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A starkly realistic account of the ill-fated airborne assault on Arnhem during World War II. Some of the best special effects ever seen in a war film. Read more

Starring	Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Gene Hackman, Michael Caine
Director	Richard Attenborough, Sidney Hayers
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama

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- Like all large-scale military films, this one fails to make its tactics clear, and its sober intent conflicts with its roster of guest stars. For all that, there are impressive moments of acting and production.
- 30584
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:41
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  The Greatest Ever War Movie?
  
  One of the best war films ever made and possibly one of the greatest films across any genre. Richard Attenborough's breathtaking epic sits confortably ... read more »
  
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  - LeoM
  - 19 reviews
  - London
  - 27 Sep 2005 at 11:38
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  Epic War Movie
  
  One of the best war films we have ever watched and the cast lists was excellent . Everything about this film is epic: the tank battles, the war-torn street ... read more »
  
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- - dawnie3000
  - 3 reviews
  - 05 Feb 2012 at 19:02
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  An epic not bridged
  
  Extremely well made film about real events using plenty of military equipment and big explosions.
  
  Given all the separate strands to be tied together ... read more »
  
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- 1062622
- - itstinks
  - 573 reviews
  - North of Reading
  - 14 Nov 2011 at 16:52
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  AIRBORNE !!
  
  AIRBORNE!!
  
  God bless Field Marshall Montgomery. Only Where Eagles Dare betters this bad boy. And yes I have jumped onto the same DZ as appears in ... read more »
  
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  - 20 Oct 2011 at 22:03
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  almost there
  
  this is acclaimed to be one the best war films of all time, but im not sure. it has the same content as any other far films but the thing is is too long and the... read more »
  
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- - andyhall1986
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  - Stranabrosney
  - 17 Aug 2011 at 21:50
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  A bridge too far
  
  This is a very exciting film about how the british captured the arnhem bridge during the second world war or tried to! the episode was a major cock-up, not ... read more »
  
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- - simes
  - 212 reviews
  - near Gloucester
  - 26 Aug 2010 at 17:39
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  - 6
  Star billing destroys nazi's & this movie
  
  One of the most notable of battles during world war II. However i think the real let down of this movie is in its star billing.
  
  Dirk Bogarde
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  - carlsob
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  - Kidderminster
  - 14 Jan 2010 at 16:51
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  a bridge too far
  
  what a fab film this was
  
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  - Melton Mowbray
  - 26 Nov 2009 at 02:32
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  A Bridge Too Far
  
  In september 1944,flush with sucess after the Normandy invasion,the allies confidently launced Operation Market Garden,a wild scheme intended to put an early ... read more »
  
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- - KHRANDRASS
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  - Cheadle
  - 01 Jun 2009 at 10:18
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  ...Bridge too far?
  
  A Truely awesome war film, Sometimes war films are much maligned and viewed as only watched by a certain audience - this is one of probably five classic 2nd ... read more »
  
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  - Derby
  - 01 Nov 2008 at 12:47
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  Parachutes not included
  
  (3R - three word reviews)
  
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  - 15 Sep 2008 at 20:49
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  - 2
  The Greatest Ever War Movie?
  
  One of the best war films ever made and possibly one of the greatest films across any genre. Richard Attenborough's breathtaking epic sits confortably ... read more »
  
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- 153774
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  - LeoM
  - 19 reviews
  - London
  - 27 Sep 2005 at 11:38
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  Excellent, though too long.
  
  A truly splendid example of the 'super-cast' film, which focuses on Operation Market Garden, one of the largest allied attacks against the Nazis in 1944... read more »
  
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  - Bristol, England.
  - 22 Mar 2004 at 16:53
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  I loved it
  
  An excellent film, intense action, good design. If your under ten do not watch it even though it’s a 15.
  
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- - audiologybob
  - Hertfordshire
  - 12 Jan 2005 at 19:44
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  A bridge too far
  
  plenty of famous faces,a good action war film, well worth watching.
  
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  - south wales
  - 14 Mar 2005 at 10:51
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  A TRUE BRITISH WAR MOVIE
  
  The best way to put it is, yes its old BUT ITS A BRIITSH WAR MOVIE, NOT THIS AMERICAN GLORY AMERICAN SPIRIT S**T.
  
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  - Dover, Kent, England
  - 10 Aug 2006 at 16:01
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  Sorry old chap, bridge too far!
  
  American's love crushing victories. But Brit's love glorious defeats. And so director Mr Richard Attenborough and a stellar 70's cast at once ... read more »
  
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- - Barryboy
  - Surrey
  - 04 Mar 2004 at 15:29
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  Good Loooooong War Film
  
  Ok, so it is a little long, but the special effects are good (considering the age of the film) and I felt it had very few borning parts.
  
  Well worth a... read more »
  
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  - West Lothian, Scotland
  - 22 May 2005 at 14:09
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  Incredible Story - Epic Film of Incredible Courage and Determination
  
  To laden a review with adjectives does not do the memory of those incredible paratroopers, and this Film, justice - there are not enough in the English Language... read more »
  
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  - Hampshire, England
  - 17 Mar 2007 at 02:18
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  Epic story
  
  A very realistic account of Market Garden excellent British,American and German casting - stunning battle scenes no CGI here chaps its done the old way with ... read more »
  
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- - Roy Burden
  - Isle of Man
  - 27 Nov 2004 at 13:18
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  ONE OF THE BEST
  
  I currently have 180 of the possible 660 odd World War Two films available.
  
  This is undoubtedly in the top 10.
  
  Loads of top names. Great ... read more »
  
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  - 30 Jan 2005 at 15:41

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Critics' reviews
- Like all large-scale military films, this one fails to make its tactics clear, and its sober intent conflicts with its roster of guest stars. For all that, there are impressive moments of acting and production.
- 30584
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:41
- "...The last cast-of-thousands, star-studded war movie ever made, Attenborough's three-hour epic deserves repeated viewing..." -- 4 Stars
- 8365
- - Total Film
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...Certainly equal to Darryl F. Zanuck's THE LONGEST DAY....One watches it not so much in admiration as in awe..."
- 8364
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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- A Bridge Too Far - Blu-ray
  
  Richard Attenborough's ambitious, all-star adaptation of Cornelius Ryan's book, scripted by William Goldman, gives an account of the Battle of Arnhem during 1944, part of an Allied attempt to expedite the end of the war with a costly operation to capture six bridges connecting Holland to Germany. A ...

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- A Bridge Too Far
  
  A starkly realistic account of the ill-fated airborne assault on Arnhem during World War II. Some of the best special effects ever seen in a war film....