As a follow-up to
yesterday's review of
"The Pacific," I have a behind-the-scenes feature with thoughts from many of the behind-the-scenes personnel:
Not long after HBO�s "Band of Brothers" debuted in 2001, "Band" writer Bruce McKenna was sharing a beer with Bill Guarnere, one of the World War II veterans whose story was depicted in the landmark miniseries. McKenna told the former paratrooper that he couldn�t believe what Guarnere and his Easy Company mates went through as they made their way across Europe.
"Bill said, �You think we had it rough? You should talk to those boys who served in the Pacific,�" McKenna recalls.
That quote was at one point going to lead off "The Pacific," a "Band" companion miniseries nearly a decade in the making. And it remains the guiding principal followed by McKenna, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and the rest of the team behind the new $250 million production.
"This is �Band of Brothers� goes to hell," says McKenna.
You can
read the full "Pacific" feature here. I'll be attempting to write up each episode as it airs (making it a nice bookend to my
"Band of Brothers" reviews from last summer), so check back Sunday night at 10.
As a follow-up to yesterday's review of "The Pacific," I have a behind-the-scenes feature with thoughts from many of the behind-the-scenes personnel:
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