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Most if not all the scenes in the movie are factual coorabed by the Allies, Germans, the French resistance, not to mention the population of those who experienced the "Longest Day ".
Seeing Frontline officers, the age of John Wayne, Eddie Albert, and Robert Mitchum, heroically blowing whistles, and waving “come on boys!Follow me!”, was nauseating. Particularly in the case of John Wayne, who was a huge draft dodger, but an even bigger “hawk” for the Vietnam War. Nobody ever cinematically captured the real horror of D Day like the opening sequence of “Saving Private Ryan”. I know it was made in 1962, but hearing all these accolades about it today caused me to tune out after a few minutes.
I saw this movie on Sunday, my usual only day off, while in Army Basic training, in early 1964 at Ft.Dix, NJ! Unfortunately, I had K.P., that day & barely made it to its only showing, because of its length! Then, being in the service, may have made this film more significant, and I enjoyed its documentary style & seeing so many 'stars' in one spectacular movie!
Still holds up pretty good for the evenhandedness of the viewpoint. Those that cry about Wayne being too old are the typical morns who never can see the forest for the trees
The casting of this movie was more towards appearance than reality. For example The character of Teddy Roosevelt Jr was five foot eight inches tall played by the six foot two inches tall Henry Fonda who was SEVEN YEARS YOUNGER than his character at the time of the movie. John Wayne like twenty years older than Vandervoot.
John Wayne was 54 years old when the movie was filmed. His character was 27 at the time. Not very realistic.
Only two small mentions of the Canadian contribution. Of course, Paul Anka – Canadian – played an American.
Most if not all the scenes in the movie are factual coorabed by the Allies, Germans, the French resistance, not to mention the population of those who experienced the "Longest Day ".
I own the 50th anniversary release (VHS) and the remastered DVD.
Seeing Frontline officers, the age of John Wayne, Eddie Albert, and Robert Mitchum, heroically blowing whistles, and waving “come on boys!Follow me!”, was nauseating. Particularly in the case of John Wayne, who was a huge draft dodger, but an even bigger “hawk” for the Vietnam War.
Nobody ever cinematically captured the real horror of D Day like the opening sequence of “Saving Private Ryan”.
I know it was made in 1962, but hearing all these accolades about it today caused me to tune out after a few minutes.
I saw this movie on Sunday, my usual only day off, while in Army Basic training, in early
1964 at Ft.Dix, NJ! Unfortunately, I had K.P., that day & barely made it to its only showing,
because of its length! Then, being in the service, may have made this film more significant,
and I enjoyed its documentary style & seeing so many 'stars' in one spectacular movie!
Still holds up pretty good for the evenhandedness of the viewpoint. Those that cry about Wayne being too old are the typical morns who never can see the forest for the trees
The casting of this movie was more towards appearance than reality. For example The character of Teddy Roosevelt Jr was five foot eight inches tall played by the six foot two inches tall Henry Fonda who was SEVEN YEARS YOUNGER than his character at the time of the movie. John Wayne like twenty years older than Vandervoot.