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Noah 2021-12-22 08:01:08
A classic in the history of war
Before "Saving Private Ryan", the most authentic film reflecting the beach landing operation was nothing more than this one. More than 4,000 people were strangled on Omaha Beach, which was covered with landmines, anti-landing barriers, and in the icy waters. But the grand layout behind it and its...
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Turner 2022-03-23 09:02:10
The Longest Day
The film depicts the events that happened on the first day of the landing in Normandy. The so-called longest day is that the film simultaneously describes the ins and outs of the historical battle of the Normandy landing from the perspectives of the Allied and German forces, and how the two sides...
Neil McCallum
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Emory 2021-12-22 08:01:08
The runners are all stars
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Jackie 2022-03-25 09:01:10
D-Day D-Day. The longest day was a turning point in the course of history. The filming is quite generally more like a foreign version of the founding of a country. It's not bad to recruit a group of stars to join Britain, the United States, France and Germany to see the actors.
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Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.: As best I can figure it, we're on the wrong beach. The control boat must have been confused by the smoke from the naval bombardment. They landed us about a mile and a quarter south of where we were supposed to land. We should be up there.
Col. Caffey: I agree with you, but what are we gonna do now? Our reinforcements and heavy equipment will be approaching in a very few minutes. What happens if they land at the right beach?
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.: The reinforcements will have to follow us wherever we are. We're starting the war from right here. Head inland. We're going inland.
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Mayor of Colleville: [meeting the British on the beach] Welcome; welcome, friends. I brought champagne, but I do know think it will be enough for all of you.
Lord Lovat: Quite alright. We have a pressing engagement; the war. Move inland.
[to his bagpiper]
Lord Lovat: Millen, Blue Bonnett!
[as British troops march inland to the bagpipe playing of Millen, the mayor of Colleville raises his champagne bottle in salute, which earns the bemused observation of Clough and Flanagan]
Pvt. Clough: [to Flanagan] If you ask me, Flanagan, there are a lot of pretty peculiar blokes on this beach.
