Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Blu-ray Disc, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The longest day / Twentieth Century Fox ; a Darryl E. Zanuck production ; British exterior episodes directed by Ken Annakin ; American exterior episodes directed by Andres Marton ; German episodes directed by Bernhard Wicki ; produced by Darryl E. Zanuck ; screenplay by Cornelius Ryan ; based on his book [The longest day] ; additional episodes written by Roman Gary [and others].

Publisher, Date:

Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2014, 1962.

Description:

1 videodisc (178 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

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 of France.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rated G.

Subjects:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Drama.

Genre:

War films.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Historical films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979.

Ryan, Cornelius.

Gary, Romain.

Annakin, Ken.

Marton, Andrew, 1904-1992.

Wicki, Bernhard, 1919-2000.

Wayne, John, 1907-1979.

Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982.

Albert, Eddie.

Connery, Sean.

Ferrer, Mel.

Lawford, Peter, 1923-1984.

McDowall, Roddy.

Mineo, Sal, 1939-1976.

Mitchum, Robert.

Segal, George.

Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002.

Wagner, Robert, 1930-

Anka, Paul.

Burton, Richard, 1925-1984.

Buttons, Red, 1919-2006.

Ryan, Cornelius. Longest day.

Cinemascope (Firm)

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.

Notes:

Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1962.

Special features include: historical commentary with Mary Corey ; film commentary with Ken Annakin, trailers.

Photography, Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz; editing, Samuel E. Beetley; music, Paul Anka, Maurica Jarrre; arrengement by Mitch Miller.

Eddie Albert, Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Sean Connery, Mel Ferrer, Peter Lawford, Roddy McDowall, Sal Mineo, Robert Mitchum, George Segal, Rod Steiger, Ken Annakin, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka, Richard Burton, Red Buttons.

Blu-ray disc; AVC @ 23 MBPS, 50GB Dual Layer, Widescreen 2.35:1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English Dolby Surround 4.0, Spanish Mono, French Mono; requires Blu-ray player.

English, Spanish or French soundtracks; with optional subtitles in English and English SDH.

Publisher Number:

2295767

Other Number:

896174663

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

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