• Release Date:
  April 17th, 2007
• Genre:
  Drama
• Edition:
  Criterion Collection DVD
• Format:
  DVD
• Disc Aspect Ratio:
  • 1.66:1 (Vistavision )
• Runtime:
  1 hour 24 minutes
• Studio:
  Criterion
• UPC:
  715515023122
• Number of Discs:
  1
• Disc Sides:
  1
• Production Year:
  2007

Generous doses of newsreel footage highlight this British wartime drama. Tom (Brian Stirner) is a typical 18-year-old Briton who goes into military service early in 1944. The film follows the protagonist through the rigors of training and the shock of his first battle. Tom is killed on D-Day--hence the film's title, an allusion to "Operation Overlord." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

• Special Features
  • New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Stuart Cooper
  • Audio commentary featuring Cooper and actor Brian Stirner
  • Mining the Archive, a new video featuring Imperial War Museum filmarchivists detailing the war footage used in the film
  • Capa Influences Cooper, a new photo essay featuring Cooper on photographer Robert Capa
  • A Test of Violence (1969), Cooper's short film about Spanish artish Juan Genovés
  • Cameramen at War, the British Ministry of Information's 1943 film tribute to newsreel and service film unit cameramen
  • Germany Calling, a 1941 British Ministry of Information propaganda film, clips of which appear in Overlord
  • Journals from two D-day soldiers, read by Brian Stirner
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Plus: A new essay by critic Kent Jones, a short history of the Imperial War Museum, and excerpts form the Overlord novelization, by Cooper and Christopher Hudson

• Region
  1
• Languages
  • Unknown
• Display Format
  • Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
  • Black & White
• Audio
  • Dolby Digital Mono

• Chapters
  • Disc #1 -- Overlord
  • 1. Opening Credits [4:07]
  • 2. Air Raid [5:57]
  • 3. Private Beddows [8:32]
  • 4. "I Hate This War" [7:26]
  • 5. Nightmares [8:05]
  • 6. Assault Training [4:59]
  • 7. A Dance [6:48]
  • 8. "Where Are We Going?" [5:28]
  • 9. Forms and Francs [5:56]
  • 10. Letter Home [7:17]
  • 11. "I've Got Nothing Now" [7:22]
  • 12. Initiative Test [6:25]
  • 13. Closing [4:33]
  • 1. Color Bars [:01]

• Menu
  • Disc #1 -- Overlord
  • Play the Movie
  • Chapters
  • Commentary
  • On
  • Off
  • Index
  • Overture In Black
  • Unknown Actors
  • John Alcott
  • Slip Cutting
  • Private Moments
  • Quality of the Archive
  • Innocence
  • A Fun Story
  • Camp Life
  • Drawing Closer
  • The Soundtrack
  • Preparing of the Dead
  • Historical Implications
  • Color Bars
  • Supplements
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Mining the Archive
  • Play
  • Soldiers' Journals
  • Play
  • Introduction by Stuart Cooper
  • Sergeant Edward Robert McCosh
  • Play
  • Sergeant Finlay Campbell
  • Play
  • Capa Influences Cooper
  • Play
  • Germany Calling
  • Play
  • Cameramen at War
  • Play
  • A Test of Violence
  • Play