The Longest Day |  | Directors: Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck, Ken Annakin
Actors: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  233 reviews
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Format: AC-3, Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Letterboxed, THX, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 178 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 086162126123
EAN: 0086162126123
ASIN: B00001YXDF
Theatrical Release Date: October 4, 1962
Release Date: November 7, 2000
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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
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 great historical movie of WWII March 12, 2010
bb64
very excellent movie with historical data ref the turn of WWII in the European Theatre.
 A Unique Take on D-Day February 19, 2010
Up North
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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, reflecting on life, death, and much in between, and how these interactions took on different resonances within the American, British, French, and German factions. That's what made this movie memorable and elevated it beyond an average war picture.
"The Longest Day" on DVD. 1962. February 7, 2010
Dr. Feelgood (USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
The Longest Day January 24, 2010
K. Benedict (S. Dakota)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
One of the best war movies ever made, very realistic January 20, 2010
Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States(cashbacher@yahoo.com))
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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 the depiction of the German officers trying to discern the Allied intentions as they read messages, debate the signals and oversee the work on the beach fortifications. On the Allied side there are the preparations for the invasion, the soldiers trying to alleviate their boredom and deal with the civilian side of their lives and the officers trying to make the decision as to when to cross the channel.
The movie stays very close to the definitive book "The Longest Day" by Cornelius Ryan, even down to the two Luftwaffe pilots that flew what should have been a suicidal attack against the Allied troops. Their strafing of the beach was the only appearance of the German Air Force during that entire day.
This movie is so realistic that there are times when you think you are witnessing actual combat footage. It is only the presence of a well-known actor that makes you realize that the action is artificially generated.
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