The Longest Day | 
| Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
Actors: Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Arletty, Jean-louis Barrault, Richard Beymer
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  203 reviews
Sales Rank: 25096
Format: Closed-captioned, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 178
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 024543029977
EAN: 0024543029977
ASIN: B00005PJ8S
Theatrical Release Date: October 4, 1962
Release Date: May 21, 2002
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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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 a great ww2 movie November 24, 2008
one of only 2 of my favorite war flicks.i was happy to find it on dvd here.
Great vehicle for exposing popular actors of the time. November 16, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a 1962 attempt to be an accurate rendition of D day, based on Cornelius Ryan's book, "The Longest Day", when the allied forces of world war two crossed the English Channel and fought their way up the beaches of France. The whole film is of the events of that day.
The list of popular actors playing the parts of the various countries and ethnicities of the time is too long to mention in this review. However Eddy Albert (a method actor) was quite believable and contributed much to the energy of this rendition. Be sure to see Eddy Albert again in uniform in "Teahouse of the August Moon" (1956.) And that little cutie Irina Demark was the girlfriend of the producer, Darryl F. Zanuck.
You can tell this picture was remastered some time recently as it looks as crisp as the day it was made. And you can only find a few missed specks on the Blu-ray rendition. The Blu-ray version has the obligatory voice-over recollections forom the only remaining director.
The film is a keeper and is worth the purchase.
The Teahouse Of The August Moon (DVD) Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford
 Anamorphic presentation not well focused November 15, 2008
After having purchased the non-anamorphic version of "The Longest Day", one of the truly great war epics, I recently purchased the two-disc "Cinema Classics Collection" and was sorely disappointed with lack of clarity of the image when viewed on a 46" Samsung LCD. Compared to excellent B/W DVD releases such as Warner's presentation of "Citizen Kane" (1941) or Criterion's release of David Lean's "Great Expectations" (1946), this Fox release of "Longest Day" is totally unacceptable. To make matters worse, this disc begins with a burst of noise accompanying a preview which cannot be defeated with the menu button. A real bummer over-all. How would the public feel if every music CD began with commercials for new CD releases? How are they getting away with this?
If, at the beginning of this practice, consumers returned dvd's with commercials on them to the manufacturers or the dealers, it probably could have been stopped fast. The outer packaging of such discs should at least contain a statement in easily readable lettering that this dvd contains advertising.
The Longest Day October 26, 2008
I love this classic war movie! Because it has
the best Actor of all times is John Wayne. Well
anyway the movie looks really good on Blu-ray. But it
is not in color. But you should own it today and yes it's
a great movie.
 Good Copy October 21, 2008
Nice reproduction. It was originally filmed in great quality. Not real sure if the Blue-ray version is that much better. I viewed it on a 720p 42" LCD. But the price made it worth it.
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