Ike: Countdown to D:Day

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Tom 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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The D-Day invasion – the largest military operation of World War II and the beginning of the end – marked Dwight Ike Eisenhower as one of America’s most powerful military leaders. IKE: COUNTDOWN TOD-DAY follows the 90 terrifying days leading up to the invasion as Eisenhower decides the fates of thousands.