"Band of Brothers" The Breaking Point (2001)

Director:

David Frankel

Writer:

Graham Yost (writer)

TV Series:

"Band of Brothers" (2001)

Original Air Date:

14 October 2001 (Season 1, Episode 7)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | History | War

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

WWII | Comradeship | Behind Enemy Lines | D Day | Concentration Camp

Cast

Nicholas Aaron	...	Pvt. Robert 'Popeye' Wynn
Kirk Acevedo	...	SSgt. Joseph Toye
Doug Allen	...	Sgt. Alton More
Jamie Bamber	...	2nd Lt. Jack Foley
George Calil	...	Pvt. James 'Moe' Alley
David Crow	...	Corporal
Michael Cudlitz	...	Sgt. Denver 'Bull' Randleman
Dale Dye	...	Col. Robert Sink
Michael Fassbender	...	Sgt. Burton 'Pat' Christenson
Dexter Fletcher	...	SSgt. John Martin
Jordan Frieda	...	Replacement
Rick Gomez	...	Sgt. George Luz
Scott Grimes	...	TSgt. Donald Malarkey
Craig Heaney	...	Pvt. Roy Cobb
Nolan Hemmings	...	Sgt. Charles 'Chuck' Grant
Mark Huberman	...	Pvt. Lester 'Leo' Hashey
Frank John Hughes	...	SSgt. William 'Wild Bill' Guarnere
Robin Laing	...	Pvt. Edward 'Babe' Heffron
Matthew Leitch	...	SSgt. Floyd 'Tab' Talbert
Damian Lewis	...	Maj. Richard D. Winters
Ron Livingston	...	Capt. Lewis Nixon
James Madio	...	Sgt. Frank Perconte
Rocky Marshall	...	Cpl. Earl 'One Lung' McLung
Tim Matthews	...	Cpl. Alex Penkala
Joseph May	...	Lt. Edward J. Shames
Peter McCabe	...	Cpl. Donald Hoobler
Ross McCall	...	Cpl. Joseph Liebgott
Neal McDonough	...	1st Lt. Lynn 'Buck' Compton
Rene L. Moreno	...	Pvt. Joseph Ramirez
David Nicolle	...	2nd Lt. Thomas Peacock
Peter O'Meara	...	1st Lt. Norman Dike
Alex Sabga	...	Cpl. Francis 'Frank' Mellet
Simon Schatzberger	...	Pvt. Joseph Lesniewski
Matthew Settle	...	Capt. Ronald Speirs
Douglas Spain	...	Pvt. Antonio Garcia
Richard Speight Jr.	...	Sgt. Warren 'Skip' Muck
Shane Taylor	...	Cpl. Eugene Roe
Donnie Wahlberg	...	2nd Lt. C. Carwood Lipton
Peter Youngblood Hills	...	SSgt. Darrel 'Shifty' Powers

Matthew Faber
Ian Virgo	...	Soldier
Stephen Milton
Tom Hanks	...	British officer
Jack Gustav	...	German soldier
Paul Hornsby	...	German soldier
Jonathan Edwards Young	...	Lt. John Kelly
Kieran O'Donnell	...	German soldier
Chris Finch	...	German Soldier
Paul Sacks	...	Easy Company jeep driver
James Alley Jr.	...	Himself
Brendan Carr	...	German Soldier
Lynn 'Buck' Compton	...	Himself
James Embree	...	Easy Company sergeant (uncredited)
Brandon Firla	...	Lt. Brewer
Chris Geere	...	German Soldier
Lester Hashey	...	Himself
Philip Hayden	...	Corporal
Moose Heyliger	...	Himself
Bruce Lawrence	...	Medic (uncredited)
Joe Lesniewski	...	Himself
Ben Loyd-Holmes	...	Pvt Macintosh
Logan Marshall-Green	...	Captured German (uncredited)
Bill Maynard	...	Himself
Earl McClung	...	Himself
Dean Mitchell	...	American Soldier (uncredited)
Mark Oosterveen	...	Camp prisoner (uncredited)
John Perkins	...	German Soldier (uncredited)
Norman Campbell Rees	...	German prisoner (uncredited)
Paul Rogers	...	Himself
Mike Savva	...	Easy Company Officer (uncredited)
J.B. Stokes	...	Himself
Buck Taylor	...	Himself
Ed Tipper	...	Himself
Tim Wildgoose	...	Prisoner
Robert 'Popeye' Wynn	...	Himself
Joanna Gonet	...	Choir Girl #12

Runtime:

69 min (DVD version)

Goofs:

Continuity: In "The Breaking Point," when Nixon is talking to Winters about someone being sent home to the states, the shaving cream by Winters' left ear changes from a lot to a little and back when the shot changes.

Quotes:

SSgt. William 'Wild Bill' Guarnere: What the hell you doin' back here?
SSgt. Joseph Toye: Had to make sure you were on top of things.
SSgt. William 'Wild Bill' Guarnere: Yeah, I'm on top of things. Tied me own boots once last week. All by meself.