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Episode Ten (and the last): Home

skunker — Thu, 13 May 2010 23:41:47 +0000

After the Japanese surrender, Leckie, healed from his wounds, leaves the hospital and returns home, while Sledge heads back to Alabama to be reunited with his family and Sid Phillips. Lena visits Basilone’s home and has an emotional meeting with his family. Leckie adjusts to post-war life by resuming his old job and starting a [...]

Episode Nine of The Pacific: Okinawa

skunker — Sat, 08 May 2010 00:23:53 +0000

After battling across the island of Okinawa for over a month, Sledge and the rest of the 1st Marine Division are ordered to relieve an Army division that has been in combat against the most strongly defended Japanese position on the island. The primordial conditions and the moral dilemma posed by the presence of civilians [...]

Episode Eight of the Pacific: Iwo Jima

skunker — Sat, 01 May 2010 13:46:44 +0000

preview-part-8 Coming up on Episode Eight of The Pacific: Increasingly frustrated by his role campaigning for war bonds, Basilone convinces the Marines to allow him to train troops headed for combat. Transferred to Camp Pendleton, he enjoys a whirlwind romance with an initially reluctant female Marine, Lena Riggi. But the couple know they are living on [...]

Sunday night on HBO: Episode Six of The Pacific

skunker — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:06:02 +0000

Coming up on Episode Six of The Pacific: Despite the suffocating 115-degree heat and a lack of clean drinking water, Sledge, Leckie and the other Marines confront the highly-fortified enemy as they attempt to capture the Peleliu airfield. After seeing his comrades badly injured, Leckie himself is wounded and evacuated from the island. Sledge witnesses [...]

Watch 6 minutes of the Peleliu Landing Sequence!

skunker — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:12:21 +0000

Update: The link seems to have been removed. Sky.com has posted 6 minutes of the Peleliu landing sequence that will be shown in Episode Five. This is an intense sequence and one that is surely going to push your home theater system to the limit. This is the one you’ve been waiting for. Check it [...]

Preview Episode Five

skunker — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:59:09 +0000

HBO has uploaded the trailer for Episode Five of The Pacific. Also available is the historical background video that will be shown before the Episode airs. Preview Part 5 Basilone’s celebrity grows as he travels across the country on the war bonds tour. On Pavuvu, Sledge, assigned to the 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, [...]

The official companion book to The Pacific, by Hugh Ambrose

skunker — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:59:45 +0000

Unlike the HBO mini-series which follows three Marines into war, the official series companion book follows the actions of five men as they fought in many of the major battles of the Pacific (two of these 5 men were subsequently dropped from the series due to budget constraints). ‘Manila John’ Basilone, Marine… some may [...]

Episode Four Preview Available

skunker — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:04:40 +0000

HBO has uploaded the trailer for Episode Four “Gloucester/Pavavu/Banika. Watch the trailer below: Preview Part 4

Updates: Soundtrack, Air Dates, Videos, and More!

skunker — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:38:21 +0000

We hope you’ve been enjoying the first two episodes of The Pacific on HBO. If you’re in a different country, chances are you local station will be carrying it shortly. View our FAQ page to see when it will be playing in your area. Don’t forget to discuss the episodes in our friendly forum. Lots [...]

Interview with Bruce McKenna, writer/producer of Pacific

skunker — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:31:23 +0000

MakingOf.com has an exclusive interview up with Bruce C. McKenna, Co-Executive Producer and writer of HBO’s television event, “The Pacific.” McKenna discusses the advantages of making a mini-series vs a feature length film, keeping the characters as real as possible, and what it was like working alongside Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. View the video [...]