Editing Pearl Harbor (film) (section)

==Production==
[[File:Vintage Car Museum & Event Center May 2017 21 (1940 LaSalle taxi from Pearl Harbor).jpg|thumb|A 1940 [[LaSalle (automobile)|LaSalle]] taxi featured in ''Pearl Harbor'']]

The proposed budget of $208 million that [[Michael Bay]] and [[Jerry Bruckheimer]] wanted was an area of contention with [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]] executives, since a great deal of the budget was to be expended on production aspects. The budget was eventually reduced to $140 million.<ref name="mojo"/> Even at the reduced budget, Disney managed to get many of the crew and others to [[Deferral|defer]] some of their pay until the film grossed in the region of $140 million. This included the director of photography, the editor, production designer and lighting director and their departments deferring around $5 to $10 million as well as [[Panavision]], [[Technicolor]] and [[Industrial Light & Magic]] also agreeing to deferrals. Bay also deferred his salary but he and Bruckheimer were the only ones to receive profit participation.<ref name=defer>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 20, 2000|last=Lyons|first=Charles|title=Blockbuster or ball-buster?|page=1}}</ref>

Also controversial was the effort to change the film's rating from R to PG-13. Bay initially wanted to graphically portray the horrors of war and was not interested in primarily marketing the final product to a teen and young adult audience. However, even though he wanted to make an R-rated movie, Bay admitted that the problem was that young children would not be able to see it, and he felt that they should. As such, when he was ordered by Disney to make a PG-13 film, he did not argue. As a compromise, he was allowed to release an R-rated Director's Cut on DVD later on in 2002. Budget fights continued throughout the planning of the film, with Bay "walking" on several occasions. [[Dick Cook]], chairman of Disney at the time, said "I think ''Pearl Harbor'' was one of the most difficult shoots of modern history."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gq.com/story/michael-bay-oral-history|title=An Oral History of Transformers Director Michael Bay|last=Fennessey|first=Sean|date=June 27, 2011|work=GQ|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

In order to recreate the atmosphere of pre-war Pearl Harbor, the producers staged the film in Hawaii and used current naval facilities. Many active duty military members stationed in Hawaii and members of the local population served as extras during the filming. The set at [[Rosarito Beach]] in the [[Mexican state]] of [[Baja California]] was used for scale model work as required. Formerly the set of ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997), Rosarito was the ideal location to recreate the death throes of the battleships in the Pearl Harbor attack. A large-scale model of the bow section of {{USS|Oklahoma|BB-37|6}} mounted on the world's largest [[gimbal]] produced an authentic rolling and submerging of the doomed battleship. Production Engineer [[Nigel Phelps]] stated that the sequence of  ship rolling out of the water and slapping down would involve one of the "biggest set elements" to be staged. Matched with computer generated imagery, the action had to reflect precision and accuracy throughout.<ref>Sunshine and Felix 2001, p. 135.</ref> Production was due to commence April 8, 2000 for 85 days.<ref name=defer/>

[[Michael Fassbender]] read for the part of Rafe. Fassbender later said that Disney sent him a "really nice note" telling him that he did not get the part.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gq.com/story/michael-fassbender-cover-story-november-2013 | title=Michael Fassbender's GQ Cover Story - November 2013 | date=October 15, 2013 }}</ref> [[Charlize Theron]] turned down a role in the film so that she could star in ''[[Sweet November (2001 film)|Sweet November]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Linder|first=Brian|title=Theron Turns Down Pearl Harbor|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/11/theron-turns-down-pearl-harbor|publisher=IGN|access-date=February 20, 2024|date=February 11, 2000}}</ref>

The vessel most seen in the movie was [[USS Lexington (CV-16)|USS ''Lexington'']], representing both USS ''Hornet'' and a Japanese carrier. All aircraft take-offs during the movie were filmed on board the ''Lexington'', a [[museum ship]] in [[Corpus Christi, Texas]]. The aircraft on display were removed for filming and were replaced with film aircraft as well as World War II anti-aircraft turrets. Other ships used in filler scenes included {{USS|Hornet|CV-12|6}},<ref name=Heines>Heines, vienne. [http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent/?file=NL_pearlharbor_heines "Bringing 'Pearl Harbor' to Corpus Christi."] ''Military.com''. Retrieved: January 10, 2014.</ref> and {{USS|Constellation|CV-64|6}} during filming for the carrier sequences. Filming was also done on board the museum battleship {{USS|Texas|BB-35|6}} located near Houston, Texas. The [[Naval Historical Center]] of the United States army was involved in the production of the film, the Center suggested changing the depiction of Doolittle who they considered to be written as "a boorish, oafish guy", this recommendation was accepted.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Flynn |first1=Gillian |title=Fact VS. Fiction |url=https://time.com/archive/6682361/fact-vs-fiction/ |magazine=Time |date=16 July 2001}}</ref>