The Longest Day (1962) Trailer www.imdb.com/ti... Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery
Watching this on June 6th now the 75th anniversary of that day, and the many great men who served on it. Never forget every Allied soldier who died that day! 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇷🇺
At 1:04, Jeffrey Hunter nearly lost and eye, when a small explosive charge, simulating bullet strikes, sent a grain of sand into it. They had to breake the take, but decided to use it, splicing a shot of Robert Mitchum into it, so it would look like Hunter just went on with his job.
At 2:40, the German "Fighters" used in the film actually were 4-seat Messerschmitt Bf 108 "Taifuns". In real life, Priller and his wingman flew Focke Wulf 190's. Both survived, not only the day, but the war.
[Aboard the Free French Navy battleship Richelieu] Bridge Officer: Attention, attention. Admiral Jaujard. RADM Robert Jaujard: [addressing Free French forces] Soon we shall engage in combat. In order to defeat the enemy, we must fire on our homeland. This is the price of liberty. Vive le France! Watch how the camera focuses on the Admiral when he speaks, so well done. The price of our liberty isn't cheap, we need to realize this.
Outstanding movie with a Great cast and individual story lines that interacted well together I saw it 4 times the same weekend at the theater in town I was awe struck by the realism it represented I was 11at the time I think
Sounded cool yet at the same time didn't give away that it was something big... codenames can be spread out but still no one who knows them know what they are, like the Manhattan Project. But mostly it just sounded cool.
I've been putting of watching this film for so many years because I suspected that it wouldn't be a very realistic depiction of D-day. But I finally watched it today and...well, it's entertaining, but that's all it is. The cast is monumental, I'll give it that much. But there's not a single drop of blood to be seen (apart from Richard Burton having a little red stain on his leg at the end), and no guts or brain matter flying around a la Saving Private Ryan. Of course, this was made in 1962 when such depictions of violence would've been impossible. But still, they didn't have to make up for the lack of realistic violence with fucking camp humor and boys own macho men with cigars! This is WWII and NOT bloody Alistair Maclean! But oh no, instead we get Sean Connery acting like a buffoon and making piss-poor jokes about drowning before getting a chance to fight and bagpipes. The only people who are portrayed with any dignity are the Germans. They don't fool around with crude jokes and macho speeches. They are trying to stop the invading forces as best they can, and the seriousness of the situation is very well portrayed, from the sheer unwillingness to believe the nerve of the allied forces, to the poor leadership demonstrated by high command (Hitler is sleeping. Don't disturb him). For being a 60's war film, it's not bad. And the production is indeed enormous on every level. But it's also as flawed and unrealistic as I feared it would be, and I can't, in all honesty, appreciate it as much as I'd like as a result.
Your comments about the realism of this piece really are subjective due to its age, you just can’t compare it to saving private Ryan because they’re about different things released at different times. If this film had the same amount of brutal gore as Tarantino films or saving private Ryan the studio and Hollywood establishment would have simply rejected the scenes or the film as a whole, in the same way they took a long time to come around to nudity and sexual scenes in blockbuster films. Also the comments of it being corny and too jokey are really just a reflection of war films in Hollywood at the time. Most other war films of that era include a huge amount more stupid jokes and heroic speeches and the longest day is a serious film in comparison. You must also think of the time when this film came out. The world wasn’t really ready to fully reflect on the incidents of the war in a cinematic form; compared to how we can view it now with series such as band of brothers and films like hacksaw ridge or even fury, which look at the futility and recklessness of war on both sides. Overall I think this film is a masterpiece of its time and is subjective to its age. The film is not without its flaws, such as making out that there was no plan of how to advance off Omaha beach before landing there or how every soldier just seems to follow their division’s CO around the battlefield. These can definitely be looked past however.
@@wilfredkimber8007 Another point that has been brought up is how there's a lack of presence in the film of the Canadian troops that were involved & that they were more efficient in landing in their intended area. I keep wishing Criterion would release an edition of this film & include a mountain of special features on, say, 3 or 4 discs, such as the involvement of the Canadians & also the old "To Tell The Truth" episodes featuring the real people portrayed in the film, such as John Steele (played by Red Buttons). This film is also very notable for portraying French & German people speaking their actual languages & providing subtitles for viewers. Spielberg should've taken a cue from that. If he had, I'd have a much higher opinion of "Schindler's List". In any case, I think this film being shot in b&w serves it very well. Any blood/gore or death does not show up too well without the red color & the film overall has a more newsreel/documentary feel. Also, various officers of different kinds who were actually involved in the events depicted were hired on as advisors. Ultimately, the film was a labor of love for producer Darryl Zanuck, who wanted to make the depiction of events as close as possible to the way it really happened. Considering what he had to work with & the state of the movie industry at the time, I think he did a terrific job. The only overall flaw, I think, is that the presentation perhaps features too much pride & overconfidence, but mostly, it's a cinematic masterwork & needs to be added to both Criterion (with sufficient accompanying special features) & The National Film Registry.
Watching this on June 6th now the 75th anniversary of that day, and the many great men who served on it. Never forget every Allied soldier who died that day! 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇷🇺
Yes! It's a great film and good companion piece to Saving Private Ryan. The latter was the only time I started breaking up at a movie.
Was my grandfather’s favorite movie who was a D-Day vet!
Definately one of the greatest war movies ever made. May not be accurate in the intensity, but the overall story is well told. 10/10 stars.
my favorite movie
The Longest Trailer.
At 1:04, Jeffrey Hunter nearly lost and eye, when a small explosive charge, simulating bullet strikes, sent a grain of sand into it. They had to breake the take, but decided to use it, splicing a shot of Robert Mitchum into it, so it would look like Hunter just went on with his job.
My favourite scene is when the guy in the bunker sees the ships on the horizon at the end of his night watch. And Winston the dog..
At 2:40, the German "Fighters" used in the film actually were 4-seat Messerschmitt Bf 108 "Taifuns". In real life, Priller and his wingman flew Focke Wulf 190's. Both survived, not only the day, but the war.
+YDDES I know it can be a dumb question, but... Are they still alive?
+Benito Camelas
Priller died from a heart attack in 196. I haven't been able to find out about Wodarczyk.
By far, the best World War two movie there is. One of my favorite parts, is Sean Connery screaming "COME OUT YA BASTARDS! FALANGENS BACK!
[Aboard the Free French Navy battleship Richelieu]
Bridge Officer: Attention, attention. Admiral Jaujard.
RADM Robert Jaujard: [addressing Free French forces] Soon we shall engage in combat. In order to defeat the enemy, we must fire on our homeland. This is the price of liberty. Vive le France! Watch how the camera focuses on the Admiral when he speaks, so well done. The price of our liberty isn't cheap, we need to realize this.
BEST WAR MOVIE EVER MADE!
The CGI is just not up to scratch!
I saw this movie when I was aboard H.M.S Bounty in 1787 🥳🎆☃️🐒
There is also a colourised version of this film. I've only seen it on TV once.
So many acting gods in this movie...totally puts Band of Brothers to shame
Less glorifying/glamourizing as well.
Best war movie ever, whoever wants to watch it won't regret it
Best? Not sure about that but one of the lonest for sure. Too many great actors to mention.
@@davewilliams5102 , you are right.
the effects are better in this than movies now these days
Actors are better ( except John "I kill Indians" Wayne" ) not effects. Spielberg create real effects for war movie.
awesome movie as always have this on dvd
Great movie always love the scene where the German Coast Sentry looks through the binoculars one more time and spy's the Naval Armada!🙂🚢🚢🚢😱💂🔫🇬🇧🇺🇸
Outstanding movie with a Great cast and individual story lines that interacted well together I saw it 4 times the same weekend at the theater in town I was awe struck by the realism it represented I was 11at the time I think
Happy D-DAY 74 Anniversary!!!
Southkorean kissing US ass.
It's a little dated, but still an epic film that aged fairly well. The book by Cornelius Ryan is pretty damn good too.
Book by C. Ryan and movie based on that book are best of " Longest Day".
Somebody writes the cast list in order of appearance on trailer, please?!
At 1.22 I`ve never seen that clip before announcing the invasion to the press;maybe it`s only in the English language version?
Great film
Yes. :) Like SOVIET war movies.
soooo many views
yet
soooo little comments
I guess it leaves a lot of people
figuratively (or maybe even not
so figuratively) speechless!
What are the reasons behind the name Operation OverLord?
Sounded cool yet at the same time didn't give away that it was something big... codenames can be spread out but still no one who knows them know what they are, like the Manhattan Project. But mostly it just sounded cool.
Because it goes Over to Lord. whether these men gloriously succeed on the 6th of June or not- it's all in God's hands
Operation called Overlord. Ignorance is "cool".
No Canadians there in that war.
Two words...John Wayne
Several words....John Wayne more like to kill Indians on movie than Nazis.
1944
Fucking Steven Spielberg took Saving Private Ryan from these movies
FILMED IN CYPRUS......I DIDN'T KNOW THIS
erm no. There were some landing shots filmed in Corsica, the rest was filmed in France, there was nothing shot in Cyprus at all
I've been putting of watching this film for so many years because I suspected that it wouldn't be a very realistic
depiction of D-day. But I finally watched it today and...well, it's entertaining, but that's all it is.
The cast is monumental, I'll give it that much. But there's not a single drop of blood to be seen (apart from Richard Burton having a little red stain on his leg at the end), and no guts or brain matter flying around a la Saving Private Ryan.
Of course, this was made in 1962 when such depictions of violence would've been impossible. But still, they didn't
have to make up for the lack of realistic violence with fucking camp humor and boys own macho men with cigars!
This is WWII and NOT bloody Alistair Maclean! But oh no, instead we get Sean Connery acting like a buffoon and making
piss-poor jokes about drowning before getting a chance to fight and bagpipes.
The only people who are portrayed with any dignity are the Germans. They don't fool around with crude jokes and macho
speeches. They are trying to stop the invading forces as best they can, and the seriousness of the situation is very well
portrayed, from the sheer unwillingness to believe the nerve of the allied forces, to the poor leadership demonstrated by
high command (Hitler is sleeping. Don't disturb him).
For being a 60's war film, it's not bad. And the production is indeed enormous on every level.
But it's also as flawed and unrealistic as I feared it would be, and I can't, in all honesty, appreciate it as much as I'd
like as a result.
on the contrary, just beacause it isn't full of gore dosen't mean that it's not realistic
Just because they're at war dosen't mean that their robots, look at footage from the war, soldiers fooled around a lot
Your comments about the realism of this piece really are subjective due to its age, you just can’t compare it to saving private Ryan because they’re about different things released at different times. If this film had the same amount of brutal gore as Tarantino films or saving private Ryan the studio and Hollywood establishment would have simply rejected the scenes or the film as a whole, in the same way they took a long time to come around to nudity and sexual scenes in blockbuster films. Also the comments of it being corny and too jokey are really just a reflection of war films in Hollywood at the time. Most other war films of that era include a huge amount more stupid jokes and heroic speeches and the longest day is a serious film in comparison. You must also think of the time when this film came out. The world wasn’t really ready to fully reflect on the incidents of the war in a cinematic form; compared to how we can view it now with series such as band of brothers and films like hacksaw ridge or even fury, which look at the futility and recklessness of war on both sides. Overall I think this film is a masterpiece of its time and is subjective to its age. The film is not without its flaws, such as making out that there was no plan of how to advance off Omaha beach before landing there or how every soldier just seems to follow their division’s CO around the battlefield. These can definitely be looked past however.
"But there's not a single drop of blood to be see" . Bravo. War movie without blood.
@@wilfredkimber8007
Another point that has been brought up
is how there's a lack of presence in the film
of the Canadian troops that were involved
& that they were more efficient in landing
in their intended area. I keep wishing
Criterion would release an edition
of this film & include a mountain
of special features on, say, 3 or 4 discs,
such as the involvement of the Canadians
& also the old "To Tell The Truth" episodes
featuring the real people portrayed
in the film, such as John Steele
(played by Red Buttons).
This film is also very notable for portraying
French & German people speaking
their actual languages & providing
subtitles for viewers. Spielberg
should've taken a cue from that.
If he had, I'd have a much higher
opinion of "Schindler's List".
In any case, I think this film being shot
in b&w serves it very well. Any blood/gore
or death does not show up too well
without the red color & the film overall
has a more newsreel/documentary feel.
Also, various officers of different kinds
who were actually involved in the events
depicted were hired on as advisors.
Ultimately, the film was a labor of love
for producer Darryl Zanuck, who wanted
to make the depiction of events as close
as possible to the way it really happened.
Considering what he had to work with
& the state of the movie industry
at the time, I think he did a terrific job.
The only overall flaw, I think, is that
the presentation perhaps features
too much pride & overconfidence,
but mostly, it's a cinematic masterwork
& needs to be added to both Criterion
(with sufficient accompanying special features) & The National Film Registry.
Amazing film, potentially the worst trailer in history.