Tag: Band of Brothers
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‘The Pacific’ Ending Explained: Which Heroes Make It Home From WW2?
The Pacific has been soaring the charts on Netflix’s top television shows over the last week. The epic five-year account of the United States Marine Corps assault on Japan is delivered by the same creative team that brought us Band of Brothers with executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks anchoring another captivating story of…
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Why You Should Binge One of the Best WWII Dramas Ever on Netflix
War has been portrayed on the small screen countless times, but few shows have tapped into its brutality and drama as well as HBO’s Band of Brothers. If you’ve never seen it, then today’s your lucky day — this classic just made its way onto Netflix. This beloved WWII miniseries first aired in September 2001…
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These 10 Minutes of ‘The Pacific’ Are the Series’ Most Heart-Pounding
It’s evident that Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks both have a tremendous amount of respect for the American soldiers who served in World War II. After their work together on the Academy Award-winning war film Saving Private Ryan, Spielberg and Hanks worked together to produce the game-changing HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. The ten-episode “event…
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‘Stop Making Sense’ Producer Gary Goetzman Talks the Making of Rock Doc That Changed Concert Movies Forever
“The Silence of the Lambs” producer Gary Goetzman has been a major player in Hollywood for the last four decades (especially after he followed his Best Picture win by co-founding Playtone with Tom Hanks in 1998), but many in and around the film industry were unfamiliar with his story until Paul Thomas Anderson made a…
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Tom Hanks Fired a ‘Band of Brothers’ Actor for His “Dead Eyes”
In the early 2000s, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks returned to World War II with the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. Among many notable things about the series, the cast was stacked with names that were relatively big then and would become even more prominent in the future including Ron Livingston, Damien Lewis, Scott Grimes,…
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Tom Hanks Was So Concerned for Austin Butler’s Mental Health After ‘Elvis’ That He Offered Him a Next Role Immediately to Prevent ‘Emotional Whiplash’
With the long “Elvis” awards season behind him, Austin Butler is gearing up for two major upcoming releases: Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part 2” and the Apple TV+ miniseries “Masters of the Air.” The latter comes from executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and serves as the third installment in their long-running World War II…
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This Tom Hanks Project Changed Prestige Television
If it hasn’t been clear by his recent track record, Tom Hanks clearly has an affinity for historical stories. In the past few years, Hanks has played the title role in Charlie Wilson’s War, Richard Phillips in Captain Phillips, Walt Disney in Saving Mr. Banks, James B. Donovan in Bridge of Spies, Captain Chelsey Sullenberger…
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Band Of Brothers’ Bastogne Forest Wasn’t Actually A Forest At All
It’s known that HBO’s 10-part miniseries “Band of Brothers” is something of an extension of Steven Spielberg’s celebrated 1998 war film “Saving Private Ryan.” Part of the reverence for the Spielberg-Tom Hanks co-creation comes from an appreciation for the meticulously re-created history, from Belgian villages to liberated concentration camps; the production even shares the filming location…
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Every Main Character In Band Of Brothers Ranked Worst To Best
The true stories of heroism in World War II have inspired some of the greatest films of all time. Throughout film history, war films have examined various aspects of combat. While films like “Saving Private Ryan” and “The Thin Red Line” explored the plight of soldiers in the heat of combat, “Bridge On The River Kwai”…
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The 12 Best Tom Hardy Movies Ranked
Tom Hardy is one of the most popular actors working today, and with good reason: He’s also one of the best. Hardy is known for innovation and originality — whether he’s masking his face, trying out a new voice, physically transforming his appearance, or navigating between different genres, Hardy takes chances that his contemporaries simply…