Summary
Re-enacts the military operation of D-Day from four points of view, the workings of the high commands of the American, English, French, and German forces in their battle scheme for Normandy. Largely filmed on actual invasion sites of France.Additional Information
Subjects |
Ryan, Cornelius
-- Film adaptations.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Drama. Operation Overlord -- Drama. Feature films. Historical films. War films. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Publisher | Beverly Hills, CA :Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment,2014 |
Edition | Blu-ray and DVD, Widescreen. |
Other Titles | Longest day. Darryl F. Zanuck's The longest day |
Contributors |
Zanuck, Darryl Francis,
1902-1979, producer. Ryan, Cornelius, screenwriter. Annakin, Ken, film director. Marton, Andrew, 1904-1992, film director. Wicki, Bernhard, 1919-2000, film director. Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979, film producer. Wayne, John, 1907-1979, actor. Mitchum, Robert, actor. Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982, actor. Ryan, Robert, 1909-1973, actor. Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002, actor. Todd, Richard, 1919-2009, actor. Burton, Richard, 1925-1984, actor. Wagner, Robert, 1930- actor. Albert, Eddie, actor. Buttons, Red, 1919-2006, actor. Connery, Sean, actor. Lawford, Peter, 1923-1984, actor. Ferrer, Mel, actor. Anka, Paul, actor. Whitman, Stuart, actor. O'Brien, Edmond, 1915-1985, actor. Jürgens, Curd, 1915-1982, actor. Ryan, Cornelius. Longest day. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, production company. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., publisher. |
Participants/Performers |
John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd, Richard Burton, Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert, Red Buttons, Sean Connery, Peter Lawford, Mel Ferrer, Paul Anka, Stuart Whitman, Edmond O'Brien, Curt Jürgens. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: G. |
Language |
English Spanish French Blu-ray Disc: In English, Spanish and French; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). DVD: In English, Spanish, and French; with optional English and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Notes |
Title from container. At head of title: Darryl F. Zanuck's. Originally released as a motion picture in 1962. Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan. Blu-ray Disc special features: historical commentary with Mary Corey and film commentary with Ken Annakin. DVD special features: audio commentary by Mary Corey and audio commentary with director Ken Annakin. Bonus features include: A Day to Remember featurette; 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. |
System Details |
Blu-ray Disc: region A; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1; Dolby Surround 4.0; Dolby mono; AVC @ 23 MBPS, 50GB Dual Layer; requires Blu-ray Disc player. DVD; dual layer; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 4.0, Dolby surround, and Dolby mono. |
Description |
1 Blu-ray Disc (178 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in + 2 DVDs (178 min. : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.) |
Other | Classic View |