Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War

Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War

Now a Netflix original documentary series, also written by Mark Harris, premiering on March 31,2017: the extraordinary wartime experience of five of Hollywood's most important directors, all of whom put their stamp on World War II and were changed by it foreverÂ

Here is the remarkable, untold story of how five major Hollywood directorsâ€”John Ford, George Stevens, John Huston, William Wyler, and Frank Capraâ€”changed World War II, and how, in turn, the war changed them. In a move unheard of at the time, the U.S. government farmed out its war propaganda effort to Hollywood, allowing these directors the freedom to film in combat zones as never before. They were on the scene at almost every major moment of Americaâ€™s war, shaping the publicâ€™s collective consciousness of what weâ€™ve now come to call the good fight. The product of five years of scrupulous archival research, Five Came Back provides a revelatory new understanding of Hollywoodâ€™s role in the war through the life and work of these five men who chose to go, and who came back.

â€œFive Came BackÂ . . . is one of the great works of film history of the decade.â€ --Slate

â€œA tough-minded, information-packed and irresistibly readable work of movie-minded cultural criticism. Like the best World War II films, it highlights marquee names in a familiar plot to explore some serious issues: the human cost of military service, the hypnotic power of cinema and the tension between artistic integrity and the exigencies of war.â€ --The New York Times
Country USA
Brand Penguin Books
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780143126836
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2015-02-24
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780143126836

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin Books
Manufacturer	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780143126836
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2015-02-24
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780143126836

Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War

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