The Longest Day [2 Discs] [Blu-ray/DVD]

Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck

Overview

The Longest Day is a mammoth, all-star re-creation of the D-Day invasion, personally orchestrated by Darryl F. Zanuck. Whenever possible, the original locations were utilized, and an all-star international cast impersonates the people involved, from high-ranking officials to ordinary GIs. Each actor speaks in his or her native language with subtitles translating for the benefit of the audience (alternate "takes" were made of each scene with the foreign actors speaking English, but these were seen only during the first network telecast of the film in 1972). The stars are listed alphabetically, with the exception of John Wayne, who as Lt. Colonel Vandervoort gets separate billing. Others in the huge cast include Eddie Albert, Jean-Louis Barrault, Richard Burton, Red Buttons, Sean Connery, Henry Fonda, Gert Frobe, Curt Jurgens, Peter Lawford, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth More, Edmond O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Jean Servais, Rod Steiger and Robert Wagner. Paul Anka, who wrote the film's title song, shows up as an Army private. Scenes include the Allies parachuting into Ste. Mere Englise, where the paratroopers were mowed down by German bullets; a real-life sequence wherein the German and Allied troops unwittingly march side by side in the dark of night; and a spectacular three-minute overhead shot of the troops fighting and dying in the streets of Quistreham. The last major black-and-white road-show attraction, The Longest Day made millions, enough to recoup some of the cost of 20th Century Fox's concurrently produced Cleopatra.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/05/2015
UPC:	0024543957676
Original Release:	1962
Rating:	G
Source:	20TH CENT
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital, Dolby Surround, Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	2:58:00
Sales rank:	887

Special Features

Closed Caption; Blu-ray; Historical commentary with Mary Corey; Film commentary with Ken Annakin; DVD; Audio Commentary by Historian Mary Corey; Audio Commentary with Director Ken Annakin; DVD; Longest Day: A Salute to Courage featurette; Hollywood backstories: The Longest Day; D-Day Revisited documentary; Richard Zanuck on The Longest Day featurette; Still gallery; Original theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Robert Mitchum	G?n?ral Norman Cota
John Wayne	Lt. Colonel Benjamin Vandervoort
Henry Fonda	Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Richard Burton	David Campbell
Eddie Albert	Col. Thompson
Paul Anka	U.S. Army Ranger
Red Buttons	Private John Steele
Sean Connery	Private Flanagan
Ray Danton	Captain Frank
Mel Ferrer	Maj. Gen. Robert Haines
Steve Forrest	Captain Harding
Jeffrey Hunter	Sgt. John H. Fuller
Roddy McDowall	Private Morris
Kenneth More	Captain Colin Maud
Robert Ryan	Brig. Gen. James Gavin
Rod Steiger	Destroyer Commander
Richard Todd	Maj. John Howard
Robert Wagner	U.S. Army Ranger
Stuart Whitman	Lt. Sheen
Sian Phillips	Wren,RAF Officer
Richard Beymer	Schultz
Sal Mineo	Pvt. Martini
Edmond O'Brien	Gen. Raymond O. Barton
Tom Tryon	Lt. Wilson
Alexander Knox	Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
Henry Grace	Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mark Damon	Pvt. Harris
Dewey Martin	Pvt. Wilder
John Crawford	Col. Caffey
Ron Randell	Joe Williams
Nicholas Stuart	Gen. Omar Bradley,Lieutenant General Omar Bradley
John Meillon	Rear Adm. Alan G. Kirk
Richard Munch	Col. Marx
Fred Durr	Major of the Rangers
Peter Lawford	Lord Lovat
Leo Genn	Gen. Parker
John Gregson	Padre
Jack Hedley	Briefing Man
Michael Medwin	Pvt. Watney
Norman Rossington	Pvt. Clough
John Robinson	Adm. Sir Bertram Ramsay
Patrick Barr	Group Capt. Stagg
Donald Houston	RAF Pilot
Trevor Reid	Gen. Bernard Law Montgomery
Richard Wattis	British Soldier
Irina Demick	Janine
Bourvil	Mayor
Jean-Louis Barrault	Fr. Roulland
Christian Marquand	Comdr. Philippe Kieffer
Arletty	Mme. Barrault
Madeleine Renaud	Mother Superior
Georges Riviere	Sgt. Montlaur
Georges Wilson	Renaud
Jean Servais	Adm. Jaujard
Fernand Ledoux	Louis
Curt Jurgens	Gen. Blumentritt
Werner Hinz	Marshal Erwin Rommel,Manfred Rommel
Paul Hartmann	Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
Peter Van Eyck	Lt. Col. Ocker
Hans Christian Blech	Maj. Pluskat
Wolfgang Preiss	Gen. Pemsel
Kurt Meisel	Capt. During
Heinz Reincke	Col. Priller
Wolfgang Lukschy	Gen. Alfred Jodl
Eugene Deckers	Nazi Soldier
Peter Helm	Young GI
Maurice Poli	Jean
Simon Lack	Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Louis Mounier	Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur William Tedder
Howard Marion-Crawford	Doctor
Heinz Spitzner	Lt. Col. Hellmuth Meyer
Robert Freytag	Meyer's Aide
Ruth Hausmeister	Frau Rommel
Paul Roth	Col. Schiller
Karl John	Luftwaffe General
Dietmar Schonherr	Luftwaffe Major
Rainer Penkert	Lt. Fritz Theen
Kurt Pecher	German Commander
George Segal	1st Commando up Cliff
Alice Tissot	Housekeeper
Jo D'Avra	Naval Captain
Daniel Gelin	Actor
Francoise Rosay	Actor
Christopher Lee	Actor
Steve Marlow	le capitaine Harding
Wolfgang B?ttner	Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel
Pauline Carton	Maid
Marcus Bagwell	U.S. Army Ranger
Gert Fr?be	Sgt. Kaffeeklatsch
Fabi?n	U.S. Ranger
Tommy Sands	U.S. Ranger
Richard M?nch	Col. Marx
Ernst Schroeder	Hans von Salmuth
Wolfgang Buttner	Major General Doctor Hans Speidel
Frank Finlay	Pvt. Coke
Lyndon Brook	Lt. Walsh
Til Kiwe	Capt. Hellmuth Lang
Bill Nagy	Major in Ste. M?re-Eglise (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin	British Soldier (uncredited)
Michael Beint	Actor
Harry Fowler	British Paratrooper (uncredited)
Neil McCallum	Canadian Doctor (uncredited)
Robert Freitag	Meyer's Aide
Allen Swift	Voice of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Maurice Jarre	Composer

Technical Credits

Cornelius Ryan

Romain Gary

Jack Seddon

James Jones

David Pursall

Karl Baumgartner	Special Effects
Karl Helmer	Special Effects
Augie Lohman	Special Effects
Robert MacDonald	Special Effects
Alex Weldon	Special Effects
Darryl F. Zanuck	Producer
Jacques Maumont	Sound/Sound Designer,Sound Effects
Cornelius Ryan	Screenwriter
Romain Gary	Screenwriter
Jack Seddon	Screenwriter
Jean Fouchet	Special Effects
Joseph de Bretagne	Sound Effects
Gene Radzik	Sound Effects
William Robert Sivel	Sound Effects
James Jones	Screenwriter
David Pursall	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Longest Day
1. In The Fifth Year [6:02]
2. Poems Of Love And Deception [2:18]
3. It's On! [1:32]
4. It's All A Gamble [5:16]
5. Where Johnny Lies [1:31]
6. Why You Have The Job [4:29]
7. Key To The Invasion [2:45]
8. War Games And A Birthday Party [:51]
9. I Don't Like It! [2:25]
10. Meet Rupert And Cricket [3:17]
11. John's Long Mustache [2:18]
12. The Eve Of The Day [4:32]
13. The Orne River Bridge [3:19]
14. Perfect Conditions [4:33]
15. Just Enough Diversion [4:27]
16. Derailing The Germans [:21]
17. Guests From The Sky [7:49]
18. Sainte-Mere-Eglise [2:05]
19. Lost In A War [1:24]
20. What We Expected, What We've Earned [5:53]
21. What The Sea Will Bring [:47]
22. A Two-Plane Counter Attack [3:20]
23. Omaha Beach [5:09]
24. Utah Beach [1:16]
25. The Buddy System [6:38]
26. Pipes And Kilts [:41]
27. The French Have Arrived! [7:19]
28. Looking For Reinforcements [1:31]
29. Mrs. Rommel's Birthday [7:15]
30. The One We Want [:49]
31. The Führer Is Furious! [4:57]
32. Held And Relieved [1:10]
33. North By East! [1:50]
34. Ouistreham [4:23]
35. Two Kinds Of People [2:55]
36. News From The Front [1:06]
37. Hard Losses [1:49]
38. Removing The Middleman [2:05]
39. The Dead, The Crippled, The Lost [1:16]
40. The End Of The Longest Day [1:46]

Menu

Disc #1 -- The Longest Day
Play
Language Selection
Language and Audio
Language
English 4.0 Surround
English Dolby Surround
French Mono
Spanish Mono
Audio
English 4.0 Surround
English Dolby Surround
French Mono
Spanish Mono
Historical Commentary With Mary Corey
Film Commentary By Ken Annakin
Subtitles
English
Spanish
Subtitles: None
Scene Selection
Special Features
Historical Commentary With Mary Corey: On/Off
Historical Commentary With Mary Corey: On
Historical Commentary With Mary Corey: Off
Film Commentary By Ken Annakin: On/Off
Film Commentary By Ken Annakin: On
Film Commentary By Ken Annakin: Off
Disc #2 -- The Longest Day: Bonus Features
A Day To Remember
The Longest Day: A Salute To Courage (2001)
Backstory - The Longest Day (2000)
D-Day Revisited (1968)
Darryl F. Zanuck: A Dream Fulfilled
Trailers
Original Theatrical Trailer
Patton Trailer
Tora! Tora! Tora! Trailer
Still Galleries
Production
Behind The Scenes
Concept Art
Marketing & Publicity