The Longest day

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Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
Special features: Disc 1: audio commentary by historian Mary Corey; audio commentary by director Ken Annakin. Disc 2: "A day to remember": all-new featurette; "Longest day: a salute to courage" featurette; AMC backstory: 'The longest day'; "D-Day revisited" documentary; "Richard Zanuck on 'The longest day'" featurette; Still photo gallery; Original theatrical trailer.
John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Eddie Albert, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Peter Lawford, Rod Steiger, Stuart Whitman, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Curt Jürgens, Kenneth More, Richard Todd, Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Christian Marquand, Hans Christian Blech, Werner Hinz, Red Buttons, Wolfgang Preiss, Peter van Eyck, Paul Hartmann, Tom Tryon, Steve Forrest, Robert Wagner, Roddy McDowell, George Segal, Gert Frobe, Jeffrey Hunter, Alexander Knox, Jean Servais, Richard Wattis, Richard Beymer.
Complete story of the D-Day landings at Normandy through the eyes of all its participants. D-Day was the invasion and establishment of Allied forces in France during Operation Overlord, beginning the 6th of June, 1944, and was the largest seaborne invasion in history. It began with overnight parachute and glider landings, air attacks, naval bombardments, and an early morning amphibious landing.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 4.0 surround, Dolby surround, Dolby mono., dual-layer, NTSC.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Classic! submitted by smgop on August 25, 2017, 8:55am This movie is long, but well worth every minute. Star-studded, action packed account of the landing at Normandy on D Day.

One of fave WW2 films submitted by dave_472 on July 20, 2020, 2:36pm Long movie, but one of my favorite WW2 films. originally saw it in black and white

It could've been a slightly less long day submitted by Steve Amick on August 28, 2022, 10:21pm Like if they cast someone who could speak faster than John Wayne, for example.
In places, it's more like the longest day and a half.