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The Longest Day

Starring: Eddie Albert, Arletty Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)

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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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Widescreen format [aspect ratio 2..35:1]
Interactive menus
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Languages: English 5.0 Surround, English Dolby Surround, French Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, Spanish
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2.0 out of 5 stars IT HAS NOT STOOD THE TEST OF TIME, Jul 14 2004
By M. D. Fonseca "carmarthen" (Thunder) - See all my reviews
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Director Darryl F. Zanuck tried his best with the technical resources at his dispostition at the time and using the narrative standar for epic movies of that time. But watching this movie today is a really act of courage. It drags and drags, the three hours seem to never end. Also, even if they tried to give a view of the global situation, they failed miserably.

The movie is an endless sequence of shell and fire sounds, a really pain. I simply don't like the movie, although I understand what they tried to do.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Only a Partial View of D-Day and Operation Overlord, Jun 10 2004
By givbatam3 "givbatam3" (REHOVOT Israel) - See all my reviews
Although this film is certainly worth watching, the viewer who has little idea of what Operation Overlord was about won't learn very much about it. Of course, we see many examples of heroism, but so much was left out that one can easily get a distorted view of things.
(1) Contrary to the impression that the Hollywood movie industry gives, the Americans and British did not defeat Germany alone. Three-quarters of the strength of the German Wehrmacht was destroyed by the Soviet Union. I realize that this film was made a the height of the cold war, but still some mention should have been made of their contribution to victory.
(2) The most impressive part of Overlord were the meticulous preparations made. Some mention of it was made, but more of it should have been shown, such as the various special weapons and ships that were made to ease the assault on the fortified beaches. Archive film could have been easily procured to show the various devices used to clear mine fields and barbed wire.
Most crucial was the development of the "Mulberry" artificial ports.
(3) This film used several Germans as advisors such as Blumentritt who were in the Wehrmacht High Command. They use this film as a vehicle for pushing the now largely discredited line that "if only Hitler had let the Generals run the war, they would have won it for him", and the also the myth that they opposed Hitler and held nothing but contempt for him (von Rundstedt calls Hitler "that Bohemian Corporal" in the film). In reality they were all very loyal to him and they really strongly supported him and his criminal policies when they were winning the war.
(4) The importance of the deception campaign making the Germans think the assault will be at the Pas de Calais and not a Normandy was very important and continued even after the landing on D-Day to make the Germans think Normandy was just a diversion.
This was not mentioned. A whole "virtual army" was created with fake radio traffic opposite Calais. This could have been shown as well.
(5) Although I have nothing personal against the man, John Wayne is a very poor actor and I have no idea where he got his reputation as one of Hollywood's leading men!
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1.0 out of 5 stars The Longest Movie, Jun 9 2004
By "whitelight1979" (STARKVILLE, MS USA) - See all my reviews
I watched on June 6th 2004 "The Longest Day" to learn about D-Day June 6th in 1944. In general it was a painfully boring movie. I accomplished my goal of learning about D-Day, but it was at a cost of wasting about three hours of my life. It is my belief that this story could have been told in one and a half hours instead of three.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The story of the D-Day invasion of Europe, June 6, 1944
The first time I saw "The Longest Day" in a movie theater they got a couple of the reels mixed up. Read more
Published on Jun 6 2004 by Lawrance M. Bernabo

3.0 out of 5 stars 5 Stars for being a great film, 1 Star for accuracy
There has been so much written here that I won't go into details. Suffice it to say that this is a great war movie illustrating the logistical nightmare that D-Day was. Read more
Published on Jun 1 2004 by Andrew Dobrenis

1.0 out of 5 stars Where are the Canadians?
How can anyone consider this to be an accurate interpretation of D-Day with barely a mention of the Canadian involvement. Read more
Published on May 28 2004 by Dave

5.0 out of 5 stars Longest Day & Pvt. Ryan both accomplish goals!!
Just a quick note here in responce to the "spotlight review" by sixtiesuniverse.
In correctly praising The Longest Day, you saw fit to critize Spielbergs... Read more
Published on May 20 2004 by SGECKO67

5.0 out of 5 stars "We'll start the war from here!"
Take your "Saving Private Ryans", your "Big Red Ones", your "Band of Brothers"', put them together; they'll never match the excitement and apparent authenticity of this 1962 gem... Read more
Published on May 8 2004 by Kelly L. Norman

5.0 out of 5 stars a great war movie based on a great book
This is one of the only movies that acctually use the book. The movie follows the book perfectly. Every detail in the book is in the movie.
Published on May 8 2004 by D. Brown

1.0 out of 5 stars BEWARE Widescreen Television Owners
Widescreen television owners normally can purchase a non-anamorphic widescreen movie, and assume, though the picture will be softened, that they can watch it using the zoom... Read more
Published on Mar 24 2004 by Yarby

5.0 out of 5 stars Much Better Than TORA,TORA,TORA!
THE LONGEST DAY is a great epic war film which is better than most of its kind - especially TORA,TORA,TORA. Read more
Published on Mar 18 2004 by Peter Kenney

5.0 out of 5 stars Been There
Having toured Normandy, St. Mere Eglise, Aromanches, Bayeux, Caen and several other sites, I have to say that this movie is about as accurate as you can get, especially the part... Read more
Published on Mar 4 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars "This will be the longest day...."
D-Day, June 6, 1944, indeed turned out to be a long day for many soldiers from many nations as the Allies landed on the beaches at Normandy. Read more
Published on Jan 19 2004 by Betty June Moore

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