The original post: /r/television by /u/Sad-Passage-3247 on 2025-03-29 16:00:23.
Anyone familiar? And has any done both of the books and the mini series?
I love the books. And these two miniseries are the only screenplays I’ve ever seen that followed the books almost word for word.
But I say this without malice, the TV series’ were really good in spite of the lead characters being badly miscast.
Robert Mitchum was a fantastic actor. And he did a fair job. But you’d never believe Victor “Pug” Henry was 49 at the outbreak of WW2 if you hadn’t read the books.
And I think it was the same for Ali MacGraw and Jan-Michael Vincent.
I don’t know without research, but I’m sure I heard somewhere that War and Remembrance was (at the time) the most expensive miniseries ever. Surely they could’ve found a more realistic Pug?