Friday, July 4, 2014

Friday Is Movie Night -- A Bridge Too Far 1977



From YouTube: An historic telling of the failed attempt to capture several bridges on a road to Germany in World War II, in a campaign called Operation Market-Garden.

Director: Richard Attenborough
Writers: Cornelius Ryan (book), William Goldman (screenplay)
Stars: Sean Connery, Ryan O'Neal, Michael Caine, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Byrne, Nicholas Campbell, Maximilian Schell, James Caan, Elliott Gould, Ben Cross, Laurence Olivier, Denholm Elliott, Robert Redford, John Ratzenberger, Richard Attenborough

My Comment: This is going to be a regular feature every Friday night.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

LOVE THAT FILM HOW BOUT KELLYS HEROES FOR BIT HUMOUR AND ACTION ALSO IHE LONGEST DAY ,TORA TORA TORA

oldfatslow said...

Just watched We Were
Soldiers Once
last
night with my youngest
son. Bridge is
one of the greats.

ofs

War News Updates Editor said...

Kelly's Heroes .... that is one great film. If YouTube has one that is excellent quality .... it will be posted.

James said...

"We were Soldiers Once and Young", one of the best ever made. "I guess it's too late to join the submarine service" CSM Basil Plumley.