Best Visual Effects1963 Film Fan Awards35th Academy Awards
Best Visual Effects Nominee
The Longest Day (1962)
Nominated Talent & Credits
R.A. MacDonald— Visual Effects by Robert MacDonald; Audible Effects by Jacques Maumont
Jacques Maumont— Visual Effects by Robert MacDonald; Audible Effects by Jacques Maumont
Synopsis / Overview
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
Historical Academy Record
SPECIAL EFFECTS — 35th Academy Awards (1963)
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