Band of Brothers
Directed by:
Richard LoncraineScreenplay:
John OrloffCinematography:
Remi AdefarasinComposer:
Michael KamenCast:
Damian Lewis, Neal McDonough, Scott Grimes, Frank John Hughes, Donnie Wahlberg, Ron Livingston, Kirk Acevedo, Matthew Settle, Richard Speight Jr., Nicholas Aaron, Philip Barantini, Alexis Conran (more)VOD (3)
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On June 6, 1944, D-Day, planes with thousands of paratroopers cross the English Channel to France, where they come under heavy fire. None of the men land where they expected to, and many lose their weapons and supplies in the drop. Winters links up with solitary soldiers, and they set off to find their units. Winters is later chosen to lead an attack on a fortified German artillery position; the mission is successful, but Winters, now acting company commander, loses his first man. (Warner Bros. UK)
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I think I have never seen such a high-quality and realistically shot film or TV episode about the first day of the invasion of Normandy. True, the creators could naturally focus only on small units and individuals, so they could pay much more attention to details, but even so, I have to say that I was absolutely thrilled. On the other hand, the official content of HBO Europe is a complete disaster. A swarm of planes is the third smallest combat unit. The smallest is, of course, one airplane, two airplanes surprisingly form a pair, and two pairs form a swarm (in an outdated tactic that disappeared at the beginning of World War II, swarms were formed by three airplanes). According to the author of the content, we were supposed to see four entire Dakotas. I was also intrigued by the cluster of German cannons, I really can't imagine such a tactical unit. And finally, I would be interested to know why the soldier has his face torn apart by grenade shrapnel due to machine gun fire. Great episode, poorly written content.
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