The Longest Day (Blu-ray + DVD) G
This is the day that changed the world... when history held its breath.
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The Longest Day
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: G
- Run Time: 2 hours, 58 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Released: May 5, 2015
- Originally Released: 1962
- Label: 20Th Century Fox
- Blu-ray/DVD Features:
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Note: Blu-ray
- Historical commentary with Mary Corey
- Film commentary with Ken Annakin
- DVD
- Audio Commentary by Historian Mary Corey
- Audio Commentary with Director Ken Annakin
- DVD
- Longest Day: A Salute to Courage featurette
- Hollywood backstories: The Longest Day
- D-Day Revisited documentary
- Richard Zanuck on The Longest Day featurette
- Still gallery
- Original theatrical trailer
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 2.35
- Audio:
- Dolby Digital - English, French, Spanish
- Dolby Digital 4.0 - English, French, Spanish
- DTS HD Master Audio - English, French, Spanish
- Subtitles - English, Spanish
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Robert Mitchum, John Wayne & Henry Fonda | |
| Performer: | Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Paul Anka, Robert Wagner, Red Buttons, Eddie Albert, Curd Jürgens, Richard Todd, Peter Lawford, Rod Steiger, Irina Demick, Gert Fröbe, Edmond O'Brien & Kenneth More | |
| Directed by | Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki & Gerd Oswald | |
| Edited by | Samuel E. Beetley | |
| Screenwriting by | Cornelius Ryan, Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall & Jack Seddon | |
| Composition by | Maurice Jarre | |
| Art Direction by | Léon Barsacq, Vincent Korda & Ted Haworth | |
| Story by | Cornelius Ryan | |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck | |
| Director of Photography: | Jean Bourgoin & Walter Wottitz |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1962 -
Best Cinematography: Jean Bourgoin & Walter Wottitz
Academy Awards 1962 -
Best Sound Effects
Academy Awards 1962 -
Best Special Effects
Entertainment Reviews:
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Breathtaking scope and authenticity.
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TV Guide
Rating: 4/5 --
The battle scenes are memorably staged and the major Hollywood stars fit in particularly well.
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Radio Times
Rating: B --
Longest film imaginable at three-hours, which proves to be a hinderance.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
This stunningly realised 1962 restaging of D-Day is the last great war epic.
Uncut
Over-long and laden with the usual national stereotypes.
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Time Out
...Incredible scope and sweep....Fast-moving, dramatically on-target, and searingly realistic... -- Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly
[I]t's hard not to admire the logistical ingenuity with which Darryl Zanuck put together a production of this size.
Sight and Sound
Product Description:
An all-star cast enlists for this epic recreation of the Allied invasion of Normandy. Academy Award Nominations: 5, including Best Picture. Academy Awards: Best (Black-and-White) Cinematography.
Plot Synopsis:
An all-star cast enlists for this epic recreation of the Allied invasion of Normandy that took place on June 6, 1944. The film dramatises the viewpoints of the French, English, German, and American soldiers. Featured actors include John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, and many more.
Keywords:
Action
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Big Battles
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Classic
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World War II
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All-Star
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Epic
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Recommended
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Theatrical Release
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Essential Cinema
Production Notes:
- Shot in CinemaScope.
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Product Info
- UPC: 024543957676
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