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Janus Films Presents
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Through a combination of new material and remarkable archival footage from WW II, OVERLORD tells one soldier’s story from his induction into the British army to the beaches at Normandy on
D-Day, June 6, 1944. Released in the UK in 1975, and winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival that year, it was never officially distributed in MORE REVIEWS BELOW |
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Click here to see A.O. Scott's "Movie Minutes" Video Review
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“An unbelievable forgotten film...Both a remarkable stylistic stunt and a touching, incredibly intimate drama, it’s a must-see classic.” |
“Brilliant…watching it gives you a harsh chill of recognition.” - Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune "By any name the film deserves to be called exceptional...like a dearly held vintage photograph." - Janice Page, Boston Globe |
“A different kind of war film…OVERLORD combines its newsreel and fictional footage so effectively that it has a greater impact than all fiction, or all documentary, could have achieved.” - Roger Ebert, Chicago-Sun Times |
“Epic, stoic, willfully peculiar…radically, OVERLORD is a narrative that sees forest and trees.” - Ray Pride, MovieCityIndie.com |
"Remarkable film...shot superbly...has its own simplicity and power." - Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal |
“An outstanding achievement…timelier than ever.” - Kevin Thomas, L.A. Times |
“Cooper’s achievement is still an impressionistic wonder…creates a poetic sense of fatalism." - David Fear, Time Out New York |
“The film is a kind of threading together of micro and macro, in a way completely without precedent." - Stephen Hunter, Washington Post |
Read more press online at The Village Voice The Daily News - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette New York Sun - Washington Express And an essay by Chelsea Spear, Brattle Blog/Ogygia Avenue Films
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