The Longest Day [Blu-ray]

The Longest Day [Blu-ray]
by Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck, Ken Annakin

The Longest Day [Blu-ray]
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Actor: Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan
Director: Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck, Ken Annakin
Brand: Fox
Writer: Cornelius Ryan
Writer: David Pursall
Writer: Jack Seddon
Writer: James Jones
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.20:1
Running Time: 178 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2008-06-03
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product features:
  • Condition: New
  • Format: Blu-ray
  • AC-3; Dolby; DTS Surround Sound; Dubbed; Subtitled; Widescreen

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Blu-ray Review: Review of the Blu-ray version
Summary: 4 Stars

There are many reviews of the movie posted. I wanted to give some thoughts on the Blu-ray disc. I would rate the transfer as good, but not great. Granted, this is a 47-year old film, so your expectations have to be lower than for a current film. The opening sequences are very good and you begin to think that this is literally a clearer, sharper version than any that has been seen before, even on the film's opening day. But then about 20 minutes in some problems with the transfer crop up. It's most notable in the faces, which become quite washed-out. Several of the scenes with John Wayne suffer from this. The problems last for perhaps 15 to 20 minutes and then intermittently thereafter. These scenes are still very watchable, but the transfer problems become a bit of a distraction; as the scene changes you wonder -- is the next scene going to be a good transfer or a bad transfer? There are also a couple of short scenes that appear not to have been processed at all. I'm not referring here to the documentary footage, which presumably could not be processed, but to regular scenes that for some reason are not in HD. The Blu-ray process also causes some problems with rear-projection scenes, where actors are shown in front of canned backgrounds. Here the Blu-ray process accentuates the fact that the backgrounds aren't live. So, all told, I'm glad I now have a Blu-ray version of this film, but it's not quite as a big an improvement on the DVD version as I had hoped.

The extras are decent, but not exceptional. On Disc 1, the commentary by a UCLA history professor is pretty awful. She is very condescending and seems to assume that she is addressing an audience of 12-year olds who know nothing about WW II. The various "making of" types documentaries on Disc 2 are ok, if somewhat repetitive -- the same interview with Red Buttons is used in a couple of them and many of the same points are repeated. One of these documentaries appears to have been prepared for showing on AMC and another for the History Channel. Probably the best of the lot is an interview with Ken Annakin who was hired by Darryl F. Zanuck to direct the British sequences and ended up directing a considerable chunk of the film. Although Annakin, who recently passed away, was probably in his 90s when the interview was filmed, he is interesting and informative, particularly about filming the difficult aerial footage of the French commandos taking the casino. (Annakin also supplies a commentary track on Disc 1.) Missing from these documentaries is the kind of detailed discussion of the film that goes into the difficulties of coordinating such a huge project or how the choices were made to include some sequences and cut others that fans of the film would love to hear about. I've always thought that the film as we have it is probably missing some deleted scenes. To take one obvious example, where is the scene showing how the Red Buttons character got down from the church steeple? There are a couple of other plot lines that seem to be dropped a little too abruptly. No deleted scenes are included on the discs.

All in all, if you are a big fan of the film, this Blu-ray version is probably worth picking up.
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Description of The Longest Day [Blu-ray]

This special collector's commemorative edition has been issued in honor of the June 6, 1944 Allied invasion of France, which marked the beginning of the end of Nazi domination over Europe. The attack involved 3,000,000 men, 11,000 planes and 4,000 ships, comprising the largest armada the world has ever seen.

The Longest Day is a vivid, hour-by-hour recreation of this historic event. Featuring a stellar international cast, and told from the perspectives of both sides, it is a fascinating look at the massive preparations, mistakes, and random events that determined the outcome of one of the biggest battles in history. Winner of two 1962 OscarsĀ(r) (Special Effects and Cinematography), The Longest Day ranks as one of Hollywood's truly great war films.

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