Talk:The Longest Day (film)

message: The article compares the cost of this film with Schindlers List, but surely the value of The Longest Day (film) should be adjusted to show what £10,000,000 would be worth in 1993 G0ggy 18:18, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Film cost comparison 

message: *In One scene Priller and his wingman are shown firing on British beaches they are shown as flying from west to east; actually they flew east to west.
*When the members of the French resistance are shown killing two German soldiers so a train can be derailed-this never happened in the book.
*In one scene a German soldier is shown putting his boots on the wrong feet and in a later scene he is killed by a downed RAF Officer-this later part of him being killed never happened in the book.(But is an example of the type of objectives carried out by the French Resistance, the French Commando's capture of Ouistreham also didn't occur in the book but the makers wanted to show that more than just the Americans and British participated on D-Day.)--The Mercenary 73 (talk) 20:48, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The 'wrong boots' thing is a running gag through the movie; it's quite deliberate, and not a goof. MrDemeanour (talk) 16:13, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Are these goofs, or are the compromises made by the production crew, including Cornelius Ryan himself, in translating his book into a movie?  For example, a German officer did put his boots on the wrong feet, but true, he was not shot by a downed British pilot.  He survived the battle.  Ryan describes this in the book.  Same goes for the scene of the Rangers shooting the Germans who were surrendering.  An incident is described in the book, but yes, it took place on Omaha, not Utah, and it was regular infantry, not paratroopers.  General Cota didn't say, "There are two kinds of men who'll be left on this beach...", either, it was another officer.  In the movie, Priller's planes aren't Fw-190s, either, they look like Me-108 Taifuns.  So, I wouldn't say these are goofs, but rather differences between the movie and the book, reflecting compromises made in producing the film. Best regardsTheBaron0530 (talk) 14:33, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Goofs

message: In my opinion the genre(s) of a film is(/are) not only informative but very important for us to make our fist impression so it(/they) should be mentioned in the overview part. And I would not agree that these are (only) Action/Drama/History/War as IMDB states it. At least I would add that it containes humorous scenes and characters whom I never associated with war before. But for the first time I watched the film I was quite sure that it is a comedy about a not so comic subject. Anyway, it won't be me who adds this to the article so that my act will not be mistaken as vandalism.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.236.49.87 (talk) 23:12, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genre 

message: The plot of this film should be written down.Blaylockjam10 (talk) 23:52, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Why?  After all, it's just one damn thing after another! Ed Fitzgerald t / c 03:56, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plot 

message: I saw this film in Colour twice in the UK has anyone seen it in Colour>
:A colourised version was released for tv during the 1980's, it is one of several films that were coloured during that time, another i remember is Back to Bataan also staring John Wayne. In the colourised version of The Longest Day there are some major errors, Leo Genn's character is shown wearing a RAF blue battledress when it should have been Army khaki, also if you look carefully at the actors teeth - they remain grey.--The Mercenary 73 (talk) 21:02, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The article doesn't explain why this relatively big budget epic was shot in B&W in the first place. It seems an odd decision for an early 60s movie. It's not clear why colour would have cost significantly more, apart from the film stock. --Ef80 (talk) 20:18, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Color (US Spelling)/Colour (Commonwealth Spelling) 

message: You need the plot of this film in the article. This is a requirement it is not an option. If you do not have a plot for this film this article will be deleted. Thank you. -James Pandora Adams  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.176.169.69 (talk) 18:07, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that the article needs a plot summary. I looked at old versions of the article, and strangely enough, it does not appear that there was ever a plot summary. James, we cannot delete the article just because it is lacking a summary. There are a lot of incomplete articles, and what matters is adding new content to existing content. Erik (talk | contribs) 18:37, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plot 

message: Also there is clearly profanity on your discussion. The word damn is clearly used by one of your offline editors. You need to have this word deleted. Its okay to use any word in Wikipedia of course but it has to be used in context. Beside using the word "damn," in this sentence clearly shows your putting your emotions into the arguement and that is not allowded. You are also being very rude to one of your users who is simply trying to express his own oppinion. Please try using some other words like "Why the same repetitive thing occurs over and over again in this movie." Or some other word like that. If this word is not removed or is not put into some sort of context I'll be forced to remove it myself. I apologize I am simply following Wikipedia procedure. Thank you. -James Pandora Adams  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.176.169.69 (talk) 18:14, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia is not censored, and the comment using the word "damn" was written in November of 2008. We are not supposed to edit other editors' comments either; see WP:TPO. If you want, though, I can archive old discussions (as they need to be archived anyway). Erik (talk | contribs) 18:37, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Profanity on your discussion page 

message: "Saving Private Ryan" seems to have been ripped off from "The Longest Day" and "The Five Sullivans".  Even the scene where the Germans surrender at the blockhouse on the beach with their hands up and are shot is replicated exactly in "Saving Private Ryan".  Since Steven Spielberg has a notorious reputation as a script thief (see "Wild Realm Film Reviews--Steven Spielberg Plagiarism"), should it be noted that "Saving Private Ryan" was based on "The Longest Day"?  By the way, I should mention that I consider "The Longest Day" to be the superior film--"Saving Private Ryan" is just a bunch of melodramatic schlock.  But there's a lot of SPR fans who would go ballistic at such a statement.  69.104.55.200 (talk) 04:29, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It covers the same historical events. That's doesn't make it a ripoff. Also, Spielberg did not actually write the script of "Saving Private Ryan".--Pooneil (talk) 17:50, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Saving Private Ryan" Ripped Off from "The Longest Day" 

message: Do the sub-headings refer to the nationality of the actors, or to the nationality of the characters they portray?  In most cases they would be one and the same, however the first sub-heading reads "Americans & Canadian".  On D-Day, the Canadians fought alongside the British in Operation Tonga and on Juno Beach. -- 24.212.139.102 (talk) 19:38, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cast Listing 

message: I removed this part discussing Richard Todd's role in the film since he never actually utters the phrase in quotes
* In the film, shortly after the British have captured the Orne bridge (later renamed Horsa Bridge), one of the soldiers tells Todd, playing Howard, that all they have to do now is sit tight and await the arrival of the 7th Parachute Battalion, to which Todd's character replies dismissively: "the Paras are always late". This was a private joke, as Todd had been the adjutant of the 7th Parachute Battalion on D-Day.
Todd does say "7th Para might not get here for hours" but whether that was an in-joke or not is not immediately obvious. Yojimbo1941 (talk) 20:59, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Richard Todd quote 

message: In the section, "Production-Development," we open with this sentence:
"French producer Raoul Lévy signed a deal with Simon & Schuster to purchase the filming rights to Cornelius Ryan's novel The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 D-Day."
:A novel is a work of fiction.  Ryan's book is an account of the events leading up to and taking place on June 6th, 1944, compiled from interviews with participants.  I am not aware that any part of his book is fiction.  Can anyone else support using the work "novel", or should we edit that simply to "book". Best regardsTheBaron0530 (talk) 19:43, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ryan's book a novel? 

message: You might want to check:  my memory is, supported by superficial search online, that Gert Fröbe's character was credited as 'Sergeant Kaffeeklatsch,' rather than 'Kaffeekanne.'
Perhaps the name was adapted for U.S. prints. 
JF42 (talk) 07:59, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gert Fröbe- Sergeant Kaeffekanne 

message: I have deleted the following bullet point from the "Filming" section:
Only one of the three directors mentioned—Annakin—served in the military during WWII, and he was in the film unit of the RAF. While military personnel were involved with the film, these three directors are not good examples. Matuko (talk) 19:14, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Participation of Military Personnel 

message: Someone please add "book" to the phrase "non-fiction of the same name" in the first sentence.
(I can't be bothered to make an account and I'm caught up in an IP block.)
: Done. --Blurryman (talk) 18:08, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing word 

message: I'm not sure who he's supposed to represent, but BGs don't raid COLs as Aides de camp. My guess is he's some sort of composite character. Sometimes it seems like he's a commander and sometimes he seems like a staff officer. I'm not allowed to fix the page and I'm not sure what to put if I could, but what we have now is incorrect. 71.220.132.228 (talk) 21:10, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Col. Lloyd Thompson 

message: While there is much interesting and valuable content in this section here, there seems to be quite a bit of unsourced material. I also can't help thinking that some of the points come across as bordering on trivia - eg "The film marked the last film appearance of Sean Connery before he was cast in the role of James Bond. Gert Fröbe (Sgt. Kaffeekanne) and Curd Jürgens (Gen. Günther Blumentritt) later played Bond villains Auric Goldfinger (Goldfinger) and Karl Stromberg (The Spy Who Loved Me), respectively". I also wonder if this would be better written in paragraphs rather than the current bullet point format that is employed here?  Dunarc (talk) 23:40, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Casting section