Band of Brothers
Director: Phil Alden Robinson, Richard Loncraine, Mikael Salomon, Tom Hanks, David Leland, David Frankel, Tony To, David Nutter
Genre: War film, Docudrama
Year: 2001
Country: United States of America, United Kingdom
Language: English Language, German Language, French Language
Starring: Damian Lewis, Donnie Wahlberg, Ron Livingston, Matthew Settle, Dexter Fletcher
Band of Brothers is a 2001 ten-part, 11-hour television World War II miniseries based on the book of the same title written by historian and biographer Stephen E. Ambrose. The executive producers were Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who had collaborated on the World War II film Saving Private Ryan (1998). The episodes first aired in 2001 on HBO and are still run frequently on various TV networks around the world.
The narrative centers on the experiences of "Easy Company", 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment assigned to the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army. The series covers Easy's basic training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, the American airborne landings in Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Siege of Bastogne, and on to the end of the war, including the taking of the Eagle's Nest.
The events portrayed are based on Ambrose's research and recorded interviews with Easy Company veterans. A large amount of literary license was taken with the episodes, with several differences between recorded history and the film version. All of the characters portrayed are based on actual members of Easy Company; some of them can be seen in prerecorded interviews as a
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