Band of Brothers

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Band of Brothers is a critically acclaimed World War II miniseries that follows the real-life experiences of Easy Company, a U.S. paratrooper unit, from training through the end of the war in Europe.

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instanceOf historical drama
television miniseries
war drama
audioFormat Dolby Digital
basedOn Band of Brothers (book)
basedOnWorkAuthor Stephen E. Ambrose
composer Michael Kamen
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed
depictsConflict World War II
depictsEvent Battle of the Bulge
D-Day
Operation Market Garden
capture of the Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden
liberation of a concentration camp
distributor HBO
Warner Home Video
executiveProducer Erik Jendresen
Steven Spielberg
Tom Hanks
filmingLocation England
Hatfield Aerodrome, Hertfordshire
firstAired 2001-09-09
focusesOnMilitaryUnit Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
followsFrom training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia
genre drama
historical
war
hasFormat live-action
hasSequelSeries The Pacific
lastAired 2001-11-04
mainCharacter Carwood Lipton
Donald Malarkey
George Luz
Lewis Nixon
Richard D. Winters
numberOfEpisodes 10
originalChannelType premium cable television
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork HBO
pictureFormat 16:9
portrays Easy Company soldiers
United States Army paratroopers
productionCompany DreamWorks Television
Playtone
receivedAward Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries
runtimePerEpisode approximately 60 minutes
settingPeriodEnd 1945
settingPeriodStart 1942


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