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Longest Day (The) (1962)
This is the day that changed the world ... when history held its breath.Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck
Year of Copyright: 1962
Year of Production: 1961-62
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:Theatrical Trailer
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Subtitles:English, English HoH, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.0
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
(1.) Audio commentary with co-director Ken Annakin (British exterior episodes) (2006)
(2.) Audio commentary with UCLA historian Mary Corey (2006)
DISC TWO
"A Day to Remember" 2006 interview with Ken Annkin (17:51)
"History Through the Lens: The Longest Day: A Salute to Courage" 2001 TV episode (43:42)
"Backstory: The Longest Day" 2000 TV episode (25:07)
"D-Day Revisited: Darryl F. Zanuck, Producer of The Longest Day Returns to the Beaches of Normandy." 1968 documentary (51:48)
"Darryl F. Zanuck: A Dream Fulfilled" 2006 featurette (3:58)
Still Galleries:
- Production (21 images)
- Behind the Scenes (40 images)
- Concept Art (15 images)
- Marketing & Publicity (18 images)
Theatrical Trailer (1:48)
Bonus Trailers:
- "Patton" (1:46)
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Subtitles:English, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 4.0
English Dolby Digital 2.0 surround
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
French Dolby Digital 2.0 mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Initial release includes a slipcase.
Extras are in English, with no subtitles.
Also available in:
- 2009 "Anthology of War on Film" with "Patton”, "Sand Pebbles”, "Tora! Tora! Tora!”, "Von Ryan's Express”, "A Bridge Too Far”, "Twelve O'Clock High”, "The Great Escape”, "The Battle of Britain”, and ”Platoon" -
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Theatrical Trailer (3:09)
DISC TWO
"D-Day Revisited: Darryl F. Zanuck, Producer of The Longest Day Returns to the Beaches of Normandy." 1968 documentary (51:53) -
Subtitles:English, French
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.0
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
"Backstory: The Longest Day" 2000 TV episode (24:08)
"D-Day Revisited: Darryl F. Zanuck, Producer of The Longest Day Returns to the Beaches of Normandy." 1968 documentary (49:45) -
Subtitles:English, French
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Theatrical Trailer (3:09)
DISC TWO
"D-Day Revisited: Darryl F. Zanuck, Producer of The Longest Day Returns to the Beaches of Normandy." 1968 documentary (51:53) -
Subtitles:English, German
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.0
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film
DISC TWO
"Backstory: The Longest Day" featurette (25:09)
"D-Day Revisited" -documentary (51:50)
Trailers:
- "The Longest Day" (3:12)
- "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (3:41)
- "Patton" (1:23) -
Subtitles:English, English (non-English dialog only) and Japanese
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono -
Case type:Digipak
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Notes:Comes with 12-page booklet (in Japanese).
2-Disc Digi-pack with slip case.
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Extras:DISC 1
*The Film
DISC 2
"Hollywood Backstory" featurette (24:08)
"D-Day Revisted" documentary (49:45) -
Subtitles:English and Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Theatrical Trailer (3:09)
DISC TWO
"D-Day Revisited: Darryl F. Zanuck, Producer of The Longest Day Returns to the Beaches of Normandy." 1968 documentary (51:53) -
Subtitles:Czech, Danish, English, English HoH, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:5039036005739
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
"Backstory: The Longest Day" 2000 documentary (24:08)
"D-Day Revisited" 1968 documentary (49:45)
Trailers:
- The Longest Day (3:02)
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (3:32)
- Patton (1:20)
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Subtitles:English for non-English dialogue, English
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:5039036017343
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Extras:DISC ONE: The Longest Day
* The Film
DISC TWO: The Longest Day Extras
"Backstory: The Longest Day" 2000 TV episode (24:08)
"D-Day Revisited: Darryl F. Zanuck, Producer of The Longest Day Returns to the Beaches of Normandy." 1968 documentary (49:45)
Trailers:
- The Longest Day (3:02)
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (3:32)
- Patton (1:20)
- The Thin Red Line (1998) (2:40)
DISC THREE: Patton
* Patton (164:26)
Audio essay by Charles M. Province founder and president of the George S. Patton Society that plays as an alternate audio track over the film (77:42)
Patton Original Theatrical Trailer (1:22)
Tora! Tora! Tora! Trailer (3:41)
The Longest Day Trailer (3:09)
DISC FOUR: Patton Extras
"Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner" 1997 documentary (49:49)
Jerry Goldsmith's Complete Musical Score*
DISC FIVE: Tora! Tora! Tora!
* Tora! Tora! Tora! (138:53)
Audio commentary with director Richard Fleischer and film historian Stuart Galbraith IV (2001)
Tora! Tora! Tora! trailer (3:41)
Patton Trailer (1:22)
The Longest Day Trailer (3:09)
DSC SIX: Tora! Tora! Tora! Extras
"History Through the Lens: Tora! Tora! Tora! - A Giant Awakes" 2001 documentary (90:16)
"Hollywood Backstories: Tora! Tora! Tora!" 2001 documentary (22:06)
Movietone News:
- "First Pictures of Jap Attack on Hawaii" (2:17)
- "Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941 "Now it Can Be Shown"" (7:58)
- "A Year of War Since Pearl Harbor" (6:37)
- "War with Japan!" (6:28)
- "U.S. Declares War on Japan" (5:12)
- "Extra! First Pictures of Navy Attack on Jap Islands" (2:19)
- "War Department Reveals - Jap Cities Were Bombed by U.S. Army Planes" (1:08)
- "President Honors "Jimmy" Doolittle for Raid on Japan" (2:52)
- "War Reports of the United Nations" (1:57)
- "Doolittle's Raiders, Who Bombed Tokyo, Mark Anniversary" (1:11)
Original Theatrical Trailer (3:30)
Behind the Scenes Gallery (22 images)
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Subtitles:English for non-English dialogue, English
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Special Case
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UPC Number:5039036035934
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Notes:On some modern BD players, no menu options work.
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Easter eggs:DISC FOUR
After the Jerry Goldsmith's original score audio track, we can hear outtakes from the actual recording session and 4 radio spots. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film
Theatrical Trailer (3:09)
DISC TWO
"D-Day Revisted" documentary (51:53) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC 1
*The Film
DISC 2
"Hollywood Backstory" featurette (24:08)
"D-Day Revisted" documentary (49:45) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Subtitles:English, Estonian, Russian and Ukrainian (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
Russian Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Russian title: "Самый Длинный День".
DVD menus are in Russian. -
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Subtitles:Chinese (Simplified) and English
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 6.1 ES (1536 Kbps)
English Dolby Digital 5.1 EX
Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Digipak
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OVERALL: Draw
R1 "Cinema Classics Collection" re-release has the best set of extra-features (Dolby Digital 4.0 audio), while R2 Japan has the best set of extras out of the DTS releases.
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CUTS:
- R1 America- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts
- R1 America- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts (178:11 NTSC)
- R2 France- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts
- R2 Special Edition France- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No Cuts
- R2 Germany- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No Cuts
- R2 Ultimate Edition Japan- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts (178:09 NTSC).
- R2 Special Edition Spain- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No Cuts
- R2 United Kingdom- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts (171:02 PAL)
- R2 Special Edition United Kingdom- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts (171:02 PAL)
- R2 The Great Fox War Movies United Kingdom- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts (171:02 PAL)
- R4 Australia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No Cuts
- R4 Special Edition Australia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No Cuts
- R5 Russia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts (171:02 PAL)
- R6 China- Excel Media - No cuts (178:08 NTSC).
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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 23/09/01
Comparison last updated by Matthew_B_Harrah on 08/06/24UPDATE LOG:
23/09/01: Initial entry.
Please ensure you read our disclaimer.
18/03/13: Added R2 Japan UE.
25/10/10: Added R5 Russia.
06/06/24: Dates.
08/06/24: Updated America {Cinema Classics Collection} and. added Caps-a-holic.
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