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The Bridge Too Far/Longest Day type movies were dramatizations of rather recent history for audiences many of whom had lived through the event. These battles were huge, involving hundreds of thousands of men and hundreds of square miles, with senior command decisions being made in multiple locations tens or hundreds of miles away from the action.
I watched A Bridge Too Far (1977). '70s. The thing I really like about this movie is that it sits in between the "we gave Fritz a right ol' thrashing, we did!" movies like bridge over the river kwai and the great escape, and the "war is hell" movies like saving private Ryan et. al. Especially considering the subject matter.
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"A Bridge Too Far" is a 1977 movie with an all star cast and huge budget that takes place during World War II... and it's about Operation Market Garden, one of the biggest Allied blunders of the war. I know this was made during the 70s and there had been cynical movies set during World War II before, but not on the scale of epics like The ...
Nov 2, 2022 · It stars an ensemble cast, featuring Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Krüger, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell and Liv Ullmann.
Novel. William Goldman. Screenplay. 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.
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 Bridge Too Far (1977) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
