The Dryden will screen The Longest Day (Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, U.S. 1962, 178 min., 35mm) as part of the D-Day series.

This epic adaptation of the events of D-Day, from both the Allied and German points of view, required no less than three credited directors and included one of the biggest (male) all-star casts of all time. Among those taking part are John Wayne, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, and Robert Wagner—plus singers Paul Anka and Fabian and a pre—James Bond Sean Connery. The black-and-white CinemaScope photography evokes the documentaries of the time on a grand scale, giving the film a gravitas and feeling of reality that is difficult to shake.

[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2019-Jun-3]