The Longest Day
Taste attributes: warhistoricalactiondramafasttried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs
"This is the day that changed the world... when history held its breath."
Boxlist takeA weighty war film that is grounded, raw and moving. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
- Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
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Synopsis
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- War
- Year
- 1962
- Runtime
- 178 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
