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Post by bravomailer on Sept 22, 2019 1:41:14 GMT
which was the basis for the film A Bridge Too Far. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49771180I liked the movie but not a whole lot. The jaunty pep rally music was out of place and a few performances were bad - Elliot Gould's for one. Many here will know Market Garden's success depended on the allies taking several bridges. On the event, some were taken, others were not. A 101st Airborne veteran (glider) who took part in it said to me, "We took our bridge," then changed the subject. |
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Post by OldAussie on Sept 22, 2019 2:01:28 GMT
A Bridge Too Far
One of my favourite war movies. 9/10
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Post by wmcclain on Sept 22, 2019 12:12:17 GMT
A Bridge Too Far (1977), directed by Richard Attenborough. Ambitious presentation of Operation Market Garden, the Allied attempt to win WW2 in 1944 by dropping 35,000 paratroopers in enemy territory. They would seize the bridges around three Dutch towns and hold them for an armored relief column coming up the single available road. What could go wrong? Quite a lot on both sides. It was a bold plan that failed. Large cast of many known actors, including Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, Robert Redford and Michael Caine. There is no one lead, and so many characters to follow that we spend little time on human interest side plots. It's mainly history. The actors fit their roles, although I think Gene Hackman looks out of place as a Polish general, and it's hard to take Elliot Gould seriously in anything. Redford needs a haircut. I find it pretty satisfying as a war history/adventure. It's sort of a sequel to The Longest Day, which was also adapted from a Cornelius Ryan book. The wikipedia article has details on the cast and the historical characters they play. We see gliders being rigged for towing but none actually in the air. Available on Blu-ray, often on sale. 
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 24, 2019 17:59:36 GMT
Good movie. The title of the book and movie (a quote Frederick Browning) was a silly thing to say. Taking all the other bridges but not bothering with the Arnhem one was like an 8 inning baseball game. It was a bold plan from the ultra conservative Montgomery that almost worked. If it had been tried further south, where it was just th Rhine and not the Maas, Waal, the Neder Rijn and all the calar, it wold have been better.
Edward Fox was so good in that. Brian Horrocks was really that funny.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 24, 2019 18:06:50 GMT
I like it alright. The battle scenes and the scale of it is well done.
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Post by Sulla on Sept 25, 2019 2:49:06 GMT
It's among my favorite war films. It features several different types of operations not usually seen in other films.
The parachute drops.
The British rolling artillery barrage.
The short but vicious firefight.
The assembly of a Bailey bridge.
The cross-river assault under fire (Napoleon considered this to be among the most difficult military operations).
The cross-bridge assaults (one British, two German).
My favorite scene is probably Sgt. Dohun (James Caan) making sure his captain gets medical attention.
You gotta hand it to British 1st Airborne. They fought like tigers and held on remarkably well considering the opposition was two SS panzer divisions.
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Post by vegalyra on Sept 25, 2019 14:29:37 GMT
which was the basis for the film A Bridge Too Far. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49771180I liked the movie but not a whole lot. The jaunty pep rally music was out of place and a few performances were bad - Elliot Gould's for one. Many here will know Market Garden's success depended on the allies taking several bridges. On the event, some were taken, others were not. A 101st Airborne veteran (glider) who took part in it said to me, "We took our bridge," then changed the subject. Has there ever been a good Elliot Gould performance? I watch a lot of classic and older films and I steer clear of his stuff if he’s the main star or one of the bigger supporting cast members. I’m not sure what the fascination was around him, seems like he was real big in the late 60s and 1970s. As far as the film concerned though, I enjoyed it quite a bit. Probably more than Bridge at Remagen which was still a pretty good film. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 30, 2019 17:52:06 GMT
which was the basis for the film A Bridge Too Far. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49771180I liked the movie but not a whole lot. The jaunty pep rally music was out of place and a few performances were bad - Elliot Gould's for one. Many here will know Market Garden's success depended on the allies taking several bridges. On the event, some were taken, others were not. A 101st Airborne veteran (glider) who took part in it said to me, "We took our bridge," then changed the subject. I watch a lot of classic and older films and I steer clear of his stuff if he’s the main star or one of the bigger supporting cast members. I’m not sure what the fascination was around him, seems like he was real big in the late 60s and 1970s. MASH
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