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An Episode of Band of Brothers Hbo's 10-Part Miniseries Based on The Stephen E. Ambrose Best Seller
GREAT PHOTO AND INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg Serve as Executive Producers of Miniseries
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge will celebrate the achievements of local
veterans from Company E 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment featured in the
series including:
William Guarnere - Philadelphia, PA Dick Winters - Hershey, PA
Joseph Lesniewski - Erie, PA Rod Strohl - Orfield, PA
Forest Guth - Hockessin, DE Ed Joint - Erie, PA
Other special guests attending will include:
Actor Frank John Hughes (who portrays Bill Guarnere in the series),
Actor, Robin Laing (who portrays Edward Heffron)
Actor Richard Speight
Ivan Schwarz, miniseries co-producer; and
Anne Thomopoulos, senior VP, HBO Original Programming-West Coast
WHAT: Home Box Office, Comcast, and the USO of Philadelphia/USO Worldwide
Operations invite you to join Governor Tom Ridge at the invitation-
only Philadelphia premiere screening of the HBO presentation BAND
OF BROTHERS.
WHEN: Thursday, July 26, 2001
WHERE: University of Pennsylvania, Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce Street,
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Reception at Houston Hall next to the
Auditorium
7:30 PM Screening
DETAILS: The debut of BAND OF BROTHERS, the ten-part miniseries based on
Stephen E. Ambrose's nonfiction best seller about a World War
II U.S. Army unit, is set for Sunday, September 9 at 9:00 p.m.
(ET), and will run for ten weeks. The book "Band of Brothers"
tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st
Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Starting with their rigorous
training in Georgia in 1942, it recounts the achievements of the
elite rifle company, which parachuted into France early on D-Day
morning, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and captured
Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. Drawn from hours of
interviews with survivors, as well as soldiers' journals and
letters, "Band of Brothers" chronicles a unit that took 150
percent casualties and became true American heroes.
Produced by Band Of Brothers Ltd. on behalf of The Playtone
Company and DreamWorks SKG, with Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks
(executive producer of the Emmy (R)-winning HBO miniseries
"From the Earth to the Moon") serving as executive producers.