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Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786304935767 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC ISBN: 6304935765 Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Release Date: June 02, 1998 Running Time: 178 minutes Sales Rank: 14484 Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: October 04, 1962
Amazon.com: After seeing Saving Private Ryan, this epic tale about the Normandy invasion will look sanitized. But in its re-creation of events leading to the epochal battle, the film is captivating and grand, and the parade of famous actors who cross the screen naturally give the already charged action even more of a boost. Three directors worked on it: Ken Annakin (Battle of the Bulge), Andrew Marton (Crack in the World), and Bernhard Wicki (this film being his only credit). --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - a great ww2 movie
one of only 2 of my favorite war flicks.i was happy to find it on dvd here.
Rating: - Great vehicle for exposing popular actors of the time.
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 ... Read More
Rating: - Anamorphic presentation not well focused
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 ... Read More
Rating: - The Longest Day
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.
Rating: - Good Copy
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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