Band of Brothers (miniseries)

Band of Brothers is a 2001 American war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose’s 1992 non-fiction book of the same name. The executive producers were Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who also collaborated on the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan. The episodes first aired on HBO, starting on September 9, 2001. The series won Emmy and Golden Globe awards in 2001 for best miniserie.

About Band of Brothers (miniseries) in brief

Band of Brothers is a 2001 American war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose’s 1992 non-fiction book of the same name. The executive producers were Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who also collaborated on the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan. The episodes first aired on HBO, starting on September 9, 2001. The series won Emmy and Golden Globe awards in 2001 for best miniserie. The title of the book and series comes from the St Crispin’s Day Speech in William Shakespeare’s play Henry V, delivered by King Henry before the Battle of Agincourt. The characters portrayed are based on members of Easy Company. As the series is based on historic events, the fates of the characters reflect those of the persons on which they are based. Band of Brothers was at the time the most expensive TV miniserIES ever to have been made by any network, until superseded by the series’ sister show, The Pacific. Its budget was about USD 125 million, or an average of USD 12. 5 million per episode. An additional USD 15 million was allocated for a promotional campaign, which included screenings for World War Two veterans. The BBC paid £7 million as co-production partner, the most it had ever paid for a bought-in program. Originally it was co- screened on BBC One but was moved to allow the BBC to allow it to run on BBC Two because the BBC denied that this was not sufficiently mainstream. This location had also been used to shoot the film Saving private Ryan, which had also had a large open field to open to.

Replicas of European towns, among them Bastogne, Cindhoven, and Eindhove, were built. One was held at Utah Beach, Normandy, where U.S. troops had landed on June 6, 1944. One of the replicas was held in Hatfield Aerodrome, Hertfordshire, England, where the series shot over eight to ten months at. Various sets, including replicas of Europe towns, were also built, including replica of Hatfield, Belgium; Cind Hoven, Netherlands; and CindHoven, Belgium. It includes the taking of the Kehlsteinhaus at Obersalzberg in Berchtesgaden and refers to the surrender of Japan. It also includes the take of the Siege of Bastognes, and the Siege of Bastogne. The final episode of the series features a central character, Major Richard Winters, shown working to accomplish the company’s missions and keep his men together and safe. While the episode generally focuses on a single character, following his action. Many either die or sustain serious wounds which lead to their being sent home. Other soldiers recover after treatment in field hospitals and rejoin their units on the front line. The series took some literary license, adapting history for dramatic effect and series structure. Some of the men were recorded in contemporary interviews, which viewers see as preludes to several episodes, with the real identities revealed in the finale.

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