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The Longest Day

1962

Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton ...

John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton ...

7.3

15,222

War. Action England in June 1944. Unseasonal storms. Allied troops are massed ready for the invasion of France, some already on the boats. The Normandy beaches will be their destination while paratroopers are dropped inland to take key towns and bridges. On the other side of the Channel the Germans still expect the invasion at Calais, and anyway the weather makes them think nothing is likely to be imminent. Eisenhower decides to go. Hitler sleeps on. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Esquire	"Whatever his talent as a producer, Mr. Zanuck is no director. I'm sure he is an ardent patriot, but he has, quite unconsciously, made our own colonels and generals look rather silly."	NEU
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"A solid and stunning war epic."	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"Over-long and laden with the usual national stereotypes."	NEU
United Kingdom	Clark Collis Empire	"At three hours it does seem bloody long at times, but is still a suitably epic tribute"	POS
United States	Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle	"Just look at the cast and try to resist the testosterone pull of this movie."	POS
United States	David Denby The New Yorker	"Seen now, the picture is ludicrous, pointless, and stirring all at once."·	NEU
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"It is hard to think of a picture, aimed and constructed as this one was, doing any more or any better or leaving one feeling any more exposed to the horror of war than this one does."	POS
United States	TV Guide	"'The Longest Day' is visually stunning--its extraordinary camera movement and Cinemascope photography brilliantly augmenting the meticulously reenacted battle scenes"	POS

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