Five Came Back (2017)
March 31, 2017Release Date
Five Came Back (2017)
March 31, 2017Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Meryl Streep
Narrator (voice)
Francis Ford Coppola
Self
Steven Spielberg
Self / Executive Producer
Paul Greengrass
Self
Guillermo del Toro
Self
Lawrence Kasdan
Self
John Ford
Self (archive footage)
William Wyler
Self (archive footage)
John Huston
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra
Self (archive footage)
George Stevens
Self (archive footage)
Thomas Newman
Music
Laurent Bouzereau
Director / Producer
Will Znidaric
Editor
Mark Harris
Writer / Book
Justin Falvey
Executive Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 31, 2017
StatusReleased
Running Time3h 15m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Five Came Back is an American documentary based on the 2014 book Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War by journalist Mark Harris. It was released as a stand-alone documentary in New York and Los Angeles, and as a three-part series on Netflix, on March 31, 2017.The documentary focuses on five directors – John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens – whose war-related works are analysed by modern filmmakers, respectively Paul Greengrass, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro, and Lawrence Kasdan. The series received critical acclaim and was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, winning Outstanding Narrator for Meryl Streep's performance.
On February 9, 2021 Netflix added all of the propaganda movies featured into a new series called Five Came Back: The Reference Films.