This movie came out in 1963 when jfk was still in the white house and under the supervision of jack warner who stressed the facts of the storyline. The first time i saw the movie pt109, as a 20 year old marine, aboard a msts troop ship in 1964. Martinsons dramatization of the future presidents war efforts, kennedy uses his family name to put himself in the action instead of shirking his duties. Kennedys personal secretary, evelyn lincoln, prior to and during his presidency, and pertains to the movie pt109. While on patrol one night, a japanese destroyer rams and slices the 109 in two, killing two crewmen.
Martinson, with cliff robertson, ty hardin, james gregory, at turner classic movies. Assigned to battle in the solomon islands, he leads his crew on treacherous. The tale of that coconut is the heroic story of pt 109. Read the pt 109 movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. Cliff robertson is okay as jfk in a heroic situation. While on patrol one night, a japanese destroyer rams and slices the 109 in two, killing two. He and the survivors had to make their way to an island, find food and shelter and signal the navy for rescue. Jfk pt109 movie star maguire radioman next to skipper when pt109 hit jfk pt109 mechanic zinser zinser, on watch below, started the engines emails, oct 20, 2017. Kennedy cliff robertson is a lieutenant, junior grade, in command of a pt109 boat. The story is about his short career as a naval officer in command of pt109 and its subsequent sinking in the straits of rendova during wwii. Kennedy kept a unique inauguration gift on his white house desk. The story of pt109 s sinking was featured in several books and a 1963 movie, pt 109, starring cliff robertson. Pt 109 1963 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The white house had full approval of casting and other aspects of the film.
Clearly, having a personal connection to the kennedy era whether positive or negative will make pt more meaningful. Pt 109 is a 1963 american technicolor biographical war film, filmed in panavision, which. Under pressure to gain cooperation from the white house and pt 109 survivors, the studio soon snapped up the rights to the authorized book on which the movie was to. Pt 109 dvd, 2011 beautifully filmed boat and action scenes of a mediocre story of the wwii exploits of president john f. Pt 109 1963 cast and crew before he becomes commanderinchief, john f. Inside back cover featuring six photos from the movie.
Sure i enjoyed the naval action, the gun fire and the danger as it was portrayed. Before rob lowe, before greg kinnear or martin sheen, there. Kennedy cliff robertson congratulates his crew on passing. You can watch pt 109 online on videoondemand services netflix, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. Pt 109 the 1963 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Pt 109 was the first commercial theatrical film about a sitting united states president. This movie has always been a great favorite of mine because i always regarded. Donovan, and the screenplay was written by richard l. On august 2, 1943, pt 109 was struck by the japanese destroyer amagiri and the entire crew was thrown into the pacific.
The movie was released in 1963, five months before kennedy was assassinated. Pt 109 cannot possibly have as much of an impact on modern audiences as it did when released in 1963, five months before the assassination of john f. It came out in june 1963, just five months before kennedy was. When pt 109 crashes into the hut at the end of the wharf it is doing about three knots. Kennedys war time experiences during which he captained watch pt 109 full movie streaming online free streaming4us. Kennedy kept a unique inauguration gift on his desk. In august 1943, pt 109 was sliced in half by a japanese destroyer. The movie pt 109 stuck pretty much to the facts but not to all of them, as i shall show here, and was released in june 1963 five months prior to president kennedys death. His boat was rammed by a japanese destroyer and cut into two pieces. Cliff robertson, ty hardin, james gregory and robert culp directed by.
Kennedy cliff robertson congratulates his crew on passing inspection then, with ensign thom ty hardin takes the boat out for its first test, in pt 109, 1963, from the book by robert j. But warner brothers found it necessary to publicize locally that the destroyer and other ships were here for the movie, not for another bay of pigs type invasion. The first time i saw the movie pt109, as a 20 year old marine, aboard a msts troop. Released 1963, pt 109 stars cliff robertson, ty hardin, james gregory, robert culp the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 20 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which collated. Kennedy joined the us navy in 1941 and was stationed in the solomon islands in the south pacific during world war ii. With cliff robertson, robert culp, ty hardin, james gregory.
The author traveled to the south pacific to the location where the ramming of kennedys pt boat patrol torpedo by a japanese warship split his ship in two and started the whole ordeal of life and death for lieutenant kennedy and his crew. Long in 1944 and their use as movie props were ideal because they possessed performance and profiles. Kennedy led his surviving crew through a sea aflame from gasoline. The shot before across the stern shows the wake of a boat doing about 35 knots. Pt 109 is a 1963 american technicolor biographical war film, filmed in panavision, which depicts the actions of john f. Before rob lowe, before greg kinnear or martin sheen, there was cliff robertson, the first actor to portray john f. The original flag from pt109 is now kept in the john f. The movie was a little long but the photography was good in showing the details of this interesting story. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1963 movies 1963.
Pt 109 by robert john donovan was published as john f. Kennedy takes command of pt 109 to fight the japanese in the solomon islands. Cliff robertson stars in this stirring saga of kennedys wartime exploits as skipper of a pt boat in the solomon islands. Pt 109 1963 movie clip lets take a practice run lt. We were 4 decks down, no pop corn, no soda, just cold water to drink. Kennedys war time experiences during which he captained a pt boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a japanese destroyer. The film was adapted by vincent flaherty and howard sheehan from the book pt 109. Watch pt 109 full movie in hd visit movie 27858 dramatization of president john f. See more ideas about john kennedy, movies and cliff robertson. Cliff robertson stars as kennedy, with featured performances by. Kennedy cliff robertson and crew are marooned after their boat is cut in two by a japanese destroyer. When the boat actually hits, a sailor falls over, the wrong way for someone caught by inertia and at the same time, on the port stern bollard, you can see a line fastened and leading ashore.
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