The Longest Day (1962)

A veritable cameo-fest, which actually came in handy: there were so many roles that having some played by readily recognizable stars made it a bit easier to keep track. The first two hours - the waiting, planning, etc. - were awesome. Once the attack actually began, we got into territory I knew somewhat better and it wasn't so interesting (of course, I know that's not quite fair as this was probably one of the first films to undertake the story at this scale, but I can't help it that it's not the first one I saw!).

Really a good film, too bad it was released the same year as Lawrence of Arabia and To Kill a Mockingbird; one year earlier and it probably could have nabbed Best Picture.

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