Day 22 - A Bridge Too Far


Day 22               A Bridge Too Far [1977]
                          
Screenplay                     William Goldman
Based on                        ‘A Bridge Too Far’ by Cornelius Ryan                   
Director                          Richard Attenborough
Cinematography           Geoffrey Unsworth
Music                               John Addison
Leads                               Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Laurence Olivier, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell.
Production                      Joseph E. Levine Productions

IMDb                                    7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes             65%

As I have mentioned before (I think) my favourite type of old films are war films and westerns. So I thought I’d put on a DVD I found at my parent’s house with surely one of the best male casts ever assembled. I’m not sure this film would pass the Bechdel test, in fact I’m sure very few war films do. I wasn’t a big fan of this film. Anthony Hopkins and Robert Redford were the only two worth their reputations. It was just too broken up and hard to follow. The story itself is an appealing one. Dropping in paratroopers to outflank the Nazi troops in a move codenamed Operation Market Garden. It was the largest airborne mission at that point in the war. It was an epic operation, with an unhappy ending for the Allies so a better movie could have been made. Didn’t enjoy it, wouldn’t watch it again, will stop writing about it.

Acting                              3 / 4
Writing                        2.5 / 4
Cinematography           3 / 4
Music                               2 / 4
HWF rating               2 / 4