| Beyond All Boundaries | |
| Director: | David Briggs |
| Narrator: | Tom Hanks |
| Music: | Tim Williams |
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| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
Beyond All Boundaries is a 2009 short film depicting the battles of World War II. The film is shown in 4-D, and includes archive footage and special effects. The short, produced and narrated by Tom Hanks and directed by David Briggs, was released 9 November 2009 and is shown solely in The National World War II Museum, New Orleans. It was designed purely for the Solomon Victory Theater within the museum, and is only shown in this one location.
Solomon Victory Theater makes use of vibrating seats and atmospheric effects to enhance the viewing experience. In addition, there are also moving props and scenery, lighting and sound effects and a multi-layered projection process.[1]
The film makes use of the writings and documented accounts of World War II veterans.
In 2011, Beyond All Boundaries received a Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement from the Themed Entertainment Association.[2]
| Actor | Character | |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Sherrod | ||
| Eddie W. Robinson / Sgt. Dan Levin | ||
| Marguerite Higgins | ||
| Donald Sanborn / Pvt. Raymond Howell | ||
| Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey | ||
| Elsa Maxwell | ||
| Hortense Johnson | ||
| Lt. Fiske Hanley / Sgt. Benjamin McKinney | ||
| Capt. Edwin Simmons | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1st Lt. David Hettema / Sgt. William Manchester | ||
| Mike Mervosh | ||
| Edward R. Murrow | ||
| Cpl. James R. Garrett / Sgt. John H. Morris | ||
| Pvt. George Strang | ||
| Eugene B. Sledge | ||
| 1940s Newscaster | ||
| Sgt. Thomas McPhatter | ||
| Hanson Baldwin / Sgt. Bill Reed | ||
| Sgt. Bill Mauldin | ||
| Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller | ||
| Ernie Pyle | ||
| Cpl. Wilfred Hanson / Capt. John C. Chapin |