Meryl Streep
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Episode Guide
- 1. The Mission Begins Mar 31, 2017
- During World War II, Hollywood directors join the armed forces and make films for the war effort.
- 2. Combat Zones Mar 31, 2017
- The directors pursue their cinematic vision while dealing with government bureaucracy.
- 3. The Price of Victory Mar 31, 2017
- The directors return to their lives in Hollywood, forever changed by what they have seen.
Five Came Back is a 1939 American black-and-white melodrama from RKO Radio Pictures produced by Robert Sisk, directed by John Farrow, written by Jerry Cady, Dalton Trumbo, and Nathanael West, and starring Chester Morris and Lucille Ball.
Five Came Back: With Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Meryl Streep, Guillermo del Toro. The wartime contributions of five prominent Hollywood film directors during World War II are profiled.
Five Came Back is an American documentary based on the 2014 book Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War by journalist Mark Harris. It was released as a stand-alone documentary in New York and Los Angeles, and as a three-part series on Netflix, on March 31, 2017.
Five acclaimed contemporary directors tell the story of five legendary Hollywood filmmakers who enlisted in the armed forces to document World War II. Watch trailers & learn more.
Five directors went to World War II to tell the truth, and changed filmmaking forever. Five Came Back, now streaming only on Netflix.SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly...
Feb 27, 2014 · Five Came Back tells the fantastic story of five directors who offered their services to the United States during World War II. The tremendous amount of research done by Mark Harris and his engaging writing delivers a page turner that is a must read for fans of film history and WWII.
Adapted from Mark Harris’ best-selling book, “Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War,” and directed by Laurent Bouzereau, the three-part docuseries tells the extraordinary story of how Hollywood changed World War II – and how World War II changed Hollywood, through the interwoven experiences of five filmmakers who ...
