{"id":1449,"date":"2008-03-05T04:36:10","date_gmt":"2008-03-05T03:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/archives\/2008\/03\/05\/interview-stuart-cooper-on-overlord\/"},"modified":"2017-05-22T12:49:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T11:49:34","slug":"interview-stuart-cooper-on-overlord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2008\/03\/05\/interview-stuart-cooper-on-overlord\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Stuart Cooper on Overlord"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>In 1975 director Stuart Cooper<\/strong><\/a> made Overlord<\/strong><\/a> – a drama about a soldier in the run up to the D-Day<\/a> landings.<\/p>\n What makes the film unique is that it was filmed with the help of the Imperial War Museum<\/a> and uses documentary footage from their vast archive, set against the central narrative.<\/p>\n Starring Brian Stirner<\/a>, Davyd Harries<\/a>, Nicholas Ball<\/a> and Julie Neesam<\/a> it is now being re-released on DVD<\/a> after showing to great acclaim at the Telluride Film Festvial<\/a> in 2006 and a short run at the ICA<\/a> in London last month.<\/p>\n It was then that I spoke with Stuart Cooper about the film and you can listen to the interview here:<\/p>\n\n