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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0011301600424
Format: Color, NTSC
Label: Marathon Music & Video
Manufacturer: Marathon Music & Video
Publisher: Marathon Music & Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 01, 2000
Sales Rank: 176339
Studio: Marathon Music & Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 27, 1943
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
This is a far cry from The Thin Red Line, but it's engaging and efficient World War II propaganda about the opening of the South Pacific campaign that would ultimately turn the tide of the war. Anxious and unsuspecting Marines land on the Solomon Islands and quickly learn how to engage the Japanese in foxhole warfare. It's full of archetypal characters (tough sergeant Lloyd Nolan, Brooklyn cabby William Bendix, lusty Mexican Anthony Quinn, and gravel-mouthed Lionel Stander) and well-staged battle scenes. There's even a battle-weary narration to provide authenticity and historical perspective. All around, a good grunt film. --Bill Desowitz
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Guadal Canal Diary
The is a great movie for a WWII buff. I saw it first in our local movie theater back in the 1950s and really enjoyed it. It is, of course, somethng of a propoganda piece but still a great movie to watch. I highly recommend it.
DVD quality was fine.
Rating: - OLD MOVIE
I'VE BEEN ORDERING MOVIES FOR MY HUSBAND THE PAST FEW MONTHS FROM AMAZON.COM.
THEY ALL ARRIVE IN GOOD CONDITION & WITHIN 2 WEEKS.
HE'S BEEN VERY PLEASED.
Rating: - I hate amphibious landings
Guadalcanal Diary DVD
Guadalcanal Diary is a movie about the U. S.. Marine's invasion of the Japanese held Island of Guadalcanal in 1942 the movie was made in 1943. Before the war was over. It is based on Richard Tregarski's bestselling book. The incident with the pigs reminded me about something similar that happened to me in Viet Nam the day after a firefight. We fired about 200 rounds of 105mm artillery in the woods to discover some dead pigs, Bar-B-Que time.
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Rating:  - Outdated
I bought this video for my husband who is an avid war movie fan. I sat down to watch it with him. He and I felt that it took a long time to see any war action. It was an okay movie, but it is very outdated by today's standards. For the life of me, I cannot imagine any soldiers of today - talking as sweet and corny and singing like these actors do. It's a nice war movie for the year 1943 - when I suppose everything was sugar coated.
Rating:  - Guadalcanal Diary
This firm was advertized on Amazon as being in "color." A black and white version was delivered to me, even though I had inquired of Amazon if the film was actually "color" and Amazon had assured me that it was definitely color. I knew the film was originally in black and white, but was swayed to buy the film in the belief, as marketed, that it had been colorized, which is what I was looking for.
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