The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
- Won 2 Oscars
- 8 wins & 6 nominations total
Irina Demick
- Janine Boitard
- (as Irina Demich)
- Directors
- Ken Annakin(British exterior episodes)
- Andrew Marton(American exterior episodes)
- Gerd Oswald(scenes deleted) (French exterior episodes) (parachuting scenes in Sainte-Mère-Église) (uncredited)
- Writers
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- TriviaWhile clearing a section of the Normandy beach near Pointe du Hoc, the crew unearthed a tank that had been buried in the sand since the original invasion. Mechanics cleaned it off, fixed it up and it was used in the movie as part of the British tank regiment.
- GoofsThe American paratroopers are incorrectly shown jumping with a jumpmaster standing in the plane and commanding them to "Go!" "Go!" one at a time. On D-Day, as on all combat jumps, the jumpmaster was always first out the door, with the rest of the paratroopers following immediately behind him, exiting the plane as fast as they could in order to land as close together as possible.
- Quotes
Flight Officer David Campbell: The thing that's always worried me about being one of the few is the way we keep on getting fewer.
- Crazy creditsThere is a 20-second overture on a black screen, no 20th Century Fox logo (in spite of this being one of their most expensive productions), and a six-minute cold open before the title is displayed. Apart from the title, there are no credits at the beginning of the film. All cast and crew credits are at the end of the film.
- Alternate versionsSome video copies omits Jean Servais scenes as a Free French admiral making a short speech to his crew before the shore bombardments starts.
- ConnectionsEdited into All This and World War II (1976)
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Candian Presence in The Longest Day
The previous comments about Canadian participation in the Normandy invasion were significant - insofar as there weren't very many. One of the five Normandy beaches was Canadian (Juno), but there is almost no mention of this in The Longest Day, and I'm sure that one would be hard pressed to find many Americans (and not a whole lot more Canadians) who know this. Unfortunately, it is movies such as this and other popular media that shape the historic knowledge of people on both sides of the border. In the near absence of Canadian content, I find it ironic that a young Canadian (Paul Anka) not only played a part in the movie as an American soldier, but also wrote the theme music. I find it also ironic that the legendary rifle used by US soldiers during WW2 and shown in this movie was designed by a Canadian as well (Garand is a French Canadian name). The cruelest irony, of course, is the fact that thousands of Canadian soldiers were maimed or lost there lives on 6 June 1944 and the days thereafter, with virtually no acknowledgement in this movie. I have always enjoyed watching this movie, but it is unfortunate that I must use my imagination to see in it the heroic and selfless wartime effort of my father's generation, in similar fashion to viewers in the US and UK.
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- Najduzi dan
- Filming locations
- Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Manche, France(parachutists landing in the village)
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- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 58 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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