WW II Docu Getting Great Reviews
From Pete Hammond’s review of “Five Came Back,” streaming March 31 on Netflix and based on Mark Harris‘s excellent book of the same title: ‘The five iconic helmers, Oscar winners all (before and/or after), were William Wyler, John Huston, George Stevens, Frank Capra and John Ford. What is remarkable is that they gave up their livelihood and stellar careers, put on a uniform and served their country in a way only they really could. Can you imagine the government (especially our current one) ever teaming with Hollywood to create movies under the auspices of the military or vice versa? The series details these five very different personalities who became guns for hire in the war effort and made very different kinds of films than they ever had before.
