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Ike: Countdown to D-Day is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 31 may 2004 with Tom Selleck

Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2005)

Ike: Countdown to D-Day
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Released in USA 31 may 2004
Length 1h29
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War,    Action,    Adventure,    Historical
Rating70% 3.543713.543713.543713.543713.54371

Ike: Countdown to D-Day is a 2004 American television film originally aired on the American television channel A&E, directed by Robert Harmon and written by Lionel Chetwynd.

Tom Selleck portrays General Dwight D. Eisenhower, US Army, popularly known by his nickname of "Ike". The film deals with the difficult decisions he made leading to up to D-Day, including dealing with the varied personalities of his command: Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley, US Army (James Remar), Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr., US Army (Gerald McRaney), General Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, British Army (Bruce Phillips) and General Charles de Gaulle, Free French (George Shevtsov).

The film does not have action sequences, focusing instead on the inner workings of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force that led to the successful D-Day invasion of World War II. Concentrating on decisions actually made by Eisenhower and the pressures brought to bear on him personally, it includes his personal relationship with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Ian Mune) and his own Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith, US Army (Timothy Bottoms).

The film is also notable for being the only major production in which General Montgomery's portrayal concentrates on his role as a competent military professional, instead of focusing on his alleged personality disorders, while still showing his egocentricity and foibles. General Patton's complex personality is also outlined in a very brief set of scenes played by Gerald McRaney.

The film omits Ike's relationship with Kay Summersby, his driver, though she appears briefly in a scene where the general officers are viewing movie reels. She is also portrayed as his driver when Ike visits US paratroopers on the eve of D-Day.

Countdown to D-Day was filmed entirely in New Zealand with the roles of British characters played by New Zealanders; the American roles were played by Americans.

Synopsis

Ike. Opération Overlord décrit les 90 jours de tension précédant l'invasion du Jour J et de la façon dont Dwight David Eisenhower, contre toute attente, a brillamment orchestré la plus importante manœuvre militaire dans l'histoire moderne

Actors

Tom Selleck

(General Dwight D. Eisenhower)
James Remar

(General Omar Bradley)
Timothy Bottoms

(Walter Bedell 'Beetle' Smith)
Gerald McRaney

(Lieutenant General George S. Patton)
Ian Mune

(Winston Churchill)
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