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Out of the sky comes the screen's most incredible spectacle of men and war!
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 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.
Wuchak
Apr 22, 2025 · via TMDB
**_Star-studded cinematic account of Operation Market Garden_** In September, 1944, the Allies unleash an ambitious operation to secure key bridges in the Netherlands, which would facilitate a quick advance into Germany and have the boys home by Christmas. Unfortunately, the Germans’ defensive capabilities and willpower are stronger than expected. “A Bridge Too Far” (1977) covers the largest airborne operation in history up to that point with a great cast and several memorable sequences involving actors like Anthony Hopkins, James Caan, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Sean Connery and so on. It’s a straight war film in the manner of “The Longest Day” that refuses to get artsy, like, say, “Apocalypse Now.” The flick effectively illustrates how plans can look great in the comfort of a war room but, in the field, Murphy’s Law often comes into play. Whilst the chief goal of seizing the Arnhem Bridge failed, there were several successes, such as the capture of Eindhoven and Nijmegen, and the creation of a 65-miles foothold in Holland for future offensives, not to mention tying-up thousands of German troops. The boys wouldn’t be home for Christmas; it would take another four long months of strategizing and fighting. Speaking of which, the similar “The Bridge at Remagen” from eight years prior covers the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge on the Rhine in west-central Germany in March, 1945. It runs 2 hours, 56 minutes, and was shot in England and the Netherlands. GRADE: B
CinemaSerf
Jun 4, 2023 · via TMDB
Usually when you read the term "stellar" applied to a cast, it's more for marketing purposes to convince us that the cast is better than we might want to think - well not so, here. Connery, Caine, O'Neal, Olivier, Bogarde, Hackman, Hopkins, Caan, Schell & Liv Ullmann all chip into this true telling of "Operation Market Garden" - a co-ordinated attempt by the allies to use almost anything that will fly to parachute troops behind Nazi lines. Their purpose: to secure strategically important river crossings before the enemy have a chance to blow them to smithereens. Their missions are fraught with dangers - bad intelligence, bad weather as well as a tenacious and well established enemy. The planning and actions scenes give a clear dramatic indication of just how logistically complex and risky this whole procedure actually would have been; and as war films go it is much less gung-ho. It is, however, very long - and a bit more judicious editing would have helped keep it more taut.
GenerationofSwine
Jan 12, 2023 · via TMDB
How do spoilers work with historical movies? Can we reasonably assume that everyone already knows how Market Garden turned out, or are we doing the Millennial thing where we are assuming people don't know where Arnhem is, let alone Antwerp, let alone Holland, let alone who participated in WWII? The Nazis were part of that one right? Anyway, this movie has everyone in it, just about everyone that was anyone in 1977 and, from all appearances all of Hollywood was tied up in the making of this film right down to A-list actors in minor roles. So you kind of know that the acting is there and top notch... and so is the direction. At least the direction is about as good as you can assume for something that attempts to tell a little too much of the story all at once. Don't get me wrong, it's a great movie, and when they use the word "Epic" they are talking about epic in scope, and for that scope it does a pretty awesome and very coherent job. My one issue is the scope, Market Garden was enormous, it was an enormous failure, it was an enormous catastrophy, it was an enormous event, it was an enormous air invasion and this movie attempts to tell all of it at once. The result is that it's spread a little thin Had they made the movie 6 hours long, they might have been able to pull it off flawlessly... but who is going to sit through that? But no one can really argue with the results. It's not as bad as it could be, and it is a lot better than a movie this epic in scope should be. They achieved something brilliant. My only wish was that, after the epic failure, they gave Montgomery's infamous "Operation Market Garden was 90% successful" the last words and left it there, left it as a mess with a general trying to save face.
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Dirk Bogarde
Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning
James Caan
SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Michael Caine
Lt. Col. John O.E. Vandeleur
Sean Connery
Maj. Gen. Robert E. Urquhart
Edward Fox
Lt. Gen. Brian G. Horrocks
Robert Redford
Maj. Julian Cook
Elliott Gould
Col. Robert Stout
Anthony Hopkins
Lt. Col. John D. Frost
Gene Hackman
Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Hardy Krüger
Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Karl Ludwig
Laurence Olivier
Dr. Jan Spaander
Ryan O'Neal
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Maximilian Schell
General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich
Liv Ullmann
Kate ter Horst
Siem Vroom
Underground Leader
Marlies van Alcmaer
Underground Leader's Wife
Erik van 't Wout
Underground Leader's Son
Wolfgang Preiss
Field Marshal Karl R.G. Von Rundstedt
Hans von Borsody
Gen. Günther Blumentritt
Paul Maxwell
Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor
Walter Kohut
Field Marshal Walter Model
Peter Faber
Capt. 'Harry' Bestebreurtje
Hartmut Becker
German Sentry
Frank Grimes
Maj. Fuller
Jeremy Kemp
R.A.F. Briefing Officer
Donald Pickering
Lt. Col. Mackenzie
Donald Douglas
Brigadier Gerald Lathbury
Peter Settelen
Lt. Cole
Stephen Moore
Maj. Steele
Michael Byrne
Lt. Col. Giles A.M. Vandeleur
Paul Copley
Pvt. Wicks
Nicholas Campbell
Capt. Glass
Gerald Sim
Col. Sims
Harry Ditson
US Private
Erik Chitty
Church Organist
Colin Farrell
Cpl. Hancock
Christopher Good
Maj. Carlyle
Alun Armstrong
Cpl. Davies
Anthony Milner
Pvt. Dodds
Barry McCarthy
Pvt. Clark
Lex van Delden
Sgt. Matthias
Michael Wolf
Field Marshal Model's Aide
Sean Mathias
Irish Guards Lieutenant
Tom van Beek
Jan Ter Horst
Henny Alma
Dutch Villager
Geoffrey Hinsliff
British Radio Operator
Keith Drinkel
Lt. Cornish
Hans Croiset
Hans - Old Dutch Lady's Son
John Judd
Sergeant Clegg
Ben Cross
Trooper Binns
Hilary Minster
British Medical Officer
Ben Howard
Sergeant Towns
Michael Graham Cox
Capt. Cleminson
Johan te Slaa
Old Dutch Couple
Adrienne Kleiweg
Young Dutch Couple
Denholm Elliott
RAF meteorologist officer
Arthur Hill
U.S. Medical Colonel
Garrick Hagon
Lt. Rafferty
Brian Gwaspari
US Engineer
John Salthouse
Pvt. 'Ginger' Marsh
Stanley Lebor
Regimental Sergeant Major
John Morton
US Padre
John Ratzenberger
U.S. Lieutenant
Patrick Ryecart
German Lieutenant
Dick Rienstra
Capt. Krafft
George Innes
Sgt. Macdonald
John Stride
Grenadier Guards Major
Niall Padden
British Medical Orderly
Simon Chandler
Pvt. Simmonds
Edward Kalinski
Pvt. Archer
Sebastian Abineri
Sgt. Treadwell
Stephen Churchett
British Soldier
Roy Boyd
Soldier
Patrick Dickson
Soldier
David Killick
Soldier
James Snell
Soldier
Richard Attenborough
Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
Bob de Lange
Soldier (uncredited)
Joop Doderer
Soldier (uncredited)
Stuart Craig
Art Direction
Jack Cardiff
Aerial Camera
Peter MacDonald
Camera Operator
Steve Barron
Clapper Loader
Geoffrey Unsworth
Director of Photography
Joseph E. Levine
Presenter
Alf Joint
Stunt Coordinator
Paul Weston
Stunt Double
Vic Armstrong
Stunt Double
Alf Joint
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Chris Webb
Stunts
Dickey Beer
Stunts
Nick Hobbs
Stunts
Paul Weston
Stunts
Rocky Taylor
Stunts
Valentino Musetti
Stunts
Vic Armstrong
Stunts
Roy Button
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Richard Attenborough
Director
Andy Armstrong
Second Second Assistant Director
Jack Conroy
Chief Lighting Technician
Joseph E. Levine
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John Addison
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John Addison
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William Goldman
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The Pianist
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Seven Sundays
The Man Who Planted Trees
Lafran
Five Came Back
Autumn Milk
Remember the Titans
Germany, Year Zero
Coach Carter
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Empire of the Sun
The Reader
The Hurricane
The Magdalene Sisters
Chaplin
DIVE
The Counterfeiters
To My Unborn Son
Hair
Erna, Helmut and the Nazis
Driving Miss Daisy
Milk
The Caine Mutiny
12 Mighty Orphans
Casualties of War
Kaya
We Were Soldiers
This Boy's Life
Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg
The English Patient
Mordová rokle
The Nazi Jesus
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Prisoners of Propaganda
Schacko Klak
The Tales of Hoffman - National Opera Company (INBAL)
The Girl on the Bridge
Saint Nick of Bethlehem
Lemon Tree
Sam Bahadur
The Sweet Hereafter
Alive
Ravenous
Two Sons of Francisco
It Could Happen to You
Catch-22
Jarhead
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Veronica Guerin
Swing Kids
Radioactive
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Outbreak
Hamburger Hill
Earth
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Hitler from Our Street
Nobody Loves Kay
A Royal Night Out
Behind Enemy Lines
Hart's War
Saints and Soldiers
O Jerusalem
In the Name of the Law
Mila
Our Time Will Come
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1944 The Final Defence
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Audrey Rose
The Clearing
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People with Wings
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Fear and Desire
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Running on Empty
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The Chest of Ryou
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My Soul Is a Witness
Hukkakaurat
Justin the Just
To Go to the Moon
One in a Million
Berlin - The Last Battle
The Longest Day
The Six Triple Eight
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Greyhound
The Guns of Navarone
Ice Cold in Alex
Midway
Breaker Morant
The Zone of Interest
The Scarlet and the Black
Valkyrie
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The Young Lions
Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Overlord
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Exodus
Battleground
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Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
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Uprising
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