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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 leading from the Netherlands into Germany, so...
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It's the longest B-grade war movie ever made. Advertisement. Epics give us a sense of vast events meaningfully in motion; B movies repeat formulas. “ Patton ," with its clear understanding of the relationship between its events and its main character, was an intelligent war epic and money well spent.
Jun 14, 2022 · 945. 144K views 1 year ago #MGM #ABridgeTooFar. Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of...
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. 2,910 IMDb 7.4 2 h 56 min 1977. X-Ray PG. Military and War · Action · Ambitious · Biting. Available to rent or buy. Rent movie. HD $3.89 $3.49. Buy. HD $14.99. More purchase. options.