A Bridge Too Far (1977)
 


R,2hrs 55min

Genres:War,Drama,Action
Released: June 15, 1977
Director:Richard Attenborough
Distributor:United Artists
 
All Star Cast - Starring:
Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Gene Hackman, and more
 
It's late 1944, and the Allied armies are confident they'll win the World
War II and be home in time for Christmas. What's needed, says British
general Bernard Law Montgomery, is a knockout punch, a bold strike
through Holland, where German troops are spread thin, that will put the
Allies into Germany. Paratroops led by British major general Robert
Urquhart (Sean Connery) and American brigadier general James Gavin
(Ryan O'Neal) will seize a thin road and five bridges through Holland into
Germany, with paratroops led by Lieutenant Col. John Frost (Sir Anthony
Hopkins) holding the most critical bridge at a small town called Arnhem.
Over this road shall pass combined forces led by British Lieutenant Gen.
Brian Horrocks (Edward Fox) and British Lieutenant Col. Joe Vandeleur
(Michael Caine). The plan requires precise timing, so much so that one
planner tells Lieutenant Gen. Frederick Browning (Dirk Bogarde), "Sir, I
think we may be going a bridge too far." The plan also has one critical
flaw: Instead of a smattering of German soldiers, the area around Arnhem
is loaded with crack SS troops. Disaster ensues. Based on a book by
historian Cornelius Ryan, A Bridge Too Far is reminiscent of another movie
based on a Ryan book, The Longest Day. Like that movie, it is loaded with
more than 15 international stars, including Sir Laurence Olivier, Robert Redford,
Hardy Krueger, Gene Hackman, Maximilian Schell, and Liv Ullman.
 ~ Nick Sambides, Jr., All Movie Guide


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