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 | A Bridge Too Far: Special Edition (2 Discs)£5.99 Free DeliveryRRP: £19.99 | You save: £14.00 (70%) In stock | Usually dispatched within 24 hours |
( - Audio Commentary with screenwriter William Goldman
- Trivia Track
- Interactive menus
- Scene selection
- 'A Bridge Too Far: Heroes From The Sky' original documentary
- 'A Distant Battle: Memories Of Operation Market Garden' stories told by real life soldiers who fought in the battle
- 'Richard Attenborough - A Filmmaker Remembers'
- Photo gallery
An epic film that "re-creates in stunning detail one of the most disastrous battles of World War II"(The Hollywood Reporter), A Bridge Too Far is a spectacular war picture. Painstakingly recreated on actual battlefield locations and boasting a remarkable cast that includes Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, Sir Laurence Olivier and Robert Redford, A Bridge Too Far accurately recaptures the monumental scope, excitement and danger behind one of the biggest military gambles in history.
In September 1944, flush with success after the Normandy Invasion, the Allies confidently launched Operation Market Garden, a wild scheme intended to put an early end to the fighting by invading Germany and smashing the Reich's war plants. But a combination of battlefield politics, faulty intelligence, bad luck and even worse weather led to the disaster beyond the Allies' darkest fear.
Average rating (3 reviews)
too good to miss
0001al | 17/03/2008 | See all 0001al's reviews (9) »
in my opinion the best second world war film. A great cast delivered a great performance and the setting was made to be as authentic as possible. A must see film.
Excellent war film
oncomingstorm | 14/09/2007 | See all oncomingstorm's reviews (95) »
The true story directed by Richard Attenborough who somehow once again manages to arrange a star studded cast of actors to play reasonably small parts in his films for him. At the time that this was made just about everyone who was anybody and was available appeared in this film. All of them give fantastic performances although Gene Hackman's accent is perhaps one of the things that leaves a little to be desired.
Excellent location shooting and a great deal of effort going in to recreate the way that it possibly was at the time. If you like decent war films then this is the one for you to watch.
Sean Connery, Michael Caine, James Caan, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Redford, Denholm Elliott, Edward Fox, Liv Ullmann, Elliott Gould, Dirk Bogarde, Alun Armstrong, Hardy Kruger & Maximilian Schell | |
15 years and over | |
1977 | |
Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic | |
English ; French - Dolby Digital (5.1) | |
English for the hearing impaired ; English ; Danish ; French ; Portuguese ; Dutch ; Polish ; Swedish ; Greek ; Finnish ; Hungarian ; Norwegian ; Czech | |
2 hours and 49 minutes (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
