Wednesday, November 17, 2021
A Bridge Too Far
- Commentary: A couple of years ago my old DVD/VHS player died. I bought a new player, a DVD/BLU-RAY model, on a promotion special that paired it with a random Blu-Ray movie. This is the movie I got. Yes, I watched it. I'm not generally a fan of war movies, although I have a (very) few favorites, most of which, I think, I already own. This is not a movie I would have either sought out or bought. I can't recommend it because I'm not a fan of war movies. I imagine it's okay. I don't really know. I've not watched it again and it remains in my collection only because I forget that it's there. I'm even instituting a new category for this movie: forgotten-movies.
Update 2/6/18: So, I'm cleaning up this website, adding and changing links, and I noted that I had not linked the title of this movie to any kind of explanation. I hopped over to Wikipedia and began reading about the film. The write-up, especially the history of it, was so interesting that I've decided I should watch this again from a renewed perspective. Perhaps I'll have more to say about it, once I've re-viewed (yes, the dash is intentional) it.
Update 11/17/2021: This post was originally published February 6, 2005. It was one of the accidental deletions that occurred, which is covered in this post.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Dirk Bogarde Lt-Gen. Frederick Browning Edward Fox Lt-Gen. Brian Horrocks Donald Douglas Brig. Gerald Lathbury Michael Caine Lt-Col. J.O.E. Vandeleur Anthony Hopkins Lt-Col. John Frost Ben Cross Trooper Binns Paul Maxwell Maj. Gen. Maxwell Taylor Ryan O'Neal Brig. Gen. James Gavin Elliott Gould Col. Robert Stout Arthur Hill US Army Surgeon Colonel Robert Redford Maj. Julian Cook John Ratzenberger Lt. Wall James Caan Stf. Sgt. Eddie Dohun Gene Hackman Mjr. Gen. Stanisław Sosabowski Wolfgang Preiss Gen-fd-mrsch. Gerd von Rundstedt Maximilian Schell Gen. der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich Laurence Olivier Dr. Jan Spaander Liv Ullmann Kate ter Horst Richard Attenborough Lunatic Wearing Glasses Erik Chitty Organist
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1977
Directed by Richard Attenborough.
Labels: action1, adventure3, anthony-hopkins, drama6, forgotten-movies, historical2, michael-caine, period2, robert-redford, war1
