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The Pacific (miniseries)
The Pacific is a 2010 American war drama miniseries produced by HBO, Playtone, and DreamWorks that premiered in the United States on March 14, 2010. The Pacific is the second of three companion piece miniseries developed by Playtone and DreamWorks, following Band of Brothers (2001) and preceding Masters of the Air (2024).
The series focuses on the United States Marine Corps's actions in the Pacific Theater of Operations within the wider Pacific War. Whereas Band of Brothers followed the men of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment through the European Theater, The Pacific centers on the experiences of Marines Robert Leckie (James Badge Dale), Eugene Sledge (Joseph Mazzello), and John Basilone (Jon Seda), who were in different regiments (1st, 5th, and 7th, respectively) of the 1st Marine Division. The Pacific miniseries features the 1st Marine Division's battles in the Pacific from their interconnected perspectives, namely Guadalcanal (Leckie and Basilone), Cape Gloucester (Leckie), Peleliu (Leckie and Sledge), Iwo Jima (Basilone), and Okinawa (Sledge).
The show was spearheaded by Bruce C. McKenna (credited as a co-executive producer), one of the main writers on Band of Brothers. Hugh Ambrose, the son of Band of Brothers author Stephen Ambrose, was a project consultant. It is based primarily on the memoirs of Sledge and Leckie: With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa and Helmet for My Pillow respectively. It also draws on Sledge's memoir China Marine, as well as Red Blood, Black Sand, the memoir of Chuck Tatum (Ben Esler), a Marine who fought alongside Basilone at Iwo Jima. Also used for reference, albeit in an uncredited capacity, was Hugh Ambrose's nonfiction book The Pacific, written as a tie-in to the miniseries. Basilone died in Iwo Jima and thus did not record his experiences.
The Pacific received highly positive reviews, particularly for its darker, more psychological tone and accurate depiction of the graphic violence exhibited in the Pacific War, although it received criticism for its more disjointed narrative structure compared to Band of Brothers. Like its predecessor, it would win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries.
The main cast is listed in the opening and closing credits in alphabetical order with the exception of the three protagonists. Each main character is listed only in the episodes they appear with the three protagonists, who are credited in all episodes.
The Pacific was produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman in association with HBO Miniseries, Playtone, DreamWorks, Seven Network and Sky Movies. Seven and Sky both invested in the project for the right to broadcast it in Australia and the United Kingdom respectively. Nine Network has previously broadcast the HBO productions of Band of Brothers. Nine had a broadcast deal with HBO's parent Warner Bros., but then HBO started to distribute its productions separately. When work on the project began, DreamWorks' television division was operating as a unit of Paramount Pictures, with Paramount's parent company Viacom having purchased DreamWorks' live-action film and television divisions in February 2006. However, by the time The Pacific was released, DreamWorks' live-action film and television divisions had already split from Viacom, with Viacom still retaining ownership of DreamWorks' pre-existing live-action film and television libraries. In the show's credits, HBO was listed as the sole copyright holder.
In April 2007, the producers set up a production office in Melbourne and began casting. Originally the project was estimated at $100 million to produce, but ended up costing over $200 million, making The Pacific the most expensive television miniseries ever created at the time. According to the Sydney Morning Herald an estimated A$134 million was spent in Australia. The Australian newspaper Herald Sun estimates that it brought 4,000 jobs and generated A$180 million for the Australian economy.
Filming of the miniseries in Australia started on August 10, 2007, and finished in late May 2008. From August until November 2007 filming took place at locations in and around Port Douglas, Queensland including Mossman, Queensland; Drumsara Plantation, Mowbray National Park and beaches at Rocky Point, Queensland. Production then moved to rural Victoria, in the You Yangs near Lara (from November–December 2007), then at a sand quarry on Sandy Creek Road near Geelong until February 2008. Melbourne city locations were used in late 2007 and through 2008 including Central City Studios at Melbourne Docklands (March 2008); Flinders Street (between Swanston and Elizabeth streets, February 1–4, 2008); the intersection of Swanston and Flinders streets (February 2008); Flinders Street station (February 2–3, 2008). Other suburban locations included Mornington Railway, Bundoora, specifically the Ernest Jones Hall at the La Trobe University campus, Bundoora (late May 2008); the Railway Hotel, South Melbourne (December 2007); Scotch College, Melbourne (December 2007); Melbourne High School (December 2007).
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The Pacific (miniseries)
The Pacific is a 2010 American war drama miniseries produced by HBO, Playtone, and DreamWorks that premiered in the United States on March 14, 2010. The Pacific is the second of three companion piece miniseries developed by Playtone and DreamWorks, following Band of Brothers (2001) and preceding Masters of the Air (2024).
The series focuses on the United States Marine Corps's actions in the Pacific Theater of Operations within the wider Pacific War. Whereas Band of Brothers followed the men of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment through the European Theater, The Pacific centers on the experiences of Marines Robert Leckie (James Badge Dale), Eugene Sledge (Joseph Mazzello), and John Basilone (Jon Seda), who were in different regiments (1st, 5th, and 7th, respectively) of the 1st Marine Division. The Pacific miniseries features the 1st Marine Division's battles in the Pacific from their interconnected perspectives, namely Guadalcanal (Leckie and Basilone), Cape Gloucester (Leckie), Peleliu (Leckie and Sledge), Iwo Jima (Basilone), and Okinawa (Sledge).
The show was spearheaded by Bruce C. McKenna (credited as a co-executive producer), one of the main writers on Band of Brothers. Hugh Ambrose, the son of Band of Brothers author Stephen Ambrose, was a project consultant. It is based primarily on the memoirs of Sledge and Leckie: With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa and Helmet for My Pillow respectively. It also draws on Sledge's memoir China Marine, as well as Red Blood, Black Sand, the memoir of Chuck Tatum (Ben Esler), a Marine who fought alongside Basilone at Iwo Jima. Also used for reference, albeit in an uncredited capacity, was Hugh Ambrose's nonfiction book The Pacific, written as a tie-in to the miniseries. Basilone died in Iwo Jima and thus did not record his experiences.
The Pacific received highly positive reviews, particularly for its darker, more psychological tone and accurate depiction of the graphic violence exhibited in the Pacific War, although it received criticism for its more disjointed narrative structure compared to Band of Brothers. Like its predecessor, it would win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries.
The main cast is listed in the opening and closing credits in alphabetical order with the exception of the three protagonists. Each main character is listed only in the episodes they appear with the three protagonists, who are credited in all episodes.
The Pacific was produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman in association with HBO Miniseries, Playtone, DreamWorks, Seven Network and Sky Movies. Seven and Sky both invested in the project for the right to broadcast it in Australia and the United Kingdom respectively. Nine Network has previously broadcast the HBO productions of Band of Brothers. Nine had a broadcast deal with HBO's parent Warner Bros., but then HBO started to distribute its productions separately. When work on the project began, DreamWorks' television division was operating as a unit of Paramount Pictures, with Paramount's parent company Viacom having purchased DreamWorks' live-action film and television divisions in February 2006. However, by the time The Pacific was released, DreamWorks' live-action film and television divisions had already split from Viacom, with Viacom still retaining ownership of DreamWorks' pre-existing live-action film and television libraries. In the show's credits, HBO was listed as the sole copyright holder.
In April 2007, the producers set up a production office in Melbourne and began casting. Originally the project was estimated at $100 million to produce, but ended up costing over $200 million, making The Pacific the most expensive television miniseries ever created at the time. According to the Sydney Morning Herald an estimated A$134 million was spent in Australia. The Australian newspaper Herald Sun estimates that it brought 4,000 jobs and generated A$180 million for the Australian economy.
Filming of the miniseries in Australia started on August 10, 2007, and finished in late May 2008. From August until November 2007 filming took place at locations in and around Port Douglas, Queensland including Mossman, Queensland; Drumsara Plantation, Mowbray National Park and beaches at Rocky Point, Queensland. Production then moved to rural Victoria, in the You Yangs near Lara (from November–December 2007), then at a sand quarry on Sandy Creek Road near Geelong until February 2008. Melbourne city locations were used in late 2007 and through 2008 including Central City Studios at Melbourne Docklands (March 2008); Flinders Street (between Swanston and Elizabeth streets, February 1–4, 2008); the intersection of Swanston and Flinders streets (February 2008); Flinders Street station (February 2–3, 2008). Other suburban locations included Mornington Railway, Bundoora, specifically the Ernest Jones Hall at the La Trobe University campus, Bundoora (late May 2008); the Railway Hotel, South Melbourne (December 2007); Scotch College, Melbourne (December 2007); Melbourne High School (December 2007).