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Release Date:
9 September 2001 (USA)
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Tagline:
They depended on each other. And the world depended on them. more
Plot:
The story of Easy Company of the US Army 101st Airborne division and their mission in WWII Europe from Operation Overlord through V-J Day. full summary
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe.
Another 22 wins
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20 nominations
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(83 articles)
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(Series Cast Summary - 35 of 99) more
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705 min (10 parts)
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1.78 : 1 more
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USA:TV-MA |
Malaysia:U |
Finland:K-15 |
South Korea:15 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:MA |
Belgium:KNT |
Brazil:14 (TV rating) |
Brazil:16 (DVD rating) |
Germany:16 |
Germany:18 (episode 3) |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:R15 |
Norway:15 |
Singapore:M18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15
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Despite what was suggested in the third episode, Pvt. Albert Blithe did not die in 1948. Fellow Easy Company Currahee veterans had thought that Blithe did not recover from his neck wound and had died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1948. He in fact recovered and undertook served several tours in Korea and Taiwan. He died in 1967; due to kidney failure.
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Continuity: In "The Breaking Point", after Joe Toye finishes talking with Winters about how he wants to head back on the line, there is a close up of his face with his Thompson in the upright position on his shoulders, but in the next shot when he goes to talk to Bill Guarnere, the Thompson is being carried upside down
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Frank Perconte:
Hey this guy says he's not a Nazi. All of Germany and I haven't met one Nazi yet.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Home of the Brave (2006)
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What happened to the replacement from I Company who shot Sergeant Grant, and did Grant survive?Did Albert Blithe really die in 1948?
What's the classical music played at the beginning and end of episode 9?
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This week I saw three things based on WW-II novels. The first was 'The Pianist' about the Warsaw ghetto in the war and the survival of a Jewish pianist in that ghetto. The second was 'De Tweeling', a Dutch film about two twin-sisters, separated in 1926. One of them grows up in Nazi-Germany, the other in The Netherlands. That movie shows us more of the common persons during the war, Germans and not-Germans. The third was 'Band of Brothers', a true story about combat in the war. All three things are great, the films I mean, and you definitely should see all three of them.
'Band of Brothers' follows Easy-company from their training in England, through D-Day, the rest of France (including Bastogne), Holland (including operation Market Garden), Germany and Austria. This story is shown to us in ten different episodes. Every episode starts with the real men from Easy-company telling about their experiences and ends with a short written update of Easy-company. Between beginning and ending of episodes one of the best things I have seen on screen is presented to us.
The casting is amazing. Even David Schwimmer (from 'Friends') as the bitter Captain Sobel is great. Damian Lewis and Ron Livingston are superb as Major Winters and Captain Lewis Nixon. Every actor seems to be perfect for his character. The photography and direction is great also. I especially loved the direction of the episode done by executive producer Tom Hanks, possibly with some help from the other executive producer Steven Spielberg. 'Saving Private Ryan' was great for showing us the horror in combat, 'Band of Brothers' does the same thing but adds some other things. You really learn to know the characters (in 600 minutes you can do that), you sympathize with them.
If you have the chance to see this masterpiece, do so. It is long but you can spread the episodes over some days. But if you start watching it is very hard to stop. Definitely one of the best WW-II movies or series out there.