Other author/creator | Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979. |
Other author/creator | Annakin, Ken. |
Other author/creator | Marton, Andrew, 1904-1992. |
Other author/creator | Wicki, Bernhard, 1919-2000. |
Other author/creator | Wayne, John, 1907-1979. |
Other author/creator | Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982. |
Other author/creator | Burton, Richard, 1925-1984. |
Other author/creator | Connery, Sean. |
Other author/creator | Mitchum, Robert. |
Other author/creator | Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002. |
Other author/creator | Ryan, Cornelius Longest day, June 6, 1944. |
Other author/creator | Darryl F. Zanuck Productions. |
Other author/creator | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. |
Other author/creator | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. |
Abstract |
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 in France. |
General note | Widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.35:1). |
General note | Originally released as a motion picture in 1962. |
General note | Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan. |
General note | D-Day 50th Anniversary original black and white version of the motion picture, including the original Movietone News announcement of the invasion and the original movie trailer. |
Credits | Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck ; photography, Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz ; editor, Samuel E. Beetley ; music, Maurice Jarre. |
Cast |
John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Robert Mitchum, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd, Red Buttons, Richard Beymer, Robert Ryan, Mel Ferrer. |
Audience |
Not rated by MPAA. |
Technical details | DVD. |
Language | English (5.0 surorund, Dolby surround) or French (Dolby surround) language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English and Spanish ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
Awards note | Winner of two Academy Awards: Special effects and Cinematography, 1962. |
Publisher number | 4112612 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment |