Once an Eagle (1976)
- Directed by
- E.W. Swackhamer
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 1 season, 7 episodes
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The miniseries follows two soldiers through three decades of military service from World War I to after World War II. It shows their personal and professional struggles as their careers take different paths.
sprawlingseriousreflectiveintimatebittersweetmeasuredcharacter-driven
What happens
Once An Eagle is a 1976 nine-hour American television miniseries directed by Richard Michaels and E.W. Swackhamer. The picture was written by Peter S. Fischer and based on the 1968 Anton Myrer novel of the same name. The first and last installments of the seven-part series were each two-hour broadcasts, while the interim episodes were 60 minutes. The mini-series concerns the thirty year careers of two military men, from the outbreak of World War I to the aftermath of World War II. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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