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A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic war film directed by Richard Attenborough. Depicting Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied operation in Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, and based on a book of the same name by historian Cornelius Ryan, the film was directed by Richard Attenborough and with a screenplay by William Goldman.
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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Far ahead up the road, before Colonel Bobby Stout's 101st Airborne unit can capture the small Son bridge, German artillery shells blow it apart. Farther north, the 82nd Airborne has taken the bridge at Grave, but XXX Corps can't get there until the Son bridge is replaced.
“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 ...
Jun 14, 2022 · MGM. 1.17M subscribers. Subscribed. 905. 137K views 1 year ago #MGM #ABridgeTooFar. Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges...
