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Disney's "Pearl Harbor" Launches with a Lavish Party
on an American Aircraft Carrier
PEARL
HARBOR, Hawaii, May 21, 2001 - The $135-million, three-hour movie premiered on
a screen six stories high on the deck of the Navy's newest nuclear-powered aircraft
carrier, which is moored a few hundred yards from ground zero of the Dec. 7, 1941,
bombing raid that brought the United States into World War II. 
Faith
Hill sings the “Star Spangled Banner” | | Aboard
the USS John C. Stennis --So many sightings, so little time. Actors Dan Aykroyd
and Tom Sizemore showed the Navy how to rock, commandeering the stage at Disney's
mega-spectacular, $5-million "Pearl Harbor" premiere.
Country/pop star Faith Hill started out evening by singing the “Star-Spangled
Banner” backed by an 80-piece orchestra. And Lee Greenwood belt out "I'm Proud
to Be an American" during one of the biggest fireworks shows ever. |
In
addition to the usual suspects who turn up at every premiere, high-ranking officers
from every one of America's armed forces as well as several Pearl Harbor survivors
were feted at this incredible premiere.
Wireless First provided all the wireless microphones and communication equipment
(wireless and hardline) for the event. | | 
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Audio
professionals, Tim Kepner and Steve Lamphere, hang out in the ‘wireless shack”
during rehearsals
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A
view of the Arizona Memorial from the John C. Stennis aircraft carrier
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