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The Longest Day
1962
An all-star cast has been enlisted for this epic recreation of the Allied invasion of Normandy that took place on June 6, 1944. This spectacular film noisily dramatises the viewpoints of the French, British, German, and American soldiers. Featuring Oscar winning special effects and cinematography, THE LONGEST DAY is an historic .. Read more
| Starring | John Wayne, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan |
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| Director | Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
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The Longest Day
An all-star cast has been enlisted for this epic recreation of the Allied invasion of Normandy that took place on June 6, 1944. This spectacular film noisily dramatises the viewpoints of the French, British, German, and American soldiers. Featuring Oscar winning special effects and cinematography, THE LONGEST DAY is an historic tour de force of spectacular sound and vision. This moment by moment account of the climactic battle of the second World War, fought on land, sea and in the air, is loaded with top class acting from John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Rod Steiger, Roddy MacDowall and many many more, almost as many as the 3 million men deeply involved on that historic summer day 1944.
| Starring | John Wayne, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, Sean Connery, John Gregson, Rod Steiger, Mel Ferrer |
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| Director | Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 48 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 48 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 04 Jun 2001 Blu-ray: 09 Nov 2009 Production year: 1962 |
| Format | DVD |
The Longest Day (1962)
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This war film has a lot going for it: a huge budget and masses of military co-operation; the clever idea of providing a composite picture of the Allied invasion of Occupied France on D-Day 6 June 1944 from the British, American, French Resistance and German viewpoints; well-known actors from each nationality to help audiences cope with the large number of characters; and black-and-white photography to convey a sense of newsreel authenticity. The picture holds its three-hour length well and is far from gung ho in highlighting the errors and miscalculations on both sides. The battle scenes are memorably staged and the major Hollywood stars fit in particularly well — but it's let down by over-acting from many of the European players, some crude characterisation and pretentious vignettes.
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Extraordinarily noisy war spectacular, enjoyable as a violent entertainment once one has caught all the threads, but emotionally unaffecting because every part is played by a star.
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16 out of 16 people found this review helpful
One of the greatest films ever made.
If you have never seen this film, you have missed out. It is certainly the best war film and possibly the best film ever made.
Shot at a time when the studios spent their money on people this film shows what we have lost in modern movie making. It's cast list is a who's who of A list stars (and that's not one or two A list stars but nearly 20!), whilst hundreds of extras give you a true taste of the scale of the events (look out in particular for the scene when a lone Luftwaffe pilot makes a strafing run along a mile or so of beach covered in men and materials)
The ensemble cast is complimented by dramatic sweep of the story and the even handed approach used in both the writing and the direction. Unlike so many war films, every side of the story is told. Germans, Poles, British, Americans, French, and all the other nations involved are treated evenly and respectfully.
Perhaps it is because of the closeness of the films shooting to the actual event (most of the cast lived through the war and one of the actors even took part in the parachute raids, playing his own commander in the film) that you there is no over sentementalism. Instead there is real pathos and a feeling of the mutual respect of the combatants that is so often echoed in interviews with the survivors today.
With cracking action scenes, an epic sweep, first class performances from an all A list cast, and enough pathos to bring a tear to the eye of anyone, this is absolutely my top recommendation to anyone.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
One of a kind!!
This is the best war film ever made to this day, with a true all star cast. its one to remmember. dont take my advice just watch it.
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An all-star cast has been enlisted for this epic recreation of the Allied invasion of Normandy that took place on June 6, 1944. This spectacular film noisily dramatises the viewpoints of the French, British, German, and American soldiers. Featuring Oscar winning special effects and cinematography, ...
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The Longest Day
An all-star cast has been enlisted for this epic recreation of the Allied invasion of Normandy that took place on June 6, 1944. This spectacular film noisily dramatises the viewpoints of the French, British, German, and American soldiers. Featuring Oscar winning special effects and cinematography, ...
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