Band of Brothers (miniseries)

Band of Brothers is a 2001 American war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose's 1992 non-fiction book of the same name.[2] It was created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who also served as executive producers, and who had collaborated on the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan.[3] Episodes first aired on HBO starting on September 9, 2001. The series won the Emmy and Golden Globe awards for best miniseries.

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Band of Brothers
Genre	War drama
Created by	Tom Hanks Steven Spielberg
Based on	Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
Written by	Erik Jendresen Tom Hanks John Orloff E. Max Frye Graham Yost Bruce C. McKenna Erik Bork
Directed by	Phil Alden Robinson Richard Loncraine Mikael Salomon David Nutter Tom Hanks David Leland David Frankel Tony To
Starring	Kirk Acevedo Eion Bailey Michael Cudlitz Dale Dye Rick Gomez Scott Grimes Frank John Hughes Damian Lewis Ron Livingston James Madio Neal McDonough Rene L. Moreno David Schwimmer Richard Speight Jr. Donnie Wahlberg Matthew Settle Douglas Spain Rick Warden Marc Warren Shane Taylor Dexter Fletcher Colin Hanks Ross McCall
Theme music composer	Michael Kamen
Country of origin	United States[1]
Original language	English
No. of episodes	10 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Steven Spielberg Tom Hanks
Producers	Gary Goetzman Tony To Erik Bork Erik Jendresen Stephen E. Ambrose Mary Richards
Cinematography	Remi Adefarasin Joel J. Ransom
Editors	Billy Fox Oral Norrie Ottey Frances Parker John Richards
Running time	49–70 minutes
Production companies	Playtone DreamWorks Television HBO Entertainment British Broadcasting Corporation
Budget	$125 million
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	September 9 (2001-09-09) – November 4, 2001 (2001-11-04)

The series dramatizes the history of "Easy" Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, from jump training in the United States through its participation in major actions in Europe, up until Japan's capitulation and the end of World War II. The events are based on Ambrose's research and recorded interviews with Easy Company veterans. The series took some literary license, adapting history for dramatic effect and series structure.[4][5] The characters portrayed are based on members of Easy Company. Excerpts from interviews with some of the survivors are used as preludes to the episodes, but they are not identified by name until the end of the finale.

The title of the book and series comes from the St Crispin's Day Speech in William Shakespeare's play Henry V, delivered by King Henry before the Battle of Agincourt. Ambrose quotes a passage from the speech on his book's first page; this passage is spoken by Carwood Lipton in the series finale.