LOU WATERS, CNN ANCHOR: Well, the date lives in infamy, let's see how the movie is going to do.</s>NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: Let's find out what the skinny is on the "Pearl Harbor" premiere. Laurin Sydney is in New York with that for us -- hi there, Laurin.</s>LAURIN SYDNEY, CNN ANCHOR: Hi there, Lou, Natalie. I'm not a critic, but the party sounded fantastic. A Navy aircraft carrier was looking more like a party ship last night in Hawaii at the premiere of the saga "Pearl Harbor." Fireworks flew at the premiere as cast members, celebrities and veterans of Pearl Harbor bombing watched the epic in a giant, open-air theater on the flight deck of the USS John C. Stennis. The Stennis was docked at Pearl Harbor, not far from the memorial to the 900 USS Arizona crew members who went down with the battleship in the Japanese attack. Disney spent $5 million on the festivities, and the stars were duly impressed.</s>BEN AFFLECK, ACTOR: See, I have been to some -- some "rinky," cheesey little premieres. No, this definitely is the biggest, the most spectacular thing I have ever, ever seen.</s>CUBA GOODING JR., ACTOR: You know, usually you do a movie, and you just hope that people find it and then you represent it. And this thing was like, "All right, thanks for your performance. OK, here we go." It's like a rush -- like strapping myself to a shuttle and going to the moon.</s>KATE BECKINSALE, ACTRESS: Just on a superficial level, I mean, it's wonderful to have such a big premiere, but I think emotionally it's full of so much because we all know the survivors are here, and we're going to share the experience of making, you know, of the movie with them.
Pearl Harbor's Premiere Docks in Hawaii