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| Product DescriptionThe Guts and Glory of the Navy! This is the movie that inspired "Saving Private Ryan." It's the true story of five brothers who fought and died together when their ship, the American cruiser Juneau, was sunk in the South Pacific during World War II. The Fighting Sullivans is something more than a worthy tribute to a pair of small town parents and the five sons they lost when the Juneau blew up in a battle off Guadalcanal on November 13, 1942. It is a heartwarming slice of Americana that will fill in the background of any number of Americans on the fighting front. The audience's awareness of the news in store for the Sullivan family adds considerably to the film's effect. The Fighting Sullivans generates emotion strictly on it's own terms and without bidding for tears. This Commemorative Edition marks the 63rd anniversary of the sinking of the Juneau. DVD features: 2005 Interview with Frank Holmgren (last living survivor of the sinking)| Video Inside the 5 Sullivan Brothers Veterans Museum| A message from Bob Neymeyer of the Grout Museum| Family Photos| Last Muster List| Memorials from family members| Survivor List| Juneau Action account letter by Lieutenant Roger W O'Neil - Mc-V (G) U S Naval Reserve| Personal Letters| Letter from President Franklin D Roosevelt| New Digital Transfer| Original Theatrical Trailer. - Actors: John Alvin, Anne Baxter, Ward Bond, Johnny Calkins, John Campbell
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Special Edition, NTSC
- Language (Original Language): English
- Region Code: 1
- Release Date: 2005-11-22
- Running Time: 112 minutes
- Theatrical Release Date: 1944-02-03
Customer ReviewsReviewed on 2008-07-03 
Great Movie
Saw this movie many many years ago, all i can say is, if you have never seen it, you really got watch it at lease once.. |  | Reviewed on 2008-02-19 
War propaganda ages very fast
One little war propaganda film that has a certain charm. The charm comes from the five brothers that can never do anything separately. By insisting on being the five of them on the same ship they were all killed at the same time. That is no heroism in itself. That is just slightly sad and moving. Never put all your eggs in the same basket. If that basket gets run over you lose all your eggs. Yet the film has a charm beyond that and the charm comes from the number five, for one, and the reversal of age order for two. Five is a strange number. The Sullivans are a good Catholic Irish family. So six should be a better number and actually it is reached with the daughter and that brings the family to eight, Christ in his glory. Note when the five boys are dead, if we take into account the wife of the youngest son and their son that makes five again. Five is a deeply pagan number associated with life, the enjoyment of life and here it is inverted by the tragic death of the five sons leaving five people behind them. That is also surprising because of the satanic dimension of this number in a catholic dimension, and this inversion is typically American: the revisiting and de-diabolizing of this number, especially since they become heroes and their name is given to a war ship. Note the last vision of them is a dream when the ship is christened: four sons at first in two groups of two and the fifth one, the only married one, the youngest one coming running after. And then this number five becomes the basic symbol of the western civilization, the five fingers of a hand, the five senses and so many other things that come in five, especially the five cent nickel. Apart from that the film is nothing but propaganda, even when showing the suffering of the survivors, parents, sister and wife: very soft suffering indeed.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines
| | Reviewed on 2008-02-09
The Fighting Sullivans
This is an excellent movie about families sticking together through out their entire life. I remember watching this movie as a child and I loved it back then as I do today. My children also loved this movie and enyoyed watching it. | | Reviewed on 2007-12-29
the fighting sullivans
I grew up with parents from the mid-west and then moved to the west. My whole life I was taught to support our country, our flag and show respect to our soldiers. I saw this movie for the first time on a very late night while I was baby sitting as a young teenager. I fell in love with the family and the partriotism. This movie was made during the war and of course as an adult that is a history buff, I can see that this movie was used to sell war bonds. Whatever the reason, it is always inspiring to see families that came before my time that fought for my freedoms. Thank you for making this movie available. MKM | | Reviewed on 2007-12-21
Classic Americana
This outstanding film is a based on the true life story of the five Sullivan brothers who were killed when their ship was sunk in the Pacific during World War II. I think this film is a classic piece of Americana- a picture of American culture at its height. This is a very enjoyable film, touching, funny, and inspirational-definitely a film for the whole family. Highly recommended! | |
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