"The Pacific" Miniseries on HBO-- Part 3

I read that HBO spent $200 million on the miniseries, the most ever spent on one. This is almost twice what they spent on the then biggest-budget TV miniseries-ever, "Band of Brothers" about World War II in the European Theater.

I wonder if some of the scenes will match the opening of "Saving Private Ryan?" That was something else.

Filming lasted ten months.

Some Other Pacific War movies

Guadalcanal Diary, 1943 with Anthony Quinn
The Thin Red Line, 1964 with Keir Dulles
The Thin Red Line, 1999 with Sean Penn
Flying Leathernecks, 1951 with John Wayne
Sands of Iwo Jima, 1949 with John Wayne.

And, of course Clint Eastwood's "Flags of Our Forefathers" and "Letters from Iwo Jima" which gave the Japanese point-of-view.

Quite an Effort. --DaCoot