Post your questions here for Part Six of "The Pacific" after it airs Sunday, April 18th at 9:00pm, only on HBO.

Part 6 has to be my favorite episode so far. I'm actually enjoying the non-battle scenes as much as, if not more than, the actual fighting: Haldane (is that his name?) keeping the one guy in his troop and calming him down; reassuring Sledge; standing in front of the tank; the guys finding the water that they can't drink...these are so powerful.

Anyway you didn't come here to hear what I think, I'm supposed to ask a question: I read an interview with Joe Mazzello where he said the series was obviously filmed out of sequence. I know they do this sort of thing all the time, but can you explain how it worked on this series? Did you film non-battle scenes together because they were easier, etc.? Were they filming multiple episodes at the same time?

I thought last night's episode looked very authentic, especially in the airfield scene. I don't care for CGI that much (the last scene as it panned away from the boat looked straight out of Titanic) but the rest looked great. Thanks again for you time in answering our questions...this is great.

Jay --

I agree. Good episode! Joe is correct; we did film some things out of sequence, but less than you might imagine. The main deciding factor was whether or not we had JUNGLE in a sequence. If so, we had to shoot it up North in Queensland. Therefor Ep 1 and 2, 4 and first half of 5 (the jungle scenes) were all shot up north first. We had to finish shooting before the rainy season began in Mid to late November. Then we shot the rest of the Series south near Melbourne. THis includes all of 3 and the homefront scenes from 1, 2, 4 etc. The last half of the Series was shot a bit more sequentially (6 before 7 before 8 before 9 before 10), although there were important scenes shot afterward of out of sequence. And lastly, we did, in fact, shoot two episodes at a time. So if you were an actor you had to keep pretty close tabs on your role. Joe did an amazing job of remembering where his character should be "arcwise" throughout the shooting.

I agree with you about CGI. And while the last shot was a bit artificial, you should know that almost EVERY scene on that airfield had some elements of CGI in it, you just can't tell, which I'm really proud of.

Hope you enjoy the rest of the series

Amazing episode - that hour alone was worth subscribing to HBO for The Pacific not that I ever really doubted the decision. Can you talk at all about casting decisions? I read somewhere that Spielberg said he had nothing to do with Mazzello getting the part but that does seem hard to believe - he honestly surprised me though last night with what he does even without dialogue.

How much of the action do you write and storyboard ahead of time? Specifically, the combat scenes just seem like chaos with limbs flying everywhere (not to make light of this at all but it's effective) but when does the action actually get planned?

For some reason, I just noticed for the first time last night that there hasn't been any narration during the episodes which is a distinct contrast from Band of Brothers. Any reason for this?

PBJ

The three leads were originally culled down to finalists by Tony To, Graham Yost and me with the help of Meg Lieberman who is one of Hollywood's best casting directors. Then the finalists auditioned for Tom, Steven and Gary Geotzman. (Only the three of four top parts did this). Honest to God, Joe was a finalist for Sledge and pretty much all of our first choice BEFORE he ever got in front of Spielberg. SS was pleasantly surprised to see Joe, but really, he didn't ask for him as far as I know. THe rest of the show was cast by Tony, Graham, myself, with help from Gene Kelly and, of course, once we were in Australia, with all the directors.

All of the action is written before hand. You can't film unless you have a blueprint for what you want to do. Having said that, the specifics of each sequence sometimes differ from the script as each director had their own vision for how it should go, and they worked with the Special Effects crews and stunt coordinators to implement that specificity within the broader framework of the script. Everything you see is VERY VERY carefully planned out. Makes the chaos even more amazing, because it's a complete contrivance.

No real narration. Mostly because 80% of all the men we depict are dead. But what we have is very effective.

Keep watching!

Here is a question that I've wondered about since BOB: how much time did TH and SS actually spend on location and how often were they present for filming? I know SS didn't direct any episodes but I've always wondered if he actually offered any input on a regular basis. Thank you.

Tom came down to Queensland Australia a couple of weeks before filming and gave a rousing speech to the actors and extras before they began their 10 day boot camp. Other than that he wasn't on set. Neither were Steven or Gary G. But they got the "dailies" emailed to them every day and I know they were watching them religiously, because we got notes on things we needed to watch for, etc.

Hi Bruce. My question is in relation to the directors of the series. I noticed many of the original BOB directors didn't return for "The Pacific" and I just wanted to get your insight into the choices that led to the roster of directors on this series. What were you looking for particularly? For instance, Carl Franklin, who directed one of the most touching episodes so far, had nothing on his list of credits that immediately suggested he could direct that episode, yet he did a brilliant job. How did you recognize those specific talents and skills?

Hi Bruce, earlier you said, “…the show really is one Ten hour movie split into ten parts.”

Was any thought given to showing The Pacific in five 2 hour specials, or at least showing the first two hours back to back as they did in Australia? One major complaint when the mini-series began was the short episode length and the difficulty some had in identifying the characters. And even now, half way in, the short run time continues to be a source of complaint. I have asked this before but in light of the continuing complaints, is there any likelihood of HBO listening to the viewers and adding some of those deleted scenes to the DVD? Or having a directors' cut? And bloopers too please!
Cheers
Jo

Marc --

We talked to many of the directors from Band, but they were doing other projects. Tim Van Patten tried very hard to direct an episode of Band, so when he got the chance to direct some for us, he jumped at it, and after the Sopranos, of course, HBO was overjoyed to have him as were we. The commitment to telling unvarnished truths on the Sopranos was exactly what we wanted for the Pacific. Graham Yost offered to direct an episode, which was exciting as he was also helping out with a lot of the writing and this meant he knew the "vocabulary" of the Series. Carl, as you mention, did a fantastic job. I believe he knew Tony To our general on the ground in Australia, who knew what an accomplished director he is. David Nutter did direct an episode of Band and was eager to do another for us. And Jeremy Podeswa was recommended by HBO for the work he has done for them for years. They all did a great job.

Simon --

We certainly thought about airing the first two hours together. I happen to agree with you -- that it might be a better way to get the gears turning on a big Miniseries like this; and if I ever do another, I will probably push for a two hour premiere. As for adding back deleted scenes, I don't think that will happen, at least in the short run. It would be fun to see a bloopers real! But don't count on it.

Great, great episode and thanks again for answering our questions.

My question this week is: why wasn't Chuckler shown at all in episode 6? He's only briefly mentioned at the end. Seems odd, since he and Runner and Leckie were virtually inseparable otherwise in the series.

I read some episode synopses on imdb.com or some such place, and it seems like some characters won't be seen again. I hope that the last episode will at least explain what happened to some of the main characters (similar to the great baseball game at the end of BOB).

Weird how connected I've become to these characters when I'm sorry to see them go home and therefore not be in any further episodes.

Patton --

Chuckler got separated from them during the invasion. It's one of the things that isolates Leckie on peleliu. But you will see him again in the Series.

Patton --

Chuckler got separated from them during the invasion. It's one of the things that isolates Leckie on peleliu. But you will see him again in the Series.

Jay --

There are some characters that you won't see again. But we do end the Series with information on many of them. Don't worry.

Shouldn't be that strange you care about these guys! Not after six hours!

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