Scheduled to attend are Mobile Native and WWII Marine Veteran, Dr. Sidney
"Sid" Phillips, actor Ashton Holmes, who portrays Phillips, actor Joe Mazzello, who portrays the late Eugene B.
Sledge of Mobile, co-executive producer/writer, Bruce McKenna, and Henry Sledge, son of Eugene B. Sledge.
Epic
ten-part miniseries event based on the true stories of World War II Marines is executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg,
and Gary Goetzman.
What: HBO and Comcast have partnered to host the invitation-only Mobile premiere of the
HBO Miniseries Event THE PACIFIC. THE PACIFIC tracks the intertwined real-life journeys of three U.S. Marines - Robert Leckie
(James Badge Dale), Eugene Sledge (Joe Mazzello) and John Basilone (Jon Seda) - across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater
during World War II. The miniseries follows these men and their fellow Marines from their first battle with the Japanese on
Guadalcanal, through the rain forests of Cape Gloucester and the strongholds of Peleliu, across the bloody sands of Iwo Jima
and through the horror of Okinawa, and finally to their triumphant but uneasy return home after V-J Day.
Source: HBO
