The Pacific

The Pacific is a ten-part mini series developed by HBO, Seven Network Australia, Playtone, and Dreamworks that follows three separate marines as they fight with their divisions in the Pacific theater during World War II. Private First Class Robert Leckie (James Badge Dale) was working with his assigned 1st Marine Division when they took part in the Pacific War, fighting in the battles of Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, and the island of Peleliu. Corporal Eugene Sledge (Joseph Mazzello) fought against his physician father to enlist in the Marines after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, despite a heart murmur blocking the way. His 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines division fought in the battles of Peleliu and Okinawa. John Basilone (Jon Seda) had been a champion boxer for the Army before joining the Marines and was known for his dedication to keeping his fellow soldiers safe during the horrendous battle of Guadalcanal, even reenlisting to fight against the heavy artillery of the Japanese at Iwo Jima. Based on the real life memoirs and stories of Leckie, Sledge, and Basilone, The Pacific acts as a mirror to Executive Producers Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman’s critically acclaimed European theater series, Band of Brothers. The Pacific holds nothing back in showing the brutality, bloodiness, and horrors of wartime where the soldiers were so far from home. MORE