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Starring:
Eion Bailey, Michael Cudlitz, Dale Dye, Scott Grimes, Frank John Hughes, Ron Livingston, James Madio, Neal McDonough, David Schwimmer, Donnie Wahlberg, Colin Hanks, Marc Warren, Damian Lewis, Kirk Acevedo, Rick Gomez, Richard Speight Jr., Jimmy Fallon, Ian Virgo, Thomas Hardy, Rene L. Moreno, Jamie Bamber, Rene L. Moreno
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David Frankel, Tom Hanks, Richard Loncraine, Phil Alden Robinson, Mikael Salomon, David Nutter, David Leland, Tony To
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Tom Hanks, E. Max Frye, Graham Yost, Erik Jendresen, Bruce McKenna, Stephen E. Ambrose, Erik Bork, John Orloff
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Band of Brothers (2001)
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Movie Review by AJ 
June 19th, 2006
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A ten-and-a-half hour World War II epic developed by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, based on the book by Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers is a gutsy HBO mini-series following the journey of Easy Company through a number of soldiers, primarily Richard D. Winters and Lewis Nixon, as they travel across Europe fighting against Hitler's forces. Band of Brothers is a stunning piece of filmmaking, with some of the most realistic and brutal combat I've ever seen; even more so than in Apocalypse Now, Band of Brothers manages to convey the message that war is hell (particularly when Easy is stationed in Bastogne, in two or three of the most bleak and claustrophobia-inducing hours I've yet witnessed in a movie). Though the film is somewhat burdened by Hollywood conventions throughout its expansive running time, the writing and the performances by Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Donnie Wahlberg, Scott Grimes, Kirk Acevedo, and even small turns by David Schwimmer and Jimmy Fallon, are all faceted and convincing enough that it's never truly a major problem. On a par with Saving Private Ryan, if not quite as great.
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 | Seth
Jun 20, 2006 10:14 AM
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| It surprised the sh*t out of me when Jimmy Fallon showed up. Acting all normal, too. |
 | Justin
Jun 22, 2006 9:17 PM
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| Great endorsement of a miniseries I'm dyin' to see. Well written, as always. |
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