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Ike: Countdown to D-Day | |
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Written by | Lionel Chetwynd |
Directed by | Robert Harmon |
Starring |
Tom Selleck James Remar Timothy Bottoms Gerald McRaney Ian Mune |
Music by | Shinkichi Mitsumune |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Dennis A. Brown Paul Carran Lionel Chetwynd Tim Christenson David Craig |
Cinematography | David Gribble |
Editor | Chris Peppe |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | A&E |
Release | May 31, 2004 |
Ike: Countdown to D-Day is a 2004 American made-for-television historical war drama film originally aired on the American television channel A&E, directed by Robert Harmon and written by Lionel Chetwynd. Countdown to D-Day was filmed entirely in New Zealand with the roles of British characters played by New Zealanders; the American roles were played by Americans.
The story centers on the inner workings of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force leading up to the successful D-Day invasion of World War II. General Dwight D. Eisenhower contemplates and implements difficult decisions leading up to D-Day. He frequently deals with the varied personalities of his subordinates, including his Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith, and subordinate commanders Lieutenant Generals Omar N. Bradley and George S. Patton, British General Bernard Montgomery, and Free French General Charles de Gaulle.
Eisenhower's relationship with his driver, Kay Summersby, is not mentioned, though she appears briefly in a scene where the general officers are viewing movie reels. She is also portrayed as his driver when he visits US paratroopers on the eve of D-Day.
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Ike: Countdown to D-Day | |
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Written by | Lionel Chetwynd |
Directed by | Robert Harmon |
Starring |
Tom Selleck James Remar Timothy Bottoms Gerald McRaney Ian Mune |
Music by | Shinkichi Mitsumune |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Dennis A. Brown Paul Carran Lionel Chetwynd Tim Christenson David Craig |
Cinematography | David Gribble |
Editor | Chris Peppe |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | A&E |
Release | May 31, 2004 |
Ike: Countdown to D-Day is a 2004 American made-for-television historical war drama film originally aired on the American television channel A&E, directed by Robert Harmon and written by Lionel Chetwynd. Countdown to D-Day was filmed entirely in New Zealand with the roles of British characters played by New Zealanders; the American roles were played by Americans.
The story centers on the inner workings of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force leading up to the successful D-Day invasion of World War II. General Dwight D. Eisenhower contemplates and implements difficult decisions leading up to D-Day. He frequently deals with the varied personalities of his subordinates, including his Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith, and subordinate commanders Lieutenant Generals Omar N. Bradley and George S. Patton, British General Bernard Montgomery, and Free French General Charles de Gaulle.
Eisenhower's relationship with his driver, Kay Summersby, is not mentioned, though she appears briefly in a scene where the general officers are viewing movie reels. She is also portrayed as his driver when he visits US paratroopers on the eve of D-Day.
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original research. (December 2023) |