One of the epic war films of its time
A Bridge Too Far was an epic World War II film when epics were the norm for this genre. It was based upon the book of the same name and directed by Richard Attenborough.<br /><br />Like others of its kind it had an all star cast from top to bottom. That included James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Ryan O’Neal, Robert Redford, Maximillian Schell, and Laurence Olivier.<br /><br />The story follows Operation Market Guardian, a British plan to seize three bridges in Holland that were supposed to open the way to Germany. Three British and American parachute divisions would be dropped, one for each bridge, with a British army moving by land to relieve and connect with each unit. The plan went ahead despite evidence that there were more German troops in the area then believed, and ended up failing as the last bridge was not taken.<br /><br />The first thing that strikes you about the movie is its scope. It collected together tons of planes, tanks, and extras to pull off the battle scenes and these were all used to full effect such as the parachute drops which started with plane after plane taking off and then the wave of soldiers dropping out of the sky.<br /><br />Second, the movie tries to be historically correct. It worked off the book A Bridge Too Far and many of the characters were based upon real people. It shows how the Dutch underground told the British about German troops and high level generals being in Holland, but their warnings were ignored. Some British paratroopers talk about how the radios were not going to work in Holland’s environment, but no one wanted to rock the boat before the operation and tell the higher ups. Finally, the British XXX Corps starts off and gets hit by the Germans immediately highlighting that it would not be the cakewalk as the commanders claimed.<br /><br />Third, it shows all the pain, suffering and sacrifices of the British 1st Airborne Division that was trapped in Arnhem, the last of the three cities. You see the wounded building up around the bridge, and then in a home taken over by the British belonging to Kate ter Horst played by Liv Ullmann. Ter Horst was a real Dutch civilian that helped the paratroopers, and her voice is the narrator at the start of the film.<br /><br />Gene Hackman as the Polish General Stanislaw Sosabowski steals the scenes he’s in. Right at the start he voices skepticism about the plan. Then when he’s told his landings in Holland will be miles away from the Arnhem bridge he walks up to the briefing officer, looks him over, and says he wanted to make sure whose side he was on. In another briefing he warns that the Germans have a say in the fight and he asks for a letter from another general that he was forced into the operation in case his men get massacred. The British general asks Hackman if he wants such a letter and he replies that in case of a massacre the letter would be useless. This is all foreshadowing what actually happened in Arnhem.<br /><br />Overall, a Bridge Too Far is a great war film full of action and drama.<br />C
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