The Pacific is a TV mini-series created by Bruce C. McKenna in 2010 and based on the book Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific by Robert Leckie, first published in 1957. The TV series features James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, William Sadler, Rami Malek, Ashton Holmes, and others.
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“The TV series is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
The TV Mini-Series is also based on
Book by Eugene B. Sledge
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Storyline
The Pacific miniseries features the 1st Marine Division’s battles in the Pacific, such as Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa, as well as Basilone’s involvement in the Battle of Iwo Jima. It also draws on Sledge’s memoir China Marine and Red Blood, Black Sand, the memoir of Chuck Tatum, a Marine who fought alongside Basilone at Iwo Jima.
Movie vs Book
Year
2010
Minutes
530
Movie Rate
8.30
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
The Pacific
Creator: Bruce C. McKenna
Country: USA
Year: 2010
Length: 8h50m / 10 episodes
Year
1957
Pages
322
Book Rate
8.38
S: Goodreads
Book
Helmet for My Pillow
Subtitle: From Parris Island to the Pacific
Author: Robert Leckie
Country: USA
First published in: 1957
Length: 322 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“I’ve had nine of my books adapted to film, and almost all were enjoyable. I’ve been very lucky with Hollywood.”
JOHN GRISHAM (Writer)
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