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Series Details & Credits
| Netflix | Release Date: March 31, 2017 |
Summary:
Narrated by Meryl Streep, the three-part documentary based on Mark Harris's 2014 book about filmmakers experiences in and after World War II focuses on Frank Capra, John Ford, John Huston, George Stevens and William Wyler with interviews from Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro, Paul Greengrass and Lawrence Kasdan.
Genre(s):
Movie/Mini-Series, News/Documentary, Talk & Interview, Documentary, Arts
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Mar 31, 2017
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Season 1 Review:
Five Came Back aspires to the grandness of a ’40s Hollywood production, with its star lineup, Ms. Streep’s narration, the kind of period animation that adorned Capra’s epic “Why We Fight” and Thomas Newman’s heroic music--which is a bit, shall we say, insistent. But overall, the series is much like its story: mythic, adventurous, romantic. And real.
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Apr 3, 2017
Mar 31, 2017
Season 1 Review:
With its use of archival clips, men talking into the camera and narration by Meryl Streep, Five Came Back might seem like standard documentary filmmaking. But it’s easy to overlook the complexity of its editing, which distills a trove of footage in superbly illustrative ways.
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Nov 6, 2021
Maybe a little longer than I think it should have been, and it even felt a bit sweetened, still the subject is captivating and therefore my interest remained intact.
It's definitely worth a look.
It's definitely worth a look.
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Air Date: March 31, 2017
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