Writer:	Erik Jendreson, Tom Hanks
Director:	Phil Alden Robinson
Star:	Michael Cudlitz (Denver 'Bull' Randleman),  Ron Livingston (Capt. Lewis Nixon),  Tim Matthews (Alex Penkala),  Scott Grimes (T/Sgt. Donald Malarkey),  Donnie Wahlberg (2nd Lt. C. Carwood Lipton),  Neal McDonough (1st Lt. Lynn "Buck" Compton),  Ross McCall (Joseph D Liebgott),  Frank John Hughes (S/Sgt. William "Wild Bill" Guarnere),  Rick Gomez (George Luz),  Kirk Acevedo (SSgt. Joseph Toye),  James Madio (Frank J Perconte),  Richard Speight Jr. (Warren 'Skip' Muck),  Dale Dye (Colonel Robert Sink),  Damian Lewis (Richard D. Winters),  Dexter Fletcher (John),  Shane Taylor (Eugene G 'doc' Roe),  Phil McKee (Major Robert L Strayer),  Tom Hardy (Pfc. John Janovec),  Matthew Settle (Capt. Ronald Spiers),  Philip Barantini (Wayne 'skinny' Sisk),  James McAvoy (Pvt. James Miller),  Rick Warden (II) (1st Lt. Harry Welsh),  Matthew Leitch (Floyd 'Tab' Talbert),  Nolan Hemmings (Charles 'Chuck' Grant),  Nicholas Aaron (Robert E 'popeye' Wynn),  Peter Youngblood Hills (Darrell C 'shifty' Powers),  Robin Laing (Edward J 'babe' Heffron),  Mark Huberman (Pvt. Lester 'Leo' Hashey),  Peter McCabe (IV) (Cpl Donald Hoobler)
Guest Star:	Michael Fassbender (Sgt. Burton "Pat" Christenson),  David Schwimmer (Lt. Herbert Sobel),  Jamie Bamber (Jack E. Foley),  Rocky Marshall (Earl J. McClung),  Alex Sabga (Francis J. Mellet),  Simon Schatzberger (Joseph A. Lesniewski),  Joseph May (Edward J. Shames),  David Crow (Corporal),  Jordan Frieda (Replacement),  Luke Griffin (Sgt Terence "Salty" Harris),  Jason O'Mara (Lt. Thomas Meehan),  Tom George (Pvt. White),  Simon Pegg (William S. Evans),  Marcos D'Cruze (Joseph P. Domingus)

Tony Blair (UK Prime Minster from 2 May 1997–27 June 2007) personally met Steven Spielberg to request that the series be filmed in the UK. (edit) International Airdates

Greece: 25 October 2007 on SKAI
United Kingdom: 5 October 2001 on BBC 2 (edit) All of the insignia are either originals or exact replicas, down to an identical stitch count on the "screaming eagle" patch, and "wings" pins cast from original molds. (edit) The wardrobe department hired the Corcoran Boot Co. to manufacture 500 pairs of paratrooper jump boots to the original Army specifications. (edit) The actors endured a grueling two-week boot camp where they learned the basics, from how to wear a uniform and stand at attention, to sophisticated field tactics and parachute jump training. The average day was 16 hours long, beginning at 5:00 a.m., rain or shine, with strenuous calisthenics and a three-to-five-mile run, followed by hours of tactical training, including weapons handling and jump preparation. (edit)

Guarnere: I like Winters, he's a good man. But when the bullets start flying, I don't know if I want a Quaker doing my fighting for me. (edit) Winters: Nix, what are you gonna do when you get into combat?
Nixon: Oh, I have every confidence in my scrounging abilities. And I have a case of VAT '69 hidden in your footlocker.
Winters: (laughs quietly) Really?
Nixon: Oh yeah. (edit) Toye: Hey guys, I'm glad we're going to Europe. (takes out his knife) Hitler gets one of these right across the windpipe. Roosevelt changes Thanksgiving to Joe Toye Day, pays me ten grand a year for the rest of my fucking life. (edit) Guarnere: My brother's in North Africa. He says it's hot.
Malarkey: Really? It's hot in Africa?
Guarnere: Shut up! (edit) Perconte: This ain't spaghetti. This is Army noodles with ketchup.
Guarnere: Well, you ain't got to eat it.
Perconte: Come on, Gonorrhea, as a fellow Italian you should know that calling this stuff spaghetti is a mortal sin. (edit)

Goof: When Luz is imitating Maj. Horton to fool Capt. Sobel, the boom mike is reflected in the wet helmets. (edit) Goof: Throughout the series they salute each other, something which is not done in the airborne divisions. (edit)

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