The Americanization of Emily [1964 film] (1964)

by Arthur Hiller (Director), Paddy Chayefsky (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Julie Andrews, James Coburn, Melvyn Douglas, James Garner, Joyce Grenfell — 3 more, William Bradford Huie (Original novel), William Windom, Keenan Wynn

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Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison (Garner) loves his job: as 'dog robber' his duties consist of rounding up scarce delicacies and services, while safely avoiding combat. Admiral William Jessup (Douglas), however, is intent on having a sailor as the first casualty on D-Day - preferably with a film crew filming him. Having fallen for his English motor pool driver Emily (Andrews), freewheeling Madison struggles to escape being sent off to land on Omaha Beach as the cameraman.… (more)

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A Londra, prima dello sbarco in Normandia, il tenente americano Charlie Madison, addetto alle pubbliche relazioni del contrammiraglio Jessup, conosce e intreccia una corrisposta relazione con Emily Barham, una vedova di guerra arruolata nell'esercito inglese. Per motivi di prestigio, Jessup ordina a Madison di preparare un film sulle unità motocorazzate della Marina in occasione dell'imminente sbarco. Nonostante i contrattempi ed i tentativi di evasione dal pericoloso incarico, Madison è proprio il primo a sbarcare in Normandia. (fonte: retro del dvd)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Hiller, Arthur	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Chayefsky, Paddy	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Andrews, Julie	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Coburn, James	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Douglas, Melvyn	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Garner, James	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Grenfell, Joyce	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Huie, William Bradford	Original novel	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Windom, William	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wynn, Keenan	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Controversial Classics Collection (Advise and Consent / The Americanization of Emily / Bad Day at Black Rock / Blackboard Jungle / A Face in the Crowd / Fury / I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang) by Otto Preminger

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The Americanization of Emily by William Bradford Huie

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Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison (Garner) loves his job: as 'dog robber' his duties consist of rounding up scarce delicacies and services, while safely avoiding combat. Admiral William Jessup (Douglas), however, is intent on having a sailor as the first casualty on D-Day - preferably with a film crew filming him. Having fallen for his English motor pool driver Emily (Andrews), freewheeling Madison struggles to escape being sent off to land on Omaha Beach as the cameraman.

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