Posts with tag "the pacific"

How HBO Made the Most Expensive Mini-Series of All Time

Posted Aug 27th 2010 at 06:00 AM by Jo Piazza

Budgets over $200 million are usually reserved for the likes of Jerry Bruckheimer and James Cameron. That kind of budget buys a lot of explosions, car chases, 3-D effects and big-time stars. Well, $217 million is what HBO spent to produce it's Emmy nominated World War II miniseries 'The Pacific.' They spent an additional $10 million on an aggressive marketing campaign, according to a story in ...

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Do Movies & TV Shows Have to Be Historically Accurate?

Posted Jul 17th 2010 at 08:00 AM by Jane Boursaw

Pop-Ed: How accurate do TV shows and movies have to be when it comes to telling real-life history? Is it OK to fudge the details to enhance the story? Or should the storyteller be a stickler for detail? While doing press for 'The Pacific' earlier this year, Tom Hanks told listeners of Dennis Miller's radio show that the HBO series wasn't really intended to be a "big picture" view of the war in ...