MacArthur |  | Director: Joseph Sargent
Actors: Gregory Peck, Dan O'Herlihy, Ed Flanders, Ivan Bonar, Ward Costello
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  19 reviews
Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 130 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D20544D
ISBN: 0783260628
UPC: 025192054426
EAN: 9780783260624
Theatrical Release Date: July 1977
Release Date: October 30, 2001
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Product Description
Gen. Douglas macarthur returns to the philippines manages postwar japan and defies president truman. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 08/01/2006 Starring: Gregory Peck Sandy Kenyon Run time: 130 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Joseph Sargent
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 MacArthur - the Ego Maniac October 20, 2009
Ian Holdsworth (Melbourne, Australia)
The movie - MacArthur was ok, but I thought Patton was better. I think MacArthur was really full of himself and he had an ego, as big as all outdoors. This movie was a bit vague about some things like MacArthur getting fired by Truman during the Korean War and what happened afterwards.
 Once you've seen it, you've seen it once, which is enough... March 17, 2009
Thomas F. Redmond (Cleveland, OH)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"MacArthur" has strong ponts and weak points.
Strong points:
1. Typically, Gregory Peck gives a great performance.
2. The screenplay for "MacArthur" follows a coherent timeline. The story doesn't jump around without explanation.
3. The relationship between MacArthur and Truman was accurately depicted.
4. The cinematography was excellent.
5. While the point of view is obviously sympathetic to MacArthur as a soldier, it does not portray the individual as a saint without fault.
Weak points:
1. Although the battle scenes were fairly well staged, at one point, some stock footage of a dive bomber dropping its load on target was inserted. The only problem is that the silhouetted airplane is an F4 Phantom, which wasn't put into service until the 1960's.
2. Truman's reasons for relieving MacArthur were not fully explained.
3. There was little mention of MacArthur's service prior to Corrigedor.
4. Although MacArthur was portrayed as having the final sayso in strategic operations concerning the Pacific Theater, it wasn't necessarily so.
5. Even though the film's intro alludes to the image of MacArthur as a controversial figure, the screenplay does not adequately follow up on this idea. Even though some light is thrown on his political ambition, MacArthur is portrayed for the most part as someone who, in some other dimension, could have been the CEO of some financial outfit. The MacArthur Peck portrays does not appear to be the rather ruthless individual that at times, MacArthur was.
I bought this film because one of the Marines in my unit was an extra in the Korean War sequence, which was filmed at least in part, at Camp Pendleton. He said he carried a BAR and I wanted to see if I could spot him. I could recognize Pendleton, but not the Gyrene.
Would I recommend "MacArthur" for viewing? Yes, but it's not something that I would want to watch again and again and again.
Great movie, excellent actor but some minor factual errors February 13, 2009
Winston (Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Gregory Peck is excellent. His acting is superb here. This movie would be incomplete and bad if Peck wasn't in it. I admire Gen. MacArthur and am one of his fans even though people call him a crazed general. I think he should have been allowed to finish the job he started in Korea. If he had been given the chance, we'd not be stuck with a split Korea and a belligerent China. At any rate, this movie is one of my favorites along with Patton of course. Also the visual effects are not satisfactory mostly due to the technological advantages of 1960s. Like the scene where naval vessels are shelling Philippines and MacArthur along with PH president are observing the scene. It's kinda childish at best but heck, I like the movie. However there are some minor errors in the script (which I might very well be wrong and plz correct me on that):
When Gen. MacArthur is planning to re-take Phillippines with Adm Nimitz and FDR, he (Gregory Peck) talks about the beach landings in Anzio, Italy. The Anzio happened in Jan and Feb 1944 whereas this talk of retaking Philippines took place in 1943, months before Anzio beach landing occurred. So there's one thing that's debatable.
One other thing is where his aide approached him about the plans to drop the A-bomb on Japan and general says something about the biggest invasion of history and he is upset that it is gonna be done by an "Air Force General". Well, duh! Air Force didn't exist in fact until 1947. So I am not sure if the wording is correct there. Maybe Army brass referred to army air corps as Air Force. I don't know but it doesnt ring true. Again, I hope I am wrong. ;-)
All in all, I give this movie a great rating for its superb portrayal of an American hero.
One of the most impressive scenes was the accurate recreation of the Japanese surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri... February 6, 2009
Roberto Frangie (Leon, Gto. Mexico)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The film transported everyone back to October 20, 1944 where we seemed to be part of the great Philippine 'I Shall Return' landing scene... It was on that Leyte shore where General MacArthur reaped his fame...
Above all, Gregory Peck triumphed in his portrayal of the great general... It is the stride, the set of the shoulders, the intensity... It's what both men have had in common: intensity, total absorption, devotion... With MacArthur it was for the military... With Peck it was for the challenge of acting... An Academy Award winner for "To Kill a Mockinbird", an Oscar nominee for "Keys to the Kingdom", "The Yearling", "Gentleman's Agreement", and "Twelve O'Clock High"--he has played everything from an apparently homicidal amnesiac to a crusading journalist; from a troubled gunfighter to an obsessed attorney; from biblical David to Captain Horatio Hornblower... He has brought to them all his own unique insight, his character, his sincerity, warmth and love, and especially, his humor...
There is a scene where 'MacArthur' stands on deck with the 'President of the Philippines.' We can hear the dialogue: "General, I hope the water isn't too deep," says the 'President,' "because my people will find out I can't swim." Then come Peck's sonorous voice: "And my people are going to find that I can't walk on water!"
As "MacArthur," Peck once again justified his reputation as a giant in the film industry... Through him we felt MacArthur's emotions: we knew his anger, his happiness and we understood the relationship with his whole family...
MacArthur deserved a longer film June 23, 2007
Robert J. Scheppy (Zhu Hai, China)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Beautifully filmed, but MacArthur, an epic American general, should have been a 3-hour film instead of the 130 minutes they sliced it into. I kept sensing they had cut scenes. Fux pas: Gregory Peck (1) points to Lingayen Gulf in Luzon and vows to land at Leyte, (2) salutes President Truman at the 1950 Wake Island meeting when we all know MacArthur infuriated Truman by failing to salute, and (3) keeps saying "please" when he gives orders. I just can't imagine General MacArthur saying "please" as he barks the commands. But overall, a good film.
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