Posts from arthurarnell in thread „The Longest Day (1962)“

Hi

Sean Connery who appeared in the film had been at twentieth century for a number of years and the only film he appeared in for the studio was The Longest Day shortly before his contract expired.

Travelling on a crowded train during the journey because of his lowly station he was forced to sit on the floor.

When asked by a British companion what his future plans were he said I'm going to play a special agent called James Bond in a lousy movie called Dr No.

The companion later revealed that after that not only would he be guaranteed a seat he would have probably been able to buy the train.

Regards

Arthur

Hi

Two books which give a great deal of information on the making of the Longest Day are:

Zanuck the biography of the Direct Darryl F Zanuck by Leonard Mosely

and

MItchum by Lee Server

The second contains a great deal of information about the stars involvement with the making of the film and of the battles he had with the army.

Another great article on the film is Itdo's article in The Trail Beyond Volume VI issue 2004 which is probably still available from Tim Lilley.

And finally the souvenir brochure from the film is also worth a read.

Regards

Arthur