The Longest Day

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epic film film war film

The Longest Day is a 1962 epic war film dramatizing the D-Day landings in Normandy, renowned for its large ensemble cast and detailed, multi-perspective depiction of the invasion.

Aliases (1)

The Longest Day (book) ×1

Statements (77)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	epic film → film → war film →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White → Academy Award for Best Special Effects →
basedOn	The Longest Day (book) →
basedOnWorkAuthor	Cornelius Ryan →
blackAndWhite	true →
budget	10000000 USD →
castMember	Curd Jürgens → Eddie Albert → Fabian Forte → Gert Fröbe → Henry Fonda NERFINISHED → John Wayne → Kenneth More → Paul Anka → Peter Lawford → Red Buttons → Richard Burton → Richard Todd → Robert Mitchum → Robert Wagner → Rod Steiger → Sal Mineo → Sean Connery →
cinematographyBy	Jean Bourgoin → Walter Wottitz NERFINISHED →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom → United States →
depictsEvent	Operation Neptune → Operation Overlord NERFINISHED →
director	Andrew Marton → Bernhard Wicki → Ken Annakin →
distributedBy	20th Century Fox →
editedBy	Samuel E. Beetley NERFINISHED →
filmingLocation	Corsica → France → Normandy →
follows	Allied forces on D-Day → French Resistance activities → German forces on D-Day →
genre	drama film → epic film → war film →
hasColorInfo	black-and-white film →
hasTheme	heroism → military strategy → multinational cooperation → sacrifice →
mainSubject	D-Day → Normandy landings →
musicBy	Maurice Jarre →
narrativePerspective	multi-perspective depiction →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White → Academy Award for Best Film Editing → Academy Award for Best Picture →
notableFor	detailed depiction of D-Day landings → large ensemble cast → use of multiple languages →
originalLanguage	English → French → German →
partOf	World War II in film →
producer	Darryl F. Zanuck →
productionCompany	Darryl F. Zanuck Productions →
publicationDate	1962 →
releaseDate	1962-09-25 →
runtime	178 minutes →
screenwriter	Cornelius Ryan → David Pursall → Jack Seddon → James Jones → Romain Gary →
setInPeriod	World War II →
uncreditedDirector	Gerd Oswald NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Darryl F. Zanuck → Peter Lawford → Rod Steiger →	notableWork
The Longest Day ("The Longest Day (book)") →	basedOn
Darryl F. Zanuck →	produced