IP: d: PH: A free, better alternative

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

The National Geographic presentation is wonderful. Take a look djf



> From: "Janos Gereben" <janos451 () earthlink net>
> To: "jg" <janos451 () earthlink net>
> Subject: PH: A free, better alternative
> Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 16:54:28 -0700
>
> Somewhere between aft and stage-left of the USS John C. Stennis, in Pearl
> Harbor - Like it not, you'll be stuck with the "Pearl Harbor promotion" at
> least through Dec. 7 and the 60th anniversary.
>
> For the immediate future, it'll be the whoopla generated by Disney's
> $5-million "Pearl Harbor" premiere party on board this 97,000-ton aircraft
> carrier - a weekend of dealing with 600 invited media from around the world
> (including Japan, contrary to my earlier report), and then the flight-deck
> screening on Monday for 2,000 guests, including a certain, yet unknown,
> number of Bushes. The price tag does not include "rental" of the Stennis'
> enormous expanse and 2,500-crew - apparently, the Navy is participating in
> order to gain publicity and step up recruiting. (Does the Navy anticipation,
> intelligence, handling of Pearl Harbor, with the enormous - partly
> unnecessary - losses of lives and ships really make for a valid marketing
> approach?)
>
> Then next Friday, it'll be the opening of the movie itself, not a product
> likely to stand up well under such scrutiny and hype, although most reviews
> will be kinder than mine.
>
> Here's some good news: you can see a fine new in-depth account of the attack
> on Pearl Harbor for free. National Geographic Television is launching a new
> series - "National Geographic Beyond the Movie" - starting with a
>  "companion" to "Pearl Harbor," to be shown on NGT cable and on NBC on May
> 27. I saw a sneak preview of the "companion," and it is far superior to the
> so-called main event. You give up "Star Wars" dogfights and a poorly
> constructed romance with a mediocre cast, and get instead the real story,
> with a great deal of information never presented before. I can't imagine
> what National Geographic could have done if Disney just turned over the $135
> million it spent on "Pearl Harbor". but it doesn't matter - without
> conspicuous spending or a media circus, "Beyond the Movie" towers well above
> the movie. (See www.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor, and let me know if
> you need information about the CD-ROM edition.)
>
> The next National Geographic project in the series will be the companion
> piece to "K-19: The Widowmaker," an upcoming 20th Century Fox movie
> (Harrrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard) about the 1961 Soviet nuclear
> sub disaster. One hopes National Geographic will not get stuck with naval
> tragedies for the whole series.
>
>
> ===================
> Janos Gereben/SF
> janos451 () earthlink net



For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/