Band of Brothers Legacy

Films in Focus: Band of Brothers Legacy

Easy Company is storming HBO‘s shores once more.

On Sept. 9, HBO Max will release the documentary Band of Brothers: Legacy in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the iconic HBO miniseries. Band of Brothers premiered on Sept. 9, 2001 — two days prior to the 9/11 attacks on America.

Band of Brothers: Legacy aims to provide “an intimate look at the series’ production and enduring impact,” per HBO Max, serving as “a tribute to the groundbreaking series that helped preserve the story of Easy Company and deepened public appreciation for the sacrifices of the Greatest Generation.”

It sure did. The Legacy documentary features new interviews with series stars Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Michael Cudlitz, Capt. Dale Dye, USMC (Ret.), David Schwimmer and more. They’ll provide “personal reflections and behind-the-scenes stories,” the streamer says, revisiting “the experience of making the series and explore its lasting cultural resonance.” Band of Brothers: Legacy will also include never-before-seen archival footage and photographs of Easy Company and World War II.

Band of Brothers: Legacy hails from Tom Hanks’ Playtone; Hanks produced the original series and starred in its fifth episode. The doc is directed by former Green Beret Chase Millsap, executive produced by Hanks and Gary Goetzman and produced by Kirk Saduski, Richard Arlook and Sean Mullin. Spencer Millsap was director of photography and editor.

There was already a Band of Brothers documentary — sort of — on HBO and from Hanks. We Stand Alone: The Men of Easy Company premiered as a companion to the scripted series. The feature-length on-camera oral history of Easy Company featured interviews from living veterans of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. (Courtesy: The Hollywood Reporter)

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