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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Brand: STARZ HOME ENTERTAINMENT EAN: 0013131494099 Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC Label: Starz / Anchor Bay Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 17, 2006 Running Time: 93 minutes Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay Theatrical Release Date: 1942 Sales Rank: 46165 MPN: DV14940 Related Items: Editorial Review: Description: Of all the propaganda films produced by Britain during the war, no motion picture was as shattering as this fictional — yet frighteningly real — story of heroes, traitors and graphic homeland terror. In the spring of 1942, the quaint rural village of Bramley End is occupied by a German platoon expertly disguised as friendly British troops. In the days that follow, the men, women and children of the isolated town must single-handedly outsmart and destroy the Nazi force before their invasion can spread to the rest of an unsuspecting nation. Leslie Banks, Thora Hird, Mervyn Johns and Basil Sydney star in this chilling thriller adapted from a short story by Graham Greene and produced by the legendary Ealing Studios that would later inspire both THE EAGLE HAS LANDED and RED DAWN. Rarely seen in America — where it received limited release under the title 48 HOURS — it remains as explicit and shocking a movie experience today as it was to wartime audiences more than 60 years ago. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Stirring wartime tribute to the English spiritYou might call "Went the Day Well?" a precursor to "The Eagle Has Landed," for both films involve the clandestine wartime takeover of a rural English village by Nazis who hold the villagers hostage in the local church. Unfortunately, most filmgoers have never heard of "Day." It cost a tiny fraction of "Eagle" and contains no international stars (Leslie Banks is its biggest name), but it's ten times more moving, more suspenseful, and more genuinely atmospheric, and its characters -- young and old, ... Read More Rating: - You had better watch out...This story takes us to a part of England in the early stages of the Second World War where a small village suddenly receives a visit from the troops - that is an army on manoeuvres just around of the time last days of peace. It is summer, it is calm and all go about their own chores. As usual we meet the Reverend, the pub owner, the milkman and the local Dad's Army. The visiting troops turn out to be something quite other than expected and display manners very unEnglish and sometimes rather brutal... ... Read More Rating:  - Bad movieHardly worth the effort to watch. Should not have spent my money on this.Be when reading reviews, they make it sound much better then it really is. This is a problem! Rating: - Good good movieWent the Day Well is a historic and popular concept occuring during WWII. The invasion of England by Germany should it occur. It supposes that Germany indeed lands on English soil and the possibilites this would create. It is an excellent film. Yes five stars...ten! Rating: - Brutality and everyday people"Went the Day Well?" is incredibly suspenseful, historically fascinating, and surprisingly harsh. It is a no-nonsense film made for a wartime populace. While it incidentally packs in a lot of propaganda advice (how to spot suspicious activity, what to do in a military emergency, the importance of "doing your bit" for the country), the major drive of "Went the Day Well?" is to psychologically adapt a everyday people to wartime violence. This means that terrible things happen to kind and lovable people, ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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