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Why so few films based on the attack of Pearl Harbor?


Given that it was such a huge footnote in American history I'm surprised more films, let alone TV shows, have been based on the event, there are plenty of singular stories of survivors that would've made a great film or mini-series on TV.

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Pearl (1978), a TV miniseries, written by Stirling Silliphant, about events leading up to the attack.
The Waltons TV series; Season 7, Episode 10: "Day Of Infamy", aired on the 37th anniversary of the bombing on December 7, 1978.
Voyagers! TV series; "Sneak Attack", season 1, episode 14, original airdate February 13, 1983. The time travelers arrive at Pearl Harbor on December 7 and save the life of General Douglas MacArthur (who was actually in the Philippines at the time; the story has him attending a "top-secret meeting" at Pearl Harbor).
The Winds of War, a novel by American writer Herman Wouk, was written between 1963 and 1971. The novel finishes in December 1941 with the aftermath of the attack. The TV miniseries based on the book was produced by Dan Curtis, airing in 1984. It starred Robert Mitchum and Ali MacGraw, with Ralph Bellamy as President Roosevelt.
Pearl Harbor (2001), a love story set amidst the lead up to the attack and its aftermath.
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (2003), a first-person shooter video game developed by EA Los Angeles, depicts the attack on Pearl Harbor in its opening missions.
Attack on Pearl Harbor (2007), a flight simulator based on the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the following Battles of Wake Island, Midway, and the Coral Sea. The game was re-released in 2010 as Pearl Harbor Trilogy – 1941: Red Sun Rising.
Enemy Within (2019), depicts the Niʻihau Incident.
Midway (2019), the Attack on Pearl Harbor is featured prominently in the first act of the film. Most of the attack sequence is seen from the perspective of people on the deck of the USS Arizona as she explodes and sinks during the attack.

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