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Midway film director Smight builds war saga with limited props
Hollywood NEA reports Jack Smight films Midway with one carrier and ten planes. Navy color footage from the real battle will be integrated, while Lexington serves as the prop carrier. Casting includes Heston Ford Fonda Mitchum Coburn Robertson Wagner and Mifune. budget 5 to 6 million dollars, release slated for June 1976.
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