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Band of Brothers (TV Miniseries)

HBO Classics

Band of Brothers

2001

Stephen Ambrose (Creator), David Frankel ...

Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Scott Grimes, Donnie Wahlberg ...

8.5

61,255

TV Series. War. Drama TV Miniseries (2001). 10 Episodes. This is the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division from their initial training starting to the end of World War II. They parachuted behind enemy lines in the early hours of D-Day, participated in the liberation of Carentan and during Operation Market Garden. They also liberated a concentration camp and were the first to enter Hitler's mountain retreat in Berchtesgarten. A ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"An imposing, vastly impressive powerhouse that will not be denied (...) 'Band of Brothers' offers many rewards (...) Physically, it’s a tremendous achievement"	POS
United States	Caryn James The New York Times	"An extraordinary 10-part series that masters its greatest challenge: it balances the ideal of heroism with the violence and terror of battle"	POS
United Kingdom	Rupert Smith The Guardian	"'Band Of Brothers' looks like the kind of TV project that comes along once in a generation (...) The results were impressive"	POS
United Kingdom	Aubrey Hill BBC	"Damian Lewis is outstanding (...) The special effects are amazing (...) Hanks and Spielberg do an excellent job of bringing the horror of war to life"	POS
United States	Ken Tucker Entertainment Weekly	"Stick with 'Brothers', however, and slowly, the characters played by Wahlberg, Lewis, and Livingston take on full-bodied resonance."	POS
United States	Todd VanDerWerff AV Club	"The series is filled with lots of (...) fascinating figures and characters"	POS
United States	Nancy Franklin The New Yorker	"Watching it seems to replicate the experience of serving in a war"	POS
United States	Jeremy Conrad IGN	"Anyone who is a history or WWII buff must watch this excellent mini-series. Don't miss it."	POS

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