LIVE POLL: Operation Overlord — 80th Anniversary D-Day Movie Tribute

@dan_dassow​ It is listed @ #12 on the poll list.

I am disappointed with the volume of titles that have been made on this topic, given it covers two months of the war and it was a crucial turning point in the war. A lot time was spent in preparation for, as well as, in other operations conducted to lay the groundwork for Overlord and a lot effort was put together into deception operations meant to fool the Germans as to when and where the landings where to take place. Overall, I am not happy with answer pool currently.

It seems like no filmmakers wants to tackle the topic, since it was too painful a film to make right after the war and bar set by ' The Longest Day' and 'Saving Private Ryan' meant anything they could make would pale in comparison. Plus, the sheer cost of filming realistic beach landing scenes and doing it right meant it was likely too cost prohibitive to film.

Still, I expected more fictionalized or real-life films about the human interest stories behind the story, like 'The Americanization of Emily' (1964) or about fictional operations conducted in support like 'Where Eagles Dare' (1968) and The Dirty Dozen (1971). I am not even finding true-story films like 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare' (2024), Operation Mincemeat (2021) or other films that apply to D-day. It seems like movies about similar smaller scale  operations movies haven't been made that relate to D-Day and the ones on larger scale operations like, Operation Bodyguard and Operation Fortitude have been limited to TV or have not been greenlit for the big screen. What am I missing here???

@urbanemovies​ ,

Thanks. I missed The Americanization of Emily (1964) on your list.

@dan_dassow​ I wasn't even sure I had it listed, so I am glad you mentioned it.  I did finally find another D-Day deception movie, called 'The Ghost Army' and had even watched it a couple years back.

@Peter_pbn​

I wasn't happy with it either, I rewrote it for clarity, but the point remains the same: Operation Overlord ended after those two last objectives were achieved. I know Paris wasn't one of Overlord's original objectives, but it seemed time to switch gears with that corner of France mostly under Allied control and move onto the phase of the war. 

At the end of August 1944, Overlord successfully achieved its objectives with the Liberation of Paris in just six days, on 25 August 1944 and the retreat of the German Army over the Seine river on 29 August 1944.

This is awkwardly stated. Allied forces entering Paris took a couple of days; it's only six or seven days if you count the French Resistance rebellion, which is hardly part of Operation Overlord. The German retreat over the Seine may have been completed by 29 August, but hardly took place only on that day.

"At the end of August 1944, Overlord had successfully achieved most of its objectives with the Liberation of Paris and the retreat of the German Army over the Seine river."

@dan_dassow​ Thanks