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Article: BATTLE READY WORLD WAR II MINISERIES BY HANKS, SPIELBERG COMING TO HBO.(L.A. Life)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- September 2, 2001
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Byline: David Kronke Television Writer
Tom Hanks may have represented the epitome of heroism in ``Saving Private Ryan.'' But he doubts he could have endured the epic hardships of the men depicted in his ambitious HBO miniseries ``Band of Brothers.''
The 10-part docudrama, premiering on the cable network next Sunday, follows Easy Company, an elite rifle corps which, among other things, parachuted into France on D-Day, fought in the Battle of the Bulge and captured Hitler's Eagle's Nest.
``I'm a talkative wise-ass, by and large, and being a part of the paratroopers means that you have to shut up and get down to it,'' noted Hanks, who ...