Band of Brothers turns 25
Easy Company landed on HBO on September 9, 2001. The miniseries, the two companion series that followed, and Dead Eyes.
4 titles
- Band of Brothers (2001)
Twenty-five on September 9. Ten hours, Easy Company, Normandy to the Eagle's Nest, and the veterans themselves opening every episode. Still the war story television measures itself against. - The Pacific (2010)
The other theater, and the harder watch. Less brotherhood, more mud, and a Eugene Sledge you will not forget. - Masters of the Air (2024)
The bomber crews, from the same producers. Austin Butler in a B-17 and a body count the first two shows never had to carry. - Dead Eyes (2024), Headgum
He was cast in Band of Brothers, then fired by Tom Hanks for having dead eyes. Twenty years later he made this: the funniest, saddest show about not being chosen.