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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 (1977) is a historical war film directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Sean Connery, Ryan O'Neal, Michael Caine and others. It depicts the Allied operation to capture several bridges in the Netherlands in September 1944, which turned out to be a disastrous failure.
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- Drama, History, War
- Richard Attenborough
- 1977-06-15
Find out who starred in the epic war film based on the book by Cornelius Ryan. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, and other crew members who worked on A Bridge Too Far.
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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- Richard Attenborough
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- Dirk Bogarde
Jun 14, 2022 · 948. 145K 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...
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A documentary about the failed Allied operation to capture several bridges in the Netherlands in September 1944, near the end of World War II. The film shows the planning, the execution, and the consequences of the mission, as well as the German resistance and the Allied casualties.
Roger Ebert pans the 1977 war epic as a boring and clichéd exercise in excess, with poor acting and special effects. He criticizes the film for its lack of meaning, intelligence and originality, and compares it unfavorably with other classics of the genre.
