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Movie Review: BEAUTIFUL, HORRIFIC, FRIGHTENING, TOUCHING. WAR.
Summary: 5 Stars
Simply the BEST "television" show ever produced. No questions. This is flawless, a real masterpiece. Thank you Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg for bringing "Saving Private Ryan" to our television sets. Actually, I believe this should have been a movie. I dont care how long it would have run, people would have sat through it. But with todays televisions and surround sound systems, ones home theater if often just as impressive as the local mega-cinema.
Anyway.....on to the review. I cannot stress enough how well done this show is. With interviews with the REAL men featured in this epic, it really gives the viewer a sense that they're watching a moving, bleeding, crying, biography. What these men went through!!! The series begins in the U.S. military boot camp, where recruits are preparing, both mentally and physically, for the rigors of combat (if one can actually PREPARE for such a thing). Although the first couple of episodes are a little slow at times, they are important to understand the cohesion of the military units and how this cohesion was obtained. But once D-Day arrives......the action REALLY heats up.
Being dropped over Normandy on the night before D-Day so they can take important bridges and roadways from the Germans, as well as knocking out big artillary guns that can reign hot metallic death upon the troops landing on the Normandy beaches from MILES away, the boys (and they are just boys) of the 101st Airborne, Easy Company are loaded into gliders and troop transport aircraft for what they were TOLD would be an easy parachute drop into occupied France.
As soon as these terrified, shivering, airsick men cross the coast onto coastal Normandy.....all hell breaks loose. Antiaircraft fire literally paints the sky from one end of the horizon to the other. Many planes are blown out of the sky and drop, in flames, to a fiery death below. Others are shredded by shrapnel, tearing apart the young men who are experiencing the horror of combat for the first time, sending them tumbling to the ground below. The pilots panic, they know they're gonna get killed if the dont get out of there ASAP, so they unload their cargo and,in 99% of the cases, they were WELL short of their planned landing sites.
Easy Company bails out, hot shrapnel exploding in the air around them, the smell of cordite and gun powder burning their nostrils and seeping into their clothes. They're breathing hard, often hyperventilating. Their eyes are huge with fright. Some wet their pants. Some are shot to pieces by German ground troops as they float lazily through the hell that's surrounding them.
When they land, they are lost. Lost in a foreign country where almost everyone they encounter is going to try to kill them. And they dont speak the language. They ditch their parachutes and head out in an attempt to hook up with their buddies.......with ANYONE who looks familiar, any American will do. Little by little they begin to find other Americans. One or two here, another couple of guys there. The men they're running into (sometimes literally) are often from other divisions, but who cares, they're still friendly faces.
They begin to form little units and attempt to find their way to a meeting point or to where they were SUPPOSED to be originally. Often times, they encounter German soldiers. They hide in mud and flooded fields, they duck behind trees and hide in farm houses. Some are killed. They're as quiet as they can be. Their breath coming in short, frightened bursts. These ragtag groups of "brothers" band together and set out to do what they were THERE to do.
By morning, many of the stragglers had met up at a local Norman town, waiting for their buddies and for their commanders, many of whom NEVER arrive. "Band of Brothers" is a war story, but first and foremost, its a story of friendship, dedication and commmitment.
The series follows Easy Company from this horrific landing, through Operation Market Garden in Holland to the Battle of the Bulge and finally, to V-E day. Its a fabulous story, filmed in the same fashion as "Saving Private Ryan" giving the viewer the feeling that they are actually THERE with the troops, ducking as the bullets scream by, the shells explode, the blood runs and the men cry. The camera men run along with the actors. Everything is filmed from the same level as the troops. As they run, the camera moves up and down, when shells explode, the camera shakes and quivers. It's really the most realistic way to film war. Anyone who's seen "Saving Private Ryan" knows exactly what I'm talking about. And the sound effects are equally as wonderful. Bullets actually whiz by overhead, ping off metal and rip into trees around you. Often you can see the trail of the bullets as they tear by at murderously close range. You'd jump into a bush and hide, cover your head from the branches falling around you if you could.
It's extremely graphic, but its war. When someone is shot, its horrifying. They dont pause in mid step, grab their stomach, wince and fall to the ground. Their flesh is torn to pieces, bone blown out of the body, organs fall out. Blood pours freely and paints a ghastly picture on anyone in range of the spray. They scream in pain, they scream for their mothers. They die. Their buddies sob, they hold onto their bleeding, dying, disemboweled, friends and loose their minds. War is NOT pretty.
Anyone who votes eagerly to go to war has never BEEN to war.
At the end of this epic, I was in tears. What these innocent young boys were thrown into was enough to break even the hardest soul. But they did their job (proudly!!!!!) and some of them returned home. MANY didnt. This movie, as well as "Saving Private Ryan" should be mandatory viewing for all American High School students. Maybe then our future leaders wouldn't be so fast to vote for war. The actors do a wonderful job. Many faces I had seen in other movies or television shows, many I had never seen before. Nobody super famous, but it's better that way, it's the WAR that's famous here and that gets all the attention. The emotion that these actors show was amazing, its almost (and this is gonna sound super corny) like they channeled the spirits of these fine young soldiers, portraying them with the zeal, determination and pride that they deserve.
I recommend this movie to anyone. Its reality brought to the big screen. Watch it (preferably in surround sound....loud). And next time you see an old man wearing a basball hat with his batallions insignia on it, remembering something that he experienced 60 years ago, THANK HIM, for what he sacrified for you (yes YOU) is astounding. And remember those who didnt return from this war, for what THEY sacrificed........was everything.
Movie Review: A powerful tribute to a band of heroes
Summary: 5 Stars
At the end of the last episode of Band of Brothers, `Points', Major Richard Winters recalls a conversation one of his soldiers, Mike Ranney, had with his grandson: `Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' Grandpa said `no - but I served in the company of heroes'. While this is an admirable sentiment on the part of Mike Ranney and Major Winters, I doubt that anyone who has watched the mini-series Band of Brothers, or read the book of the same name by renowned World War II historian, Stephen Ambrose, would agree with them on this one.
On the contrary, I think one would be hard-pressed to find a single person who has watched the mini-series or read the book that would not revere Richard Winters and the other men of Easy Company, the group of soldiers that Band of Brothers is about, as incredibly courageous and indisputable heroes, who helped liberate Western Europe from the grip of the Nazis, one of the most evil and tyrannical regimes the world has ever known.
The 10 episodes of Band of Brothers depict the true story of the tour of duty of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army during World War II, including their airborne landing in Normandy on D-Day, their liberation of Eindhoven in the Netherlands in October 1944, their discovery of a concentration camp near Landsberg in Western Germany in April 1945, the grim weeks they endured the frozen, icy Hell of the Ardennes Forest near Bastogne in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge and their capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden, the symbolic home of the 3rd Reich.
The executive producers of the mini-series were Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, and the mini-series is in a similar vein to Saving Private Ryan, in its graphic and uncompromising portrayal of the horror and cruelty of battle, as well as the extraordinary bravery and comradeship.
In 2002, the mini-series was nominated for numerous awards, and won some of these:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Won)
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television - Damian Lewis (Nominated)
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television - Ron Livingston (Nominated)
- Emmy Award for Outstanding Mini-Series (Won)
- Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Mini-Series, Movie or a Special (Won)
- Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Mini-Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Won)
The above accolades are richly deserved; the casting and acting are excellent, particularly Damian Lewis' portrayal of Major Richard Winters; there is not a moment in the whole mini-series that it doesn't feel like he IS Major Winters. The performances of many of the other actors, such as Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor, Eion Bailey and Donnie Wahlberg, to name a few, are also excellent, as is the music by Michael Kamen, which adds a great deal to the emotional impact of the mini-series.
While the whole mini-series is riveting, the two episodes I found the most powerful were the final two, `Why We Fight' and `Points', particularly the re-enactment of the liberation of a concentration camp in Western Germany by Easy Company in `Why We Fight'. In fact, I would say without a doubt that this is one of the most powerful scenes I have ever seen on film.
It is truly chilling when Major Winters asks one of the camp inmates through Joseph Liebgott, one of his soldiers who could speak German, `Joe, will you ask him what kind of camp this is, um, what uh, why are they here?' looking genuinely perplexed, and also asks whether they are criminals. Joe Liebgott replies `I don't think criminals, Sir' and then translates the inmate's response: `No. Actors, musicians, tailors, clerks, farmers, intellectuals, normal people - Jews. Poles. Poles and gypsies'. The look on Damian Lewis' face in this scene... He should have won the Golden Globe award he was nominated for on this scene alone. After all the terrible things the soldiers had seen in combat, to be so shocked and affected by what they witnessed at this camp decisively brings home how dreadful it must have been.
Another of the scenes I found the most moving was the German general addressing his men near the end of the last episode, `Points': `Men, it's been a long war, it's been a tough war. You fought bravely, proudly for your country. You are a special group. We found in one another a bond that exists only in combat. My brothers, we've shared foxholes, we've known each other in dire moments. We've seen death and suffered together. And I'm proud to have served with each and every one of you. You deserve long and happy lives and peace.'
It is evident that the American soldiers listening to this speech, translated by Joe Liebgott, realise that the words could have just as easily been spoken by one of their own generals, and that perhaps they are not so different to the German soldiers after all.
At the end of `Points', Easy Company are informed of the unconditional surrender of the Japanese - the worst war in the history of mankind was finally over. The comments made by the surviving veterans at the end of this last episode are particularly poignant:
- Edward `Babe' Heffron: `The real men, the real heroes, are the fellows that are still buried over there, and those that came home to be buried'.
- Donald Malarkey: `Just brave, so brave it was unbelievable'.
- Carwood Lipton: `Henry the fifth was talking to his men, and he said `From this day on until the ending of the world, we will be remembered. For he who today sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother. We in it shall be remembered; we lucky few; we band of brothers'.
- And Major Richard Winters: `There is not a day that goes by that I do not think of the men I served with who never got to enjoy the world without war.'
`You and your allied brethren will always be remembered, not as conquerors but as soldiers of freedom, and as the architects of peace.' - American General speaking at the Normandy premiere of Band of Brothers.
Movie Review: Spectacular
Summary: 5 Stars
Filmed in 2000 and transmitted in 2001, Band of Brothers is a 10-part mini-series which remains the most expensive TV series ever made (at least until the budget for its new companion series, The Pacific, is revealed). The series was developed by Steven Spielberg as a continuation of the themes and ideas he explored in his hit 1998 movie, Saving Private Ryan. Whilst the film's running time meant that only a small portion of the Second World War could be depicted, the greater scope and length afforded to a series meant that more of the conflict could be shown and the characters' story arcs would be more satisfying. Also, it was decided that, unlike the purely fictitious Saving Private Ryan, the TV companion piece would be based on true events and real soldiers. The rights to the book Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose were purchased and Ambrose and the surviving soldiers portrayed in the book were brought in to consult on the project.
Band of Brothers opens in 1942, shortly after the formation of the 101st Airborne Division by the US Army. The first episode follows the training of Easy Company at Toccoa, Georgia, over the course of a year. They are placed in the care of Captain Herbert Sobel (Friends' David Schwimmer) who trains them far harder than the other men of the 101st, with the result that soon the company has a reputation as the best company in the division. However, Sobel's methods make him highly unpopular with the men, especially when it is revealed that his nerves fail him in field exercises. The unit is shipped to England to train and prepare for D-Day, but Sobel's limitations are eventually recognised and he is relieved of command. The second episode has the 101st parachute into Normandy just ahead of the beach landings. When Easy Company's commanding officer is killed during the drop, it falls to Lt. Richard Winters (Damien Lewis) to assume command and lead a daring attack on a German artillery position targeting the beaches. Winters becomes the closest thing to a central character and is one of only a few characters to appear in every episode.
What initially impresses about Band of Brothers is its authenticity. Its production values would be impressive for a movie, but for a TV series they are stunning. But where the series really works is its focus on the characters. Whilst some events are dramatised or compressed for timing reasons, pretty much everything that happens in the series is based on a true event and every one of the main characters is based on a real person. This makes the series unpredictable and strongly emotionally resonant: if a character is wounded or killed without warning, it is because his real-life counterpart was wounded or killed at that point of the war. This is also why every single actor brings his A-game to his role: when the person you are playing is actually going to be watching your performance, or if he has passed away and his friends are, then you definitely need to be on top form.
The producers seemed to realise early on that simply having ten episodes of non-stop carnage would get boring pretty quickly, so each episode is built around different characters and premises, and the individual episode directors are allowed to indulge their own artistic styles somewhat more than is normal on a television drama. A particular stand-out is the sixth episode, which focuses on Easy Company's medic during the Battle of the Bulge and follows him from unit to unit, seeing his friends get wounded and having to patch them up, or having to watch them die. It is an incredible piece of television drama. As is traditional with HBO, they don't make things too easy for the viewer. Easy Company is made up of several platoons, with some episodes focusing entirely on one group and others on all of them, meaning that characters appear, disappear and reappear from episode to episode. Characters are also promoted, demoted, wounded or killed off and the viewer is expected to work out who is who and what they are doing sometimes very quickly. This lack of spoon-feeding is as refreshing here as it is on other HBO productions such as The Wire, but casual viewers may find themselves swamped on first viewing.
The series employs an interestingly desaturised colour tone, which puts its feel somewhere between full colour and black and white. Whilst this adds immensely to atmosphere, it does make telling some of the characters apart difficult, again on first viewing, especially as most of the time they are wearing full combat gear and helmets. For these reasons the series rewards careful re-watching and is also better suited to the DVD format, with the viewer able to watch several episodes in a row and work out who is who and what their roles within the company are.
The series' action sequences rival some of the strongest war movies in their intensity and vividness, but it's in the quiet moments that it excels. The banter between the men is authentic and the importance of the bonds that form between soldiers in combat with regards to keeping them sane is strongly emphasised (more cliched, "I love you, Sarge!" moments are firmly absent, thankfully). In fact, one of the strongest moments in the series comes when one of the company's toughest, most effective lieutenants suddenly breaks down after seeing two of his men get their legs blown off in front of him. The mental pressures of the war are portrayed as being as dangerous and difficult to deal with as enemy action. Questions of morality in warfare are also intelligently raised: one soldier is rumoured as having brutally gunned down more than a dozen unarmed German PoWs on D-Day but later proves himself to be the bravest and most efficient officer in the unit whose actions repeatedly save the lives of his men.
Band of Brothers (*****) is a staggeringly impressive piece of work, not just for its incredible budget and impressive special effects, but for its intelligent and often powerful writing, phenomenal acting and the resonance provided by knowing that pretty much everything that happened in the series is based on a real event. It is available on DVD in the UK and USA, and also now on Blu-Ray in the UK and USA.
Movie Review: Farewell Brother
Summary: 5 Stars
Mon Jan 10, 11:29 am ET
Dick Winters, WWII hero of `Band of Brothers,' dies
Dick Winters, a highly decorated World War II hero who became a household name when his heroics were chronicled in a Stephen Ambrose book that later became the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers," has died. He was 92.
A very private and modest man, he died last week but requested that the news be withheld until after the funeral, a family friend told the Associated Press.
After enlisting in the Army on Aug. 25, 1941, the Pennsylvania native enrolled in Officer Candidate School, eventually being commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in 1942. He was assigned to the 506th regiment of the 101st Airborne Division -- known as Easy Company -- and was deployed with his regiment to land by parachute in France on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
By leading the takeover of a German artillery bunker on Utah Beach, Winters and his company saved countless lives from relentless cannon fire -- an action that earned him the Distinguished Service Cross, the second-highest honor an American soldier can receive. Winters and Easy Company later fought near the Belgian town of Foy during the Battle of the Bulge, liberated the German concentration camp at Dachau, and occupied Hitler's mountainside retreat, Eagle's Nest.
In 1945, one of Winters' soldiers, Floyd Talbert, wrote a letter to Winters from his hospital bed to express appreciation for his leadership in battle.
"You are loved and will never be forgotten by any soldier that ever served under you," Talbert wrote. "I would follow you into hell."
Shaken by what he experienced in war, Winters reportedly vowed to live a simple life if he managed to survive, and that's just what he did. After returning home, he married his then-girlfriend, Ethel, bought a farm in Pennsylvania and raised a family. He reportedly never talked about his war experiences until Ambrose came calling in the hopes of documenting Easy Company's role in winning the war. Winters said he honored Ambrose's request because he felt it important for future generations to learn about the war, its consequences and the sacrifices made by soldiers. He later wrote his own memoir, "Beyond Band of Brothers."
Winters was leading a quiet life of farm retirement in Hershey, Pa., when "Band of Brothers" turned him into a minor celebrity. People who knew him say that he never really became comfortable with life in the spotlight. He had fielded countless requests for interviews and personal appearances over the past decade or so, most of which he turned down.
Winters was, by all accounts, exceedingly modest. When someone would ask him whether he considered himself a hero, he would usually respond by saying, "No. But I served in a company of heroes." Chroniclers of the World War II era, however, such as legendary NBC newsman Tom Brokaw -- who detailed the lives of Winters and others like him in his "Greatest Generation" series of books -- beg to differ.
"Dick Winters was the quintessential American infantry officer -- brave, canny and modest," Brokaw told The Lookout. "His heroic leadership of the Band of Brothers is a one-man course on how to become a warrior without losing your humanity."
Oldest living member of 'Band of Brothers' dies
By Timberly Ross Associated Press - Sat Jan 22, 5:52 pm ET
OMAHA, Neb. - A member of the "Band of Brothers" who fought in some of World War II's fiercest European battles, Ed Mauser shunned the limelight and kept his service with the Army unit a secret, even from some of his family.
His role came to light only after his brother-in-law got him a copy of the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers," said Terry Zahn, who met Mauser during a 2009 Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C., to see the World War II memorial. Mauser, who died Friday, told his family that some of the things in the miniseries, like the locations of buildings, weren't quite what he remembered from being there in person.
But before that, "he never talked about it for years and years and years," said Zahn, president of the Midwest chapter of the 101st Airborne Division Association.
Mauser, 94, was the oldest living member of Easy Company, which is often better known now as the "Band of Brothers."
Born Dec. 18, 1916 in LaSalle, Ill., he was drafted in 1942 and volunteered for the 101st Airborne Division. He was assigned to Company E, 506th Regiment -- Easy Company -- which participated in the D-Day invasion of France and the follow-up Operation Market Garden. The 101st also helped defend Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.
Historian Stephen Ambrose interviewed Easy Company leader Dick Winters for the 1992 book "Band of Brothers," upon which the HBO miniseries that began airing in September 2001 was based. Winters, of Hershey, Pa., died earlier this month at age 92.
The miniseries followed Easy Company from its training in Georgia to the war's end in 1945. Its producers included actor Tom Hanks and director Steven Spielberg.
Mauser was not among the soldiers portrayed in the miniseries.
Zahn said he kept his service a secret, even from his relatives. After it became known, he reunited with some of his Army buddies and made a few public appearances. He preferred to stay out of the limelight.
"Don't call me a hero," Mauser told the Lincoln Journal Star in a 2009 interview. "I was just one of the boys. I did what I was told, and let's leave it at that."
Mauser had been fighting pancreatic cancer, Zahn said. Heafey Heafey Hoffmann Dworak & Cutler funeral home in Omaha confirmed his death.
Mauser was preceded in death by his wife, Irene. He is survived by a daughter, Laurie Fowler of Omaha. She did not immediately return a message left Saturday by The Associated Press.
A funeral service is scheduled for Wednesday in Omaha. Mauser will be given a military burial at Calvary Cemetery.
Movie Review: Words can't do justice to this saga
Summary: 5 Stars
There are few greater achievements that have made their way to the small screen than the HBO mini-series "Band of Brothers". This 10-part epic is based on the book of the same name by noted historian Stephen E. Ambrose, which tells the story of the men of Easy Company, and elite World War II unit of paratroopers from the beginning of their training in 1942 through all their epic battles until the surrender of Germany in 1945. Ambrose's book is one of the best military histories I have ever read. With the "Band of Brothers" mini-series, the story of Easy Company is realized visually in a way that few war dramas or books have ever been. The 10-part, 12-hour length necessitated its development as a television mini-series, yet "Band of Brothers" far surpasses anything I have seen committed to the big screen. Each episode tells a different story from a different point of view along Easy Company's journey from training until the end of the war. Lieutenant (later Major) Richard Winters is the focal point of this series. It was Winters whose contributions and assistance helped Ambrose write the book in the first place, and he is the one who is conscience of the Company. Each episode brings a fresh perspective to the stories told and are briefly summarized: Episode 1 - Curahee: This first episode focuses on the earliest days of Easy Company under the training of the vicious and petty Captain Sobel. Sobel's actions make Easy the finest company in the Regiment, but also prove him to be a petty leader and an inept battlefield commander. This episode shows how Easy originally came into being and how they developed in the unit that would become Hitler's worst nightmare. It ends with the spectacular image of the C-47s flying over the English Channel on the way to the start of the invasion with the massive Allied flight sailing below. Few images are as awe-inspiring.
Episode 2 - Day of Days: The second episode begins with the paratrooper drops behind German lines the night before D-Day and focuses on the assault let by Lieutenant Winters on fortified German guns on D-Day. Winters is thrust into command of Easy Company when the previous commander dies aboard his C-47 during the assault. The images of the nighttime airdrop are truly nerve-wracking and breathtaking. It should be noted that Lt. Winters' assault on the German fortified guns is still textbook material at West Point today.
Episode 3 - Carentan: Having successfully invaded France, the Allies (Easy Company specifically) are charged with capturing the town of Carentan, followed by a cross field battle with German armor. Much of this episode is told from the perspective of Private Albert Blythe, a soldier who is dazed by battle and must face his fears to become a good soldier. Lieutenant Spiers offers sage advice to Blythe by telling him "You have to realize that you're already dead. Then, you can do what need to do".
Episode 4 - Replacements: Many of the men who initially died are now being replaced by new soldiers. As they are not original Taccoa men, the replacements are not met with an enthusiastic welcome. This is all put aside as the disastrous Operation Market Garden is launched. The focus of this episode becomes Sergeant "Bull" Randlemen who takes care to watch out for his men and then must carefully maneuver himself to avoid capture by the Germans when he trapped behind enemy lines.
Episode 5 - Crossroads: Focuses on a surprise attack on two German companies in the crossroads dike. This stunning and resounding victory is Captain Winters last as Easy Company commander. He is promoted to Battalion Executive Officer. The story shifts to Winters reflecting on the war so far during his `forced' 48-hour leave in Paris before returning the Easy Company men to battle when the Germans break through and start the Battle of the Bulge.
Episode 6 - Bastogne: Deals with the terror of repeated German shellings and assaults upon Easy Company's entrenched line. Doc Eugene Roe becomes the focal point as he tries to patch together wounded and preserve his own sanity. There are some gruesome wounds depicted in this episode.
Episode 7 - Breaking Point: The men of Easy are at their last threads as the constant mortar attacks continue to wounds some soldiers and claim the lives of others. First Sergeant Carwood Lipton keeps Easy together in spite of the inept leadership of Lieutenant Dike. In the subsequent attack on the town of Foy, Lieutenant Spiers relieves Dike when Dike freezes and leads Easy to a successful assault.
Episode 8 - The Last Patrol: Private Webster has rejoined Easy in Hagenau but is not well-received after having missed Bastogne. The men of Easy begin to realize that they may actually make it out of the war alive and are disheartened by dangerous assignments like a patrol to capture German prisoners for intelligence.
Episode 9 - Why We Fight: Captain Nixon deals with the consequences of his alcoholism while the Allied forces accept the surrender of 300,000 German soldiers. During a patrol in the Alps, Easy Company stumbles upon a horrible sight, a Nazi concentration camp. The images of the surrendering Germans are impressive. The images of the concentration camp are horrifying and saddening.
Episode 10 - Points: The war in Europe is over and Easy Company captures Hitler's Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden and acquire the riches that lay within. While awaiting orders to head to the Pacific war, Easy must deal with the perils of idle time in which men are still dying or are being hurt. The story of Easy Company ends with the telling of the lives the men lived after the war ended.
There is no shortage of superlatives that can be heaped upon "Band of Brothers". This DVD is an amazing accomplishment and a testament to the bravery of the men of Easy Company.