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A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic war film directed by Richard Attenborough. It depicts Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied operation in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II; the film's screenplay, by William Goldman, is based on a book of the same title by historian Cornelius Ryan. [5]
Jun 15, 1977 · A Bridge Too Far: Directed by Richard Attenborough. With Siem Vroom, Marlies van Alcmaer, Erik van 't Wout, Wolfgang Preiss. Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.
A combined British and American paratrooper force, led by American general Gavin and British general Urquhart (Sean Connery), plans to take a highway...
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“A Bridge Too Far” could have been made at any time during the past 30 years and probably better, too, except that in the old days the studio heads would have vetoed it. It's a 170-minute downer about Operation Market Garden, an abortive attempt to land 35,000 paratroops behind the German lines, but why make a movie about total defeat and ...
Lieutenant-Colonel John Frost (Anthony Hopkins) heads towards Arnhem Bridge with his troops while Urquhart has no idea of the location of his divisions, due to the non-functional radio sets. Frost reaches the Arnhem bridge, but Urquhart is tied down by German fire.
A Bridge Too Far. An historic telling of the failed attempt to capture several bridges to Germany in World War II in a campaign called Operation Market-Garden. 2,913 IMDb 7.4 2 h 56 min 1977. X-Ray PG.
