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Five Came Back (TV Miniseries)

Five Came Back

2017

Laurent Bouzereau

Documentary, Self: Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro, Paul Greengrass ...

7.3

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TV Series. Documentary Five Came Back is an ambitious three-part documentary narrated by Meryl Streep aiming to tell the story of Hollywood during the Second World War. The series will look at the work of five award-winning directors – John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens – and explore how their experience documenting and participating in World War II helped them produce their greatest work. The three episodes are narrated by ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"A somewhat choppy but unavoidably fascinating documentary"
		Shirley Li Entertainment Weekly	"Absorbing. Director Laurent Bouzereau (...) expertly crafts a story that takes the viewer from the filmmakers’ antebellum careers to their post-war work"
		Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"The first of the three segments hustles around to establish who's where, chasing which conflict. The second and third parts breathe more easily."
		Chuck Bowen Slant	"'Five Came Back' has a dizzying power that testifies to film's advantages over prose as a medium (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Ben Travers IndieWire	"A carefully choreographed piece of filmmaking (...) Harris and director Laurent Bouzereau assemble evocative information in a visually engaging and narratively seamless fashion."
		Peter Debruge Variety	"The filmmakers had vastly different personalities, and the doc’s hosts do their best to convey them within relatively tight time constraints."
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Its story is enticing, smart and undeniably timely (...) An irresistibly watchable and ebullient celebration of five remarkable Hollywood studio director (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"An invaluable look at Hollywood and wartime (...) 'Five Came Back' is nirvana for movie lovers and a real eye-opener for anyone new to the subject (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

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