  {"id":72972,"date":"2017-05-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/ww-ii-film-narrated-by-bill-belichick-to-premiere-may-27\/"},"modified":"2017-05-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T00:00:00","slug":"ww-ii-film-narrated-by-bill-belichick-to-premiere-may-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2017\/05\/ww-ii-film-narrated-by-bill-belichick-to-premiere-may-27\/","title":{"rendered":"WW II film narrated by Bill Belichick to premiere May 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I., \u2014 May 1, 2017\u2014New England Patriots\u2019 coach Bill Belichick will make his debut on the big screen this month in a World War II documentary produced by 溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus Tim Gray.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cD-Day Over Normandy\u2019\u2019 will be screened Saturday, May 27 at 1 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium, One Avenue of the Arts, Providence. Tickets are $15 and benefit Gray\u2019s nonprofit, The World War II Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The film marks the first time Belichick, who has won a record five Super Bowls, has narrated a documentary film. Due to the coach\u2019s hectic schedule, he will not be able to attend the premiere, sponsored by BankNewport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBill did a tremendous job narrating this film,\u2019\u2019 says Gray. \u201cHe actually narrated the documentary right in the middle of the first day of NFL free-agency in a sound-studio inside Gillette Stadium while making deals to bring in new players. He\u2019s the ultimate multi-tasker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>Kingston<\/strong> native, Gray graduated from 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1989 with a degree in journalism. He worked for years as a sports anchor at Channel 10 before starting his nonprofit to make films about World War II veterans.<\/p>\n<p>Belichick, who has watched all of Gray\u2019s 18 films, has an interest in the war because his father, Steve, served in Europe and the Pacific as a member of the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n<p>All veterans will receive free tickets to the event at the Vets\u2019 box office with proof of military service. Tickets can be purchased online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevetsri.com\">http:\/\/www.thevetsri.com<\/a> or by phone at 401-421-2787.<\/p>\n<p>After the film, Gray and two Rhode Island veterans of D-Day\u2019s Omaha Beach invasion will participate in a question-and-answer session with the audience. The documentary will air Memorial Day, May 30 on 116 public television stations throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I., \u2014 May 1, 2017\u2014New England Patriots\u2019 coach Bill Belichick will make his debut on the big screen this month in a World War II documentary produced by 溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus Tim Gray. \u201cD-Day Over Normandy\u2019\u2019 will be screened Saturday, May 27 at 1 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium, One Avenue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}