Infos

Original title : Band of Brothers
Directed by : Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks
Release date: 9 September 2001
Duration: 60 minutes
Genre: Drama
Country : GB (2001)

 

Band of Brothers .

 Synopsis

Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.

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Season 1 (2001)

10  |  : 09/09/2001 Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name. 1
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Currahee
1 : Currahee
Easy Company is introduced to Captain Sobel, who has the group undergo hard and unfair training. As a result, Sobel comes into conflict with his men, including Richard Winters, his executive officer. The company is shipped to England to prepare for D-Day.
Day of Days
2 : Day of Days
Easy Company lands in Normandy, scattered all across and away from their drop zone. 1st Lt. Meehan, commander of Easy, is killed when his plane suffers a direct hit and 1st Lt. Winters must take command and 1st Lt. Speirs is introduced.
Carentan
3 : Carentan
Easy Company are sent to liberate the French village of Carentan, where they lose several men in heavy fighting. The episode focuses on Private Albert Blithe, who struggles with crippling anxiety following the battle.
Replacements
4 : Replacements
With the addition of many new men, Easy Company heads to Holland to participate in Operation Market Garden and prepare an Allied route into Germany, but they meet stiff German resistance.
Crossroads
5 : Crossroads
Winters writes a report on the challenge of an unexpected resistance to a German attack, and is haunted by his conscience after shooting a teenage German soldier. Operation Pegasus is depicted. Easy Company is called to Bastogne to repel the sudden German counterattack.
Bastogne
6 : Bastogne
Easy Company experiences the Battle of the Bulge and have to hold ground near Bastogne while running low on ammunition and other supplies. The episode focuses on medic Eugene "Doc" Roe as he helps out his fellow soldiers where he can, while also scrounging for medical supplies, of which the Company is dangerously low.
The Breaking Point
7 : The Breaking Point
Easy Company battles near Foy, Belgium, losing numerous men. In the episode, the actions of 1st Lt. Norman Dike, the Company's commander, are examined and questioned. Serving as narrator is 1st Sgt. Carwood Lipton, who attempts to keep the morale of the men up as they endure their trials in the forest near Foy.
The Last Patrol
8 : The Last Patrol
Easy Company is in Hagenau in Feburary, 1945, where they prepare for a night patrol mission to capture German prisoners. The patrol includes one veteran who is despised for missing Bastogne and a new lieutenant fresh out of West Point.
Why We Fight
9 : Why We Fight
As the Allies move into Germany and the war comes closer to an end, disillusionment and anger set in for Easy Company--until they stumble onto a concentration camp abandoned by the German military.
Points
10 : Points
As the Germans surrender, it appears that that the hard days for Easy Company are over as they are stationed in Austria. But they soon learn that those solders without enough service points will be sent to fight in Japan.

 Casting

Damian Lewis

Richard D. Winters
Ron Livingston

Lewis Nixon
Donnie Wahlberg

C. Carwood Lipton
Matthew Settle

Ronald Speirs
Scott Grimes

Donald Malarkey
Eion Bailey

David Kenyon Webster
Michael Cudlitz

Denver 'Bull' Randleman
Shane Taylor

Eugene Roe
Neal McDonough

Lynn 'Buck' Compton
Ross McCall

Joseph Liebgott
Frank John Hughes

William 'Wild Bill' Guarnere
Nolan Hemmings

Charles 'Chuck' Grant
Michael Fassbender

Burton 'Pat' Christenson
Dexter Fletcher

John Martin
James Madio

Frank Perconte
Richard Speight Jr.

Warren 'Skip' Muck
Rick Warden

Harry Welsh
Kirk Acevedo

Joseph D. Toye
Rick Gomez

George Luz
Peter Youngblood Hills

Darrel 'Shifty' Powers
Nicholas Aaron

Robert 'Popeye' Wynn
Douglas Spain

Antonio C. García
Dale Dye

Robert Sink
Matthew Leitch

Floyd 'Tab' Talbert
David Schwimmer

Capt. Herbert Sobel
Tom Hardy

Pfc. John Janovec
Simon Pegg

Sgt. William Evans
Dominic Cooper

Allington
Jimmy Fallon

Lt. George C. Rice
Jamie Bamber

Lt. Jack Foley
Jason O'Mara

Lt. Thomas Meehan
Stephen Graham

Sgt. Myron "Mike" Ranney
Colin Hanks

Lt. Henry Jones
Tom Hanks

British Officer
Adam James

Pvt. Cleveland O. Petty
Doug Allen

Pvt. Alton Moore
Jamie Bamber

Second Lieutenant Jack E. Foley
Rocky Marshall

Staff Sergeant Earl 'One Lung' McClung
Andrew Scott

Private John "Cowboy" Hall
Andrew-Lee Potts

Private First Class Eugene Jackson
Stephen Walters

Technician Fifth Grade Jack McGrath
Matt Hickey

Private Patrick O'Keefe
John Light

Lt. Col. David Dobie
Stephen McCole

First Lieutenant Frederick Heyliger
Peter O'Meara

First Lieutenant Norman Dike
Bart Ruspoli

Private Edward Tipper
Phil McKee

Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Strayer
Mark Huberman

Private Lester A. Hashey
Tom Hardy

John Janovec
James McAvoy

James W. Miller
David Schwimmer

Herbert Sobel

 

 

 

 

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