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The longest day / [Darryl F. Zanuck Productions and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation] ; British exterior episodes directed by Ken Annakin ; American exterior episodes directed by Andrew Marton ; German episodes directed by Bernhard Wicki ; screenplay by Cornelius Ryan ; distributed by Twentieth Century Fox.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoBeverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©1999.
Description1 videodisc (178 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
DVD-Video discs.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns --France --Normandy --Drama.
War films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other author/creatorZanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979.
Other author/creatorAnnakin, Ken.
Other author/creatorMarton, Andrew, 1904-1992.
Other author/creatorWicki, Bernhard, 1919-2000.
Other author/creatorWayne, John, 1907-1979.
Other author/creatorFonda, Henry, 1905-1982.
Other author/creatorBurton, Richard, 1925-1984.
Other author/creatorConnery, Sean.
Other author/creatorMitchum, Robert.
Other author/creatorSteiger, Rod, 1925-2002.
Other author/creatorRyan, Cornelius Longest day, June 6, 1944.
Other author/creatorDarryl F. Zanuck Productions.
Other author/creatorTwentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Other author/creatorTwentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Abstract 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 in France.
General noteWidescreen format (aspect ratio 2.35:1).
General noteOriginally released as a motion picture in 1962.
General noteBased on the book by Cornelius Ryan.
General noteD-Day 50th Anniversary original black and white version of the motion picture, including the original Movietone News announcement of the invasion and the original movie trailer.
CreditsProduced by Darryl F. Zanuck ; photography, Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz ; editor, Samuel E. Beetley ; music, Maurice Jarre.
Cast John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Robert Mitchum, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd, Red Buttons, Richard Beymer, Robert Ryan, Mel Ferrer.
Audience Not rated by MPAA.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageEnglish (5.0 surorund, Dolby surround) or French (Dolby surround) language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English and Spanish ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Awards noteWinner of two Academy Awards: Special effects and Cinematography, 1962.
Publisher number4112612 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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