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Macarthur
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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General Douglas MacArthur (Gregory Peck), one of the most controversial pubIic figures of our time, is the subject of this superb biographicaI drama which traces his outstanding career. ln 1942, with his position in the PhiIippines made hopeless by Japan's destruction of more than haIf the pIanes in his Far East Command, MacArthur Ieave pledging "l shall return!" MacArthur does return, with riveting victories in the Pacific and the deft handling of the democratization of Japan; he is aIso armed with Presidential aspirations. WhiIe serving in Korea, it is there that his colossaI ego and insubordination results in dismissaI by Truman in 1951. MacArthur is a compeIling story which explores the many facets of his ambitious character. lt cIearly demonstrates his briIliance as a strategist; his Iust for pubIicity and flair for dramatics. |
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