Band of Brothers [Blu-ray]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Based on the bestseller by Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as soldiers' journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men who knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear. They were an elite rifle company parachuting into France early on D-Day morning, fighting in the Battle of the Bulge and capturing Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. They were also a unit that suffered 150 percent casualties, and whose lives became legend.

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 6
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 (Alternate Wide Screen)
• Audio: DTS, Dolby Digital Stereo
• Screen: Color, Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Subtitle: French, Spanish, English
• Features:
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  • Dynamic, optional picture-in-picture commentary by the Easy Company veterans titled In the Words of Easy Company
  • Interactive field guide, featuring timelines, maps, soldier profiles and much more titled In the Field With the Men of Easy Company 80-minute documentary "We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company"
  • 30-minute "Making of Band of Brothers" featurette
  • The Premiere in Normandy

AWARDS

• Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

•     Won Outstanding Miniseries - 2002

• American Film Institute

•     Won Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie - 2001

• Broadcast Film Critics Association

•     Nominated Best Picture Made for Television - 2001

• Hollywood Foreign Press Association

•     Won Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - 2001
•     Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made - 2001 (Damian Lewis)
•     Nominated Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Mad - 2001 (Ron Livingston)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Book Author:

  Stephen Ambrose

• Cinematographer:

  Remi Adefarasin, Joel Ransom

• Composer (Music Score):

  Michael Kamen

• Executive Producer:

  Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg