A film that depicts the tense 90 days leading up to the d-day invasion & how dwight eisenhower against all odds brilliantly orchestrated the most important military maneuver in modern history. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 08/23/2005 Starring: Tom Selleck Gerald Mcraney Run time: 89 minutes Rating: PgTom Selleck gives a restrained yet powerful performance as General Dwight D. Eisenhower in Ike: Countdown to D-Day. This made-for-cable feature focuses on the solemn, brilliant but plain-speaking Ike as he fine-tunes, over 90 days, tactical and political concerns involved with the Allies’ imminent D-Day invasion of Normandy, i.e., America and Britain’s long-awaited joint assault against Nazi-occupied Europe. A strong cast–James Remar as General Omar Bradley, Timothy Bottoms as Ike’s assistant, Walter Bedell “Beetle” Smith–anchors the film’s mesmerizing, blow-by-blow account of Eisenhower’s leadership under the shadow of many uncertainties (predicting the weather for D-Day becomes a suspenseful refrain) and pressure from conflicting egos (Montgomery, DeGaulle, Patton). Ian Mune is a delight as a wary, darkly bemused Churchill, who encourages Ike’s strategy of supreme leadership and low-key diplomacy. The script by Lionel Chetwynd (DC 9/11: Time of Crisis) captures the unbearable tension of commencing the invasion–and awaiting the results. –Tom Keogh

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