They drive away, avoiding being put in the brig when the
military police arrive at the bar. The two later fall asleep in Danny's car. Next morning, on December 7, 1941, the Imperial
Japanese Navy begins its attack on Pearl Harbor. The US Pacific Fleet suffers severe damage in the surprise attack, and most
of the defending airfields are obliterated before they are able to launch fighters to defend the harbor. Rafe and Danny
manage to take off in P-40 fighter planes, and are able to shoot down seven of the attacking planes before the Japanese withdraw.
The next day, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Day of Infamy Speech to the nation and requests the US Congress
declare a state of war with the Empire of Japan. The survivors attend a memorial service to honor the numerous dead. Later,
Danny and Rafe are both assigned to travel stateside under newly promoted Lt. Colonel Doolittle for a secret mission. Before
they leave, Evelyn reveals to Rafe that she is pregnant with Danny's child, and intends to stay with Danny. Upon their arrival
in California, Danny and Rafe are both promoted to Captain and awarded the Silver Star, and volunteer for a secret mission under
Doolittle. During the next three months, Rafe, Danny and other pilots train with specially modified B-25 Mitchell bombers. In
April, the raiders are sent towards Japan on board USS Hornet. Their mission: bomb Tokyo, after doing so they will land in
allied China. The mission is successful, except at the end Rafe and Danny's plane crashes. They are held at gunpoint by
Japanese soldiers. A gunfight ensues, and Danny is mortally wounded shielding Rafe. Rafe tearfully reveals to Danny that
Evelyn is pregnant with his child; with Danny's dying breaths he tells Rafe that it is his child now. After the war, Rafe
and Evelyn, now married, visit Danny's grave with Danny and Evelyn's son, also named Danny. Rafe then asks his stepson if
he would like to go flying, and they fly off into the sunset in the old biplane that his father once had.
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Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Tom Sizemore,
Jon Voight, Alec Baldwin, Dan Aykroyd, Mako, Jennifer Garner
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Director: Michael Bay
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer & Michael Bay
Released - May 25, 2001
Length - 183 minutes
Music Composer: Hans Zimmer
Movie Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures
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