The Longest Day (1962)
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton, Darryl F. Zanuck
Written By: Romain Gary, David Pursall, James Jones, Cornelius Ryan
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert, Sean Connery, Edmond O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Red Buttons, Sal Mineo
Genres: Drama, Action, War, History
Country: USA
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Moribunny | 38 23rd |
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Could have been good if it weren't such typical Hollywood fare: Stagey, contrived and wearing a proverbial dorky grin when it should have been naturalistically horrific, as dictated by the subject matter. By 'horrific', I don't mean gorey a-la Spielberg, but that a war movie should be less theatrical and convey more of how people actually feel and act in such situations. Longest is more like a macho fantasy of war (just as Westerns of the day were macho fantasies of the old West).
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PeaceAnarchy | 62 14th |
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Seems I'm in the minority who thought this was pretty mediocre. It's not bad, but it tries to do a lot and doesn't succeed at much of it. The 'grand scale' is really just a series of disjointed scenes that are neither intimate to have emotional weight nor grand enough to scope and perspective to the invasion. When you add in some overwritten dialogue and inconsistent acting, I was left seeing a lot of potential but not much realization.
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| 1 | okidude | 3 51st |
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Difficult to judge. As a memorial, this film is top-notch. As an evening of quality entertainment - not so much. The film is essentially a collection of vingettes with each 'star' running his own show. The many points-of-view feel merely like teasers rather than a cohesive whole.
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Okkervil | 79 81st |
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Classic, very stylish war movie.
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hellboy76 | 74 90th |
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The massive scope of covering almost all aspects of the initial hours of D-Day is impressive, if not a little overreaching. Some scenes don't gel and others seem unnecessary altogether. However you are hard pressed to argue the amount of talent involved and to that point the ultimate grand scale retelling of one of history's most important events. It's since been out-shadowed by Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers etc., but I still found it entertaining to this day.
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| 1 | jthusky | 85 89th |
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An important piece of film history that coincidentally has some of the most compelling, beautiful cinematography ever shot.
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| Average Percentile 65.41% from 756 Ratings |  |