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The Longest Day is a 1962 American war, historical, drama, and action film based on the book of the same name. The production was directed by Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck, and Gerd Oswald, with Darryl F. Zanuck also serving as producer. The screenplay was written by Romain Gary, Cornelius Ryan, James Jones, and Noël Coward. The cast includes John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, and Richard Burton. The film’s main subjects are World War II and Operation Overlord, with Paris serving as the narrative location.
Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck Productions and distributed by 20th Century Studios and Netflix, the movie was released in 1962. It features a runtime of 178 to 180 minutes and is presented in black-and-white. The original languages include English, French, and German. Maurice Jarre composed the music, while Samuel E. Beetley handled film editing. The directors of photography were Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz.
The film received the National Board of Review Award for Best Film and was named to the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Audience ratings include a 7.6 average from 1,015 votes on TMDb and a 7.7 rating from 63,023 votes on IMDb.
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Film · TMDB
7.6The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
Cast
- John Wayne as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
- Robert Mitchum as Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
- Henry Fonda as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
- Richard Burton as Flight Officer David Campbell
- Sean Connery as Pvt. Flanagan
- Leslie Phillips as RAF Officer Mac
Themes
- steel helmet
- resistance
- allies
- world war ii
- normandy, france
- based on true story
- d-day
- historical fiction
- black and white
- soldier
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Key facts
- Directed by
- British & French: Ken Annakin American: Andrew Marton German: Bernhard Wicki
- Screenplay by
- Cornelius Ryan Romain Gary James Jones David Pursall Jack Seddon
- Based on
- The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan
- Produced by
- Darryl F. Zanuck
- Starring
- See Cast list
- Cinematography
- Jean Bourgoin Walter Wottitz
- Edited by
- Samuel E. Beetley
- Music by
- Maurice Jarre
- Production company
- Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
- Distributed by
- 20th Century-Fox
- Release dates
- September 25, 1962 ( 1962-09-25 ) (France) October 4, 1962 ( 1962-10-04 ) (U.S.)
- Running time
- 178 minutes
- Country
- United States = United Kingdom
- Languages
- English German French
- Budget
- $7.75 million
- Box office
- $50.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- German
- Based on
- The Longest Day
- Main subject
- Operation Overlord
- Director
- Gerd Oswald
- Cast member
- Ruth Hausmeister
- Composer
- Maurice Jarre
- Producer
- Darryl F. Zanuck
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- Walter Wottitz
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Filming location
- Ecquevilly
- Duration
- 180
- FilmAffinity ID
- 806730
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- John Wayne in The Longest Day trailer.jpg
- Significant event
- principal photography
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- Commons category
- The Longest Day (film)
- publication date
- 1962-00-00
- title
- The Longest Day
- film editor
- Samuel E. Beetley
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Ted Haworth
- after a work by
- Cornelius Ryan
- capital cost
- 10000000
- box office
- 39100000
- set in period
- 1944
- review score
- 83%
- characters
- Manfred Rommel
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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The Longest Day is a 1962 American-British epic war film based on Cornelius Ryan's 1959 non-fiction book of the same name about the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century-Fox, and is directed by Ken Annakin (British and French exteriors), Andrew Marton (American exteriors), and Bernhard Wicki (German scenes). The screenplay was written by Ryan, with additional material written by Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall and Jack Seddon.
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