The Longest Day
 | Two-Disc Collector's EditionDirected by Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck, Ken Annakin Starring: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum 20th Century Fox, 1962, DVD Customer Rating: 233 reviews Recommend |
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This special collector's commemorative edition has been issued in honor of the June 6, 1944 Allied invasion of France, which marked the beginning of the end of Nazi domination over Europe. The attack involved 3,000,000 men, 11,000 planes and 4,000 ships, comprising the largest armada the world has ever seen.
The Longest Day is a vivid, hour-by-hour recreation of this historic event. Featuring a stellar international cast, and told from the perspectives of both sides, it is a fascinating look at the massive preparations, mistakes, and random events that determined the outcome of one of the biggest battles in history. Winner of two 1962 Oscars® (Special Effects and Cinematography), The Longest Day ranks as one of Hollywood's truly great war films.
The Longest Day is Hollywood's definitive D-day movie. More modern accounts such as Saving Private Ryan are more vividly realistic, but producer Darryl F. Zanuck's epic 1962 account is the only one to attempt the daunting task of covering that fateful day from all perspectives. From the German high command and front-line officers to the French Resistance and all the key Allied participants, the screenplay by Cornelius Ryan, based on his own authoritative book, is as factually accurate as possible. The endless parade of stars (John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery, and Richard Burton, to name a few) makes for an uneasy mix of verisimilitude and Hollywood star-power, however, and the film falls a little flat for too much of its three-hour running time. But the set-piece battles are still spectacular, and if the landings on Omaha Beach lack the graphic gore of Private Ryan they nonetheless show the sheer scale and audacity of the invasion. — Mark Walker
Title: The Longest Day (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Sales Rank: 1726 in DVD
Actor: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum
Director: Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck, Ken Annakin
Studio: 20th Century Fox, 2006-05-23, Theatrical Release: 1962-10-04
Format: Black & White, Widescreen, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 2.35:1
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), German (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 178 minutes
Item Dimensions: 0.4 pounds
Package Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches, 0.25 pounds
- great historical movie of WWII
- very excellent movie with historical data ref the turn of WWII in the European Theatre. More reviews
- A Unique Take on D-Day
- There's too much here for the film to hang together wholly well. But it's a very unique take on D-Day - a kind of panoramic view of the different parts of the operation and the men who bravely saw it through. Maybe the best aspect of the film for me is all the scenes where you see a few soliders interact in various ways,… More reviews
- "The Longest Day" on DVD. 1962.
- A well made WWII film, with an all-star cast, starring John Wayne, Richard Burton, Robert Wagner, Robert Mitchum, and a list of others as well. The Allied Invasion of Normady is depicted in the film, with quite realistic war scenes for a Hollywood film. More reviews
- The Longest Day
- A wonderful classic, war movie. They don't make movies like this anymore nor do they have great actors like those in this movie. This is why I buy the older movies. Most remakes are horrid and the actors are worse. More reviews
- One of the best war movies ever made, very realistic
- Although there are many stars in this war movie, there is no star of the movie. It is also one of the best war movies ever made as it accurately chronicles the Allied invasion of France on D-Day. The German soldiers and officers speak German with English subtitles and are not depicted as bumbling clods that cannot shoot straight.
It opens with… More reviews
