Colm Feore (Admiral Kimmel), Dan Aykroyd (Capt. Thurman), Reiley McClendon (Young Danny), Jesse James (Young Rafe), William Fichtner (Danny's Father), Steve Rankin (Rafe's Father), Brian Haley (Training Captain), Scott Wilson (General Marshall), Peter Firth (Capt of West Virginia), Andrew Bryniarski (Joe the Boxer), John Diehl (Senior Doctor), Ted McGinley (Air Corps Major), Guy Torry (Teeny Mayfield), Leland Orser (Major Jackson).
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Kenny Bates, K.C. Hodenfield, Jennifer Klein and Pat Sandston.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Scott Gardenhour, Bruce Hendricks, Chad Oman, Mike Stenson, Barry H. Waldman and Randall Wallace.
LINE PRODUCER: Selwyn Roberts.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Hans Zimmer, Steve Jablonsky (additional music), James S. Levine (additional music), Geoff Zanelli (additional music), with uncredited music by John Williams and Robert O. Ragland.
DISTRIBUTOR: Touchstone Pictures.
DVD RELEASE DATE: December 4th, 2001 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $59.0 million (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $198.5 million (USA)
BUDGET: $152.7 million (USA)
SHOOTING DATES: April 2000 -- September 2000
- The USS Missouri (BB63) portrays the USS West Virginia.
- Before shooting began in Pearl Harbor, a Hawaiian priest blessed the crew -- required by law for film crews shooting in Hawaii.
- Filmed in "3-strip Technicolor," the same color process used for The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind.
- Scenes in Tennessee farmland were shot an hour outside Los Angeles in Somas, California. For the look of Tennessee, corn was planted five months prior to shooting.
- The fictional character of Thurman represents an actual team of military codebreakers that deciphered Japanese transmissions days before the attack.
- Alec Baldwin spent time in flight simulators at Fort Rucker, Alabama to prepare for his role.
- To simulate the USS Oklahoma capsizing, crews constructed the world's largest gimbal.
- Both Ben Affleck's grandfathers were in WWII. Josh Hartnett's great uncle fought on D-Day, and James King's cousin died at Pearl Harbor.
- Women's feet were smaller in the 1940's, so costume houses from NYC to Italy were enlisted to produce period shoes in sizes of 10 and 11.
- It took 8 weeks for crews to build the USS Oklahoma. During the capsizing sequence, there were 150 men hanging on or falling off.
- Filming of the bombing sequence was overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency.
- The crew used 700 sticks of dynamite, 2,000 feet of primer cord and 4,000 gallons of gasoline to ignite the six ships.
- Nominated for three 2002 Academy Awards for: Best Sound, Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects.
- Nominated for six 2002 Razzie Awards for: Worst Picture, Worst Actor (Ben Affleck), Worst Screen Couple, Worst Remake or Sequel, Worst Director (Michael Bay) and Worst Screenplay.
Rafe McCawley: Well, you're a lousy friend. That's a new development.
Rafe McCawley: Yeah, it's the kind of mission where you get medals, but they send them to your relatives.
Evelyn Johnson: It's your nose that hurts.