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7.2The 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 combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.
Cast
- Dirk Bogarde as Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
- James Caan as SSgt. Eddie Dohun
- Michael Caine as Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur
- Sean Connery as Maj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart
- Edward Fox as Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks
- Robert Redford as Maj. Julian Cook
Themes
- mission
- army
- allies
- world war ii
- netherlands
- bridge
- tank
- based on true story
- operation market garden
- soldier
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
67,192 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
61%
Metacritic
63/100
- Year
- 1977
- Runtime
- 175 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Won 4 BAFTA 7 wins & 5 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Richard Attenborough
- Screenplay by
- William Goldman
- Based on
- A Bridge Too Far , (1974 book), by Cornelius Ryan
- Produced by
- Joseph E. Levine Richard P. Levine
- Starring
- 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 Liv Ullmann
- Cinematography
- Geoffrey Unsworth
- Edited by
- Antony Gibbs
- Music by
- John Addison
- Production company
- Joseph E. Levine Productions
- Distributed by
- United Artists
- Release date
- 15 June 1977 ( 1977-06-15 )
- Running time
- 176 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom United States
- Languages
- English German Dutch
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $50.7 million
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Encyclopedic overview
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. 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.
Independently produced by Attenborough and Joseph E. Levine, it was the second film based on a book by Ryan to be adapted for the screen (after The Longest Day (1962)). It was the second film based on the events of Operation Market Garden, following Theirs Is the Glory (1946). A co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, the film was shot on location in the Netherlands, in many of the real locations where the historical events took place.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “A Bridge Too Far” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.