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The Resource The longest day, Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, Inc. & Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. ; British exterior episodes directed by Ken Annakin ; American exterior episodes directed by Andrew Marton ; German episodes directed by Bernhard Wicki ; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck ; screenplay by Cornelius Ryan ; additional episodes written by Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall & Jack Seddon

The longest day, Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, Inc. & Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. ; British exterior episodes directed by Ken Annakin ; American exterior episodes directed by Andrew Marton ; German episodes directed by Bernhard Wicki ; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck ; screenplay by Cornelius Ryan ; additional episodes written by Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall & Jack Seddon

Label
The longest day
Title
The longest day
Statement of responsibility
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, Inc. & Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. ; British exterior episodes directed by Ken Annakin ; American exterior episodes directed by Andrew Marton ; German episodes directed by Bernhard Wicki ; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck ; screenplay by Cornelius Ryan ; additional episodes written by Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall & Jack Seddon
Contributor
Actor
Art director
Director of photography
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Film producer
Production company
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
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
Member of
Awards note
Winner of two Academy Awards: Special effects and Cinematography, 1962.
Cataloging source
JBL
Characteristic
videorecording
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Credits note
Musical score composed by Maurice Jarre ; photography, Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz ; art directors, Ted Aworth, Leon Barsacq, Vincent Korda ; editor, Samuel E. Beetley
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Rated G
Language note
English (5.0 surround, Dolby surround) or French (Dolby surround) language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English and Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
PerformerNote
Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Richard Beymer, Hans Christian Blech, Bourvil, Richard Burton, Wolfgang Büttner, Red Buttons, Pauline Carton, Sean Connery, Ray Danton, Irina Demich, Fred Dür, Fabian, Mel Ferrer, Henry Fonda, Steve Forrest, Gert Fröbe, Leo Genn, John Gregson, Paul Hartmann, Peter Helm, Werner Hinz, Donald Houston, Jeff Hunter, Karl John, Curt Jürgens, Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Fernand Ledoux, Christian Marquand, Dewey Martin, Roddy McDowall, Michael Medwin, Sal Mineo, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth More, Richard Münch, Edmond O'Brien, Leslie Phillips, Wolfgang Preiss, Ron Randell, Madeleine Renaud, Georges Riviere, Norman Rossington, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, George Segal, Jean Servais, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Peter Van Eyck, Robert Wagner, Richard Wattis, Stuart Whitman, Georges Wilson, John Wayne
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  • Annakin, Ken
  • Marton, Andrew
  • Wicki, Bernhard
  • Zanuck, Darryl Francis
  • Ryan, Cornelius
  • Gary, Romain
  • Jones, James
  • Pursall, David
  • Seddon, Jack
  • Albert, Eddie
  • Anka, Paul
  • Arletty
  • Barrault, Jean-Louis
  • Beymer, Richard
  • Blech, Hans Christian
  • Bourvil
  • Burton, Richard
  • Büttner, Wolfgang
  • Buttons, Red
  • Carton, Pauline
  • Connery, Sean
  • Danton, Ray
  • Demick, Irina
  • Dür, Fred
  • Fabian
  • Ferrer, Mel
  • Fonda, Henry
  • Forrest, Steve
  • Fröbe, Gert
  • Genn, Leo
  • Gregson, John
  • Hartmann, Paul
  • Helm, Peter
  • Hinz, Werner
  • Houston, Donald
  • Hunter, Jeffrey
  • John, Karl
  • Jürgens, Curd
  • Knox, Alexander
  • Lawford, Peter
  • Ledoux, Fernand
  • Marquand, Christian
  • Martin, Dewey
  • McDowall, Roddy
  • Medwin, Michael
  • Mineo, Sal
  • Mitchum, Robert
  • More, Kenneth
  • Munch, Richard
  • O'Brien, Edmond
  • Phillips, Leslie
  • Preiss, Wolfgang
  • Randell, Ron
  • Renaud, Madeleine
  • Rivière, Georges
  • Rossington, Norman
  • Ryan, Robert
  • Sands, Tommy
  • Segal, George
  • Servais, Jean
  • Steiger, Rod
  • Todd, Richard
  • Tryon, Thomas
  • Eyck, Peter van
  • Wagner, Robert
  • Wattis, Richard
  • Whitman, Stuart
  • Wilson, Georges
  • Wayne, John
  • Jarre, Maurice
  • Bourgoin, Jean
  • Wottitz, Walter
  • Haworth, Ted
  • Barsacq, Léon
  • Korda, Vincent
  • Beetley, Samuel E.
  • Ryan, Cornelius
  • Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
  • Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
  • Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Runtime
178
Series statement
Fox war classics
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  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Normandy (France)
Technique
live action
Label
The longest day, Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, Inc. & Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. ; British exterior episodes directed by Ken Annakin ; American exterior episodes directed by Andrew Marton ; German episodes directed by Bernhard Wicki ; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck ; screenplay by Cornelius Ryan ; additional episodes written by Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall & Jack Seddon
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1962 by Darryl F. Zanuck Productions and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp
  • Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan
  • D-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
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
DVD.
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 178 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
024543029984
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
  • 2002997
  • 2002998
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)48430564
  • ocm48430564
  • OCoLC
System details
DVD; Dolby Digital surround 5.0; NTSC; Region 1; widscreen (2.35:1) format
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The longest day, Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, Inc. & Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. ; British exterior episodes directed by Ken Annakin ; American exterior episodes directed by Andrew Marton ; German episodes directed by Bernhard Wicki ; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck ; screenplay by Cornelius Ryan ; additional episodes written by Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall & Jack Seddon
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1962 by Darryl F. Zanuck Productions and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp
  • Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan
  • D-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
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
DVD.
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 178 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
024543029984
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
  • 2002997
  • 2002998
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)48430564
  • ocm48430564
  • OCoLC
System details
DVD; Dolby Digital surround 5.0; NTSC; Region 1; widscreen (2.35:1) format
Video recording format
DVD

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