Quote Originally Posted by el_slapper
The thing about D-Day is, the toughest fight by far was at Omaha beach, US sector, where it took the whole day to just secure the beach, suffering thousands of losses just here. Brits also had losses, but not concentrated on one single area. So, Omaha beach is where the action is the more packed when you make a movie - the choice is obvious.
Of the beaches, yes Omaha took the most casualties, in fact truth be told, the yanks got slaughtered there, but there were heavy casualties took by the allies elsewhere. One example that springs immediately to mind is the assualt by 9 para against the heavily fortified german guns at Merville. With only 150 of his supposed force of 700 men, and none of his support equipment, Lt Col Otway took the positions (held by 200 Germans) with 65 men killed and most of the rest wounded. That action on its own deserves to have a film made about it.

As to the fact that Hollywood concentrates on the US role in D-Day (SPR, BOB), as one American said on here a while back when he got heartily sick of everyone slagging off all these films showing only the US involvement, "if you guys want to see a film about the British role in D-Day, then make your own and stop bitching".

And therein lies the rub, all the money is in Hollywood, their main market is in the US, why would they, indeed, why should they make a film about another country? Sadly, in Britain no-one is prepared to make a film about Britian in WW2 because

a) It would cost a lot, and no one wants to /can pay for it

b) The British film industry is full of hand wringing luvvies who would rather die than make a film about such a nasty, horrid affair. Much better to make another nice quirky romantic comedy