Five Came Back is a documentary directed by Laurent Bouzereau in 2017 and based on the book Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War by Mark Harris, first published in 2014. The documentary features Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro, Paul Greengrass, Lawrence Kasdan, Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, and others.
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Storyline
The documentary explores the experiences of five U.S. film directors – John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens – and their frontline work during the Second World War. Each modern director discusses the impact and legacies of one of the five earlier directors: Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro, Paul Greengrass, and Lawrence Kasdan.
Movie vs Book
Year
2017
Minutes
60
Movie Rate
8.30
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
Five Came Back
Director: Laurent Bouzereau
Country: USA
Year: 2017
Length: 1h / 3 episodes
Year
2014
Pages
512
Book Rate
8.20
S: Goodreads
Book
Five Came Back
Subtitle: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War
Author: Mark Harris
Country: USA
First published in: 2014
Length: 512 pages
Genre: Biography
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“Great books don't make great movies. There's too much information in there.”
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