The Longest Day [VHS]

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	Actor(s):	John Wayne Robert Ryan Richard Burton Henry Fonda Robert Mitchum
	Video by:	20th Century Fox
	Sales Rank:	164277

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Actor(s):
John Wayne
Robert Ryan
Richard Burton
Henry Fonda
Robert Mitchum

Creators:
Cornelius Ryan (Writer)
David Pursall (Writer)
Jack Seddon (Writer)
James Jones (Writer)

Director(s):
Andrew Marton Bernhard Wicki Darryl F. Zanuck Ken Annakin

Recording label: 20th Century Fox
EAN: 0024543029892
Binding: VHS Tape
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Original recording reissued, NTSC,
Release Date: 2002-05-21
Universal product code (UPC): 024543029892
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: G (General Audience)

Description
On June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of France 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. Presented in its original black & white version, The Longest Day is a vivid, hour-by-hour re-creation 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 battles in history. Winner of two Oscars® (Special Effects and Cinematography), The Longest Day ranks as one of Hollywood's truly great war films.

Amazon.com
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

Running time: 178 minutes
Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: French (Original Language)
Language: German (Original Language)