A Bridge Too Far
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure. From TMDB
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60 of 136 · most liked firstIn the film A Bridge Too Far, Ryan O’Neal was roundly criticised for being ‘far too young’ to play General James Gavin… … when O’Neal was *exactly the same age* as General Gavin had been during the relevant battle.
unlabelledView post →Behind "A Bridge Too Far". A film that put operation Market Garden in the spotlight, but also introduced myths. #WW2 #HISTORY
unlabelledView post →John Frost Bridge in Arnhem a.k.a. A Bridge Too Far. A movie made by Hollywood that put Market Garden in the picture. 😉 But also introduced myths. #MarketGarden
unlabelledView post →I'm reading "A Bridge Too Far". One of the things the book makes clear, and the movie does not, is how much the campaign choices were shaped by logistical constraints.
unlabelledView post →‘ASKED WHAT he thinks of America nowadays, 18-yr-old Rafah grins: “Tariffs, man. Kind of fucked up.” He and his buddy Chris are hanging out in Arnhem, next to the bridge from the movie “A Bridge Too Far”…“We were good allies, but Trump ditched Europe,” says Chris.’
unlabelledView post →(The Deventer IJssel Bridge, used in "A Bridge Too Far" as film location for the Arnhem Rhine Bridge.) Vehicles being strafed by Lieutenant R.R. Bosworth. #WW2 #HISTORY
unlabelledView post →I don't think we're talking enough about the cast of THE SHEEP DETECTIVES. No film has been so stuffed since A BRIDGE TOO FAR...
unlabelledView post →I keep tripping over this throwaway line in Mike Blanchfield’s interview with US ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra. Has anyone ever heard a Canadian express envy or frustration about the movie A Bridge Too Far, depicting the valiant but failed Operation Market Garden? What’s he talking about?
unlabelledView post →Because it's my favourite film, my favourite Hackman role is as Gen Sosabowski in a Bridge Too Far. (Sosabowski's story is incredible, and also reflects incredibly poorly on the snobby Brits who tried to shift blame onto him for the failures of Market Garden.) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
unlabelledView post →Make a movie better by adding "in the ass" to it. A Bridge Too Far in the Ass
unlabelledView post →Is A BRIDGE TOO FAR (1977) thr most quintessential dad film ever made? The all star male cast and the sheer logistical grandeur of this film makes it impossible to dislike. This is despite its somewhat bloated narrative and the sheer bloody British stiff upper lip of it all.
unlabelledView post →BRING UP THE PIAT! As we remember Operation Market Garden at this time of year, I thought I'd reshare my article on the legacy of "A Bridge Too Far", and how film shapes popular memory. justcuriousjane.com/bring-up-the...
unlabelledView post →Behind "A Bridge Too Far". A film that put operation Market Garden in the spotlight, but also introduced myths. #WW2 #HISTORY
unlabelledView post →They should make a film about that. Perhaps call it A Bridge Too Far… …or even The Bridges of Imaginary County.
unlabelledView post →John Frost got closer still to the film making process, serving as a technical advisor on A BRIDGE TOO FAR (1977). As Anthony Hopkins, the actor who played him, would later acknowledge, his presence was a double-edged sword. 👇 🧵 6/12
unlabelledView post →John Frost Bridge in Arnhem a.k.a. A Bridge Too Far. A movie made by Hollywood that put Market Garden in the picture. 😉 But also introduced myths. #MarketGarden
unlabelledView post →John Frost Bridge in Arnhem a.k.a. A Bridge Too Far. A movie made by Hollywood that put Market Garden in the picture. 😉 But also introduced myths. #MarketGarden
unlabelledView post →Robert Redford sur le tournage de 'Un pont trop loin' (A Bridge Too Far), film américano-britannique réalisé par Richard Attenborough et sorti en 1977 - Terry O'Neill (1938-2019), photographe britannique. #photographie #cinéma #RobertRedford #RichardAttenborough
unlabelledView post →If I wanted to piss off tens of millions of Americans, I think the first thing I do after tariffs, would be to close down all National Parks. I believe there was a movie called A Bridge Too Far.
unlabelledView post →a Bailey Bridge #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilms #photography #Normandy #France Film: A Bridge Too Far
unlabelledView post →Bits #4K Review – @sbjork.bsky.social deep dives into Richard Attenborough's 1977 war film A BRIDGE TOO FAR, available as a 3-Disc Limited Edition #4K #UltraHD Australian import from @imprintfilms.bsky.social & @viavisionent.bsky.social. @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/item/bridge-...
unlabelledView post →9: A Bridge Too Far The last Hollywood Spectacle WW2 Movie. It had every star. All of them. Every single one. Good movie, too.
unlabelledView post →Somewhere an Iranian officer's Friday night movie night is a double feature with A Bridge Too Far and Letters From Iwo Jima.
unlabelledView post →think Canadians are envious of the film A Bridge Too Far, which highlights Americans and the Brits and the exploits that they made in the Netherlands. 👀 What an asshole.
unlabelledView post →Ten non-horror movie to get to know me: Memento Interstellar Seven Samurai Ice Cold in Alex 2001-a space odyssey A Bridge Too Far The Dark Knight Walkabout Dark Star Jaws
unlabelledView post →Rewatching A Bridge Too Far: too many stars, too many accents, too many attitudes, too many dead moments, and before the whole thing gets started your endurance is below zero. By the time the filmmakers curbed all those roosters' egos, they were quite weary. A lesson in how not to make a movie.
unlabelledView post →My favourite Hackman movie is The Birdcage…….. And I loved him in A Bridge Too Far……. Such a gifted actor….R.I.P.
unlabelledView post →So, so many great ones. A theory from a movie that 24/7 you could catch Gene Hackman or Michael Cain on the TV. A Bridge Too Far had both actors in one film. RIP Gene Hackman
unlabelledView post →Ten movies to know me: Today (In no particular order) 1. Empire Of The Sun 2. Robocop 3. Raiders Of The Lost Ark 4. Hellboy (2004) 5. The Empire Strikes Back 6. Superman The Movie 7. Kubo And The Two Strings 8. The City Of Lost Children 9. A Bridge Too Far 10. Bladerunner :The Final Cut
unlabelledView post →(The Deventer IJssel Bridge, used in "A Bridge Too Far" as film location for the Arnhem Rhine Bridge.) Vehicles being strafed by Lieutenant R.R. Bosworth. #WW2 #HISTORY
unlabelledView post →Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars/Trek, HP, LOTR, Marvel. (A Bridge Too Far … I also knew a few of the guys it was about and served in one of the participating units).
unlabelledView post →Our sixth William Goldman-penned film (Marathon Man, Butch Cassidy, Princess Bride, A Bridge Too Far, and All the President’s Men). #HATM
unlabelledView post →As I'm watching A Bridge Too Far, I thought I would like to link to this article by @lydiajane13.bsky.social about the film and myths vs reality of Market Garden. www.justcuriousjane.com/bring-up-the...
unlabelledView post →Watching A Bridge Too Far again. I love this film, it is a brilliant mess, an absolute extravagence. Critics panned it on release. Has it gone through something of a critical and scholarly reappraisal?
unlabelledView post →19 November 2024 – “Storm Over Arnhem Fanart” by Soichiro Nakane "I love the game, the cover art, everything about it! When I play it, I also want to watch the movie "A Bridge Too Far.” Cover Art by Rodger B. MacGowan ©1981, 2024
unlabelledView post →Behind "A Bridge Too Far". A film that put operation Market Garden in the spotlight, but also introduced myths. #WW2 #HISTORY
unlabelledView post →An honourable War Movie Theatre mention to Terence Marsh, who was production designer on both The Hunt for Red October AND A Bridge Too Far. Plus the Shawshank Redemption and Basic Instinct. Now there was a man who knew how to design a production.
unlabelledView post →We got that Elliott Gould 88th birthday movie marathon you asked for. Watch him in A BRIDGE TOO FAR, THE LONG GOODBYE, BUSTING, and CAPRICORN ONE starting at 5pm ET on Pluto TV 70s Cinema: pluto.tv/us/watch/liv...
unlabelledView post →Favorite movie from each decade of my life? 60s The Battle of Britain 70s A Bridge Too Far 80s Bladerunner 90s Fargo 2000s The Lord of the Rings 2010s The Death of Stalin 2020s Weird, the AL Yankovic Story
unlabelledView post →Getting out the Octomore scotch and watching A Bridge Too Far. The film that stars EVERYONE!
unlabelledView post →Post a 70s movie that starts with the letter A 🎥 A Bridge Too Far
unlabelledView post →Battlefield Guide and Historian, @jojohook.bsky.social, kicks off our season of Hutted Histories talks with ‘A Bridge Too Far Fetched?’ - a talk looking at the myths in the film!
unlabelledView post →Lee Miller/Operation Market Garden trivia: in 1938 she had an affair with Giles Vandeleur, played in the film A Bridge Too Far by Michael Byrne, commanding 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards. He was a cousin of Joe, played by Michael Caine.
unlabelledView post →Iconic Movie Scenes: Operation Market Garden: The Parachute Drop. A Bridge Too Far (1977) youtu.be/pP_ffdiz4y0?...
unlabelledView post →When asked to name a movie that begins with the letter A, someone answered A Bridge Too Far.
unlabelledView post →I have the original Dunkirk on Dvd. It's a masterpiece. The fact it is black and white makes it better. As is the case with The Longest Day. A Bridge Too Far is an incredible film too. So much so, I visited Arnhem a few years ago. Oosterbeek is a beautiful place. Very sad what happened there.
unlabelledView post →Has anyone written anything on the way in which the movie A Bridge Too Far has shaped how we remember and commemorate Operation Market Garden? I am fascinated by all the social media posts and the ease with which people move back and forth between the movie and history. 🗃️
unlabelledView post →Oh! A Bridge Too Far. Not a great *movie* (too long, too in the weeds, too much scenery chewing) but holy shit: Connery, Caan, Caine, Hackman, Hopkins (etc etc etc), real WWII ETO locations, tons of period-accurate WWII shit (how many films have a PIAT?!) . God-tier Dad film.
unlabelledView post →What’s on TCM? “A Bridge Too Far” Kinda strange name for a horror movie but I’ll watch it anyway.
unlabelledView post →Choose 30 books that you’ve read that have been adapted for film and/or television. #Booksky #BookChallenge 4/30 📚💙 🖊️📚💙 #Books #Reading A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan 670 pages first pub 1974 #WWII #MarketGarden A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic war film directed by Richard Attenborough.
unlabelledView post →#DendensMovieDen. No. 124. The Longest Day. It became obvious to me fairly early into this movie that A Bridge Too Far followed a blueprint made by The Longest Day on how to make a WWII movie epic. While not as effective here as it was in A Bridge Too Far and (1/8)
unlabelledView post →He never half-assed a role, whether a small part in a big movie (A BRIDGE TOO FAR), the villain in a comic book franchise (CAPTAIN AMERICA-THE WINTER SOLDIER) or a brief cameo (AVENGERS ENDGAME). Redford ALWAYS brought his A-Game.
unlabelledView post →The Sting, Jeremiah Johnson, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. A Bridge Too Far. Hell, Sneakers. A chapter closed on film history today. Go watch any movie with Robert Redford and have a great time.
unlabelledView post →"A Bridge Too Far." Caine and Hackman in the same movie. This is my thesis, man.
unlabelledView post →Found one of my favourite movie stills. #GeneHackman as Brigadier General Stanisław Sosabowski in "A Bridge Too Far" 1977 (Dir Richard Attenborough, Cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth) #Filmsky
unlabelledView post →Watching A BRIDGE TOO FAR because I figured a movie about an overconfident opposition to a fascist regime fucking up would take my mind off of things.
unlabelledView post →If you're familiar with Operation Market Garden or the film "A Bridge Too Far" me and @gpike.bsky.social went down to Arnhem today! I've been to Verdun and the Battle of Jutland, but this is the first European WWII battlefield visit for me.
unlabelledView post →Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. (Bit late again, sorry!) 4. A Bridge Too Far. "I'm awfully sorry, but I'm afraid we're going to have to occupy your house."
unlabelledView post →Sharing some more of my stuff… this week it’s my article on the film A Bridge Too Far, and how it’s shaped our understanding of Op MARKET GARDEN. I love this film. 10/10 for entertainment value, 4/10 for the actual history. Enjoy! www.justcuriousjane.com/bring-up-the...
unlabelledView post →Good list. Have never heard of 2000 Meters to Andriivka, but it's on my list now. Battle of Algiers is just sososo essential. Maybe tge most important movie about colonialism I've ever seen. And I like the framing of A Bridge Too Far, too. It's such an interesting movie.
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