This series, originally broadcast on HBO, and constructed on the book written by Stephen Ambrose, tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Based on interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as soldiers' journals and letters, this 10-part series chronicles the experiences of these young men who knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear.
Over the course of ten episodes, the series details the company's exploits during the war. Starting with jump training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, Band of Brothers follows the unit through the American airborne landings in Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Siege of Bastogne, and on to the war's end. It includes the U.S. taking of the Eagle's Nest at Obersalzberg in Berchtesgaden and refers to the surrender of Japan. Major Richard Winters (1918–2011) is the central character featured, shown working to accomplish the missions and keep his men together and safe. While the series features a large ensemble cast, each episode generally focuses on a single character, following his actions during certain events (for example, the Siege of Bastogne or Operation Market Garden). As the series is based on historic events, the fates of the characters conform to the persons they are drawn from. Numerous characters die or sustain serious wounds, some of which lead to survivors' being sent home; in other cases, soldiers recover under treatment in hospital and can re-join their comrades on the front lines. Their experiences and the moral, mental, and physical hurdles they must overcome are central to the story. To preserve historical accuracy, the various writers conducted additional research. One source was the memoir of Easy Company soldier David Kenyon Webster. Written after the war from the diary he kept, his memoir Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich was published by LSU Press in 1994, following renewed interest in World War II and almost 40 years after Webster's death in a boating accident. (Ambrose had quoted liberally from Webster's then-unpublished diary entries, with permission of his estate, in his 1992 book.) My bio I Born on February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Arkansas, my name was Johnny Cash joined the Air Force in 1950 and trained in Texas where he met his first wife. After his service and discharge, he formed a band and landed a record deal. By the early 1960s, he was a musical superstar, known for his innovative hit songs with gospel undertones, such as with hit songs like. In 1967, he married June Carter. He recorded his last track of his final album a week before his death in 2003 |
Most actors had contact before filming with the individuals they were to portray, often by telephone. Several of the veterans came to the production site. Executive Producer Tom Hanks acknowledged alterations were needed to create the series: "We've made history fit onto our screens. We had to condense down a vast number of characters, fold other people's experiences into 10 or 15 people, have people saying and doing things others said or did. We had people take off their helmets to identify them, when they would never have done so in combat. But I still think it is three or four times more accurate than most films like this." As a final accuracy check, the veterans saw previews of the series and approved the episodes before they were aired. |
The cast in this movie do a great job at portraying there characters and emotions the remerable characters do an amazing job here is a character list of the cast members
Dale Dye as Colonel (eventually Lieutenant General) Robert F. Sink (7 episodes) Michael Fassbender as Technical Sergeant Burton "Pat" Christenson (7 episodes) Frank John Hughes as Staff Sergeant William "Wild Bill" Guarnere (7 episodes) Tim Matthews as Private First Class Alex Penkala (7 episodes) Rene L. Moreno as Technician Fifth Grade Joseph Ramirez (7 episodes) Douglas Spain as Technician Fifth Grade Antonio C. Garcia (7 episodes) Richard Speight, Jr. as Sergeant Warren "Skip" Muck (7 episodes) Kirk Acevedo as Staff Sergeant Joseph Toye (6 episodes) Eion Bailey as Private First Class David Kenyon Webster (6 episodes) Craig Heaney as Private Roy W. Cobb (6 episodes) Phil McKee as Major (eventually Lieutenant Colonel) Robert L. Strayer (5 episodes) Jamie Bamber as Second Lieutenant Jack E. Foley (3 episodes) Rocky Marshall as Corporal Earl 'One Lung' McClung (3 episodes) Peter O'Meara as First Lieutenant Norman Dike (3 episodes) David Schwimmer as Captain Herbert Sobel (3 episodes) Marc Warren as Private Albert Blithe (3 episodes) Stephen Graham as Sgt. Myron "Mike" Ranney (2 episodes) Colin Hanks as First Lieutenant Henry Jones (2 episodes) Tom Hardy as Private John Janovec (2 episodes) Simon Pegg as First Sergeant William S. Evans (2 episodes) Andrew Scott as Private John "Cowboy" Hall (2 episodes) Alex Sebga as Corporal Francis J. Mellet (2 episodes) Luke Griffin as Staff Sergeant Terrence 'Salty' Harris (1 episode) James McAvoy as Private James W. Miller (1 episode) Jordan Frieda as Private Kenneth J. Webb (1 episode) Jimmy Fallon as Lieutenant George C. Rice (1 episode) Overall I think the was a great mini-series and I give it 5/5 stars |