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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.
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A Bridge Too Far is a war movie too long, although top-notch talent on both sides of the camera keeps the end result consistently watchable. Read Critics Reviews
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A Bridge Too Far. An account of a disastrous 1944 Allied military operation. 2,952 IMDb 7.4 2 h 56 min 1977. PG. Drama · Historical · Edifying · Downbeat. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.89. Buy.
A Bridge Too Far. 1977 · 2 hr 57 min. PG. Drama · War. In the midst of WWII, the Allies devise an ill-fated mission to push through German lines in the Netherlands, but a key bridge stands in the way. Subtitles: English.
Faulty intelligence, Allied high command hubris, and stubborn German resistance would ensure that Arnhem was a bridge too far. — grantss. It is near the end of World War II. The Germans have lost most of France, and the Allied forces decide to give them the final hit.
This all-star WWII epic depicts the Allied defeat at Arnhem, Holland, in September 1944 and concentrates on those assigned to capture the strategically important bridge,...
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany.
Sir Richard Attenborough directs Sean Connery, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins and Robert Redford in this gripping and controversial tale about a daring WWII military operation.
