Band of Brothers
2001 | War | USA | Created by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, from Stephen E. Ambrose
Overview
Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, from Toccoa training to the Eagles Nest. Hanks and Spielberg followed their 1998 war film with ten hours of soldier testimony, real veterans bookending episodes. Damian Lewis as Winters and the Bastogne episode stand out. Emmys and a decade of influence on the format. Grandfathers watched and finally spoke.
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