An excellent war film from 1977, this movie chronicles the events of Operation Market Garden, an allied attempt to end the war by dropping British and American airborne units behind enemy lines in Holland to capture key bridges across the Rhine, with tank and infantry support arriving from Belgium, so giving the allies a clear run into Germany. The operation was almost a success with two out of the three bridges being captured, only the assault on the bridge at Arnhem being unsuccessful, because of over stretched supply lines hence the title of the film. This is a long film at just under three hours, but it doesn’t seem that long as the action never lets ...  Read the complete review

Rather long and old-fashioned, but this clipped, intelligent celebration of allied heroism works rather well. It's too long, but it has one of the most impressive casts ever assembled (Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, James Caan, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Redford, and Edward Fox among many others), and tells the story of the failed campaign to cripple the bridges in Belgium towards the end of world war 2. Richard Attenborough is always on form for the big occasion, and fills the screen with spectacular shots of airplanes and exploding bridges and rampant armies. a smart and witty script by William Goldman emphasizes the rather ordinary, no-nonsense bravery of the ...  Read the complete review

This is a one off and a movie that could not be repeated today, the wealth of actors reads like a Oscar nomination list and I will not use space here naming them. The basic story is of operation Market Garden which was due to shorten the second World War and lay a carpet of airbourne troops through Holland from Eidenhoven to Arnhem and then send 30 corps up the road and relieve the paratroopers as they go. This is a real life tale of blood and guts and the individual characters come out from the movie in a very clear manner considering that each unit had its own story to tell. The 10,000 paras dropped onto the last Bridge which was Arnhem itself were suppose ...  Read the complete review

This is epic war film released in 1977 it was directed by Ritchard Attenborough,Running time 175 mins. The film is set in WW2 and based on the real allied airbourne opration Market Garden. As well as been an epic movie there is an epic cast, here listed are some of the well known cast, Dirk Bogarde,Micheal Caine, Sean Connery,Robert Redford,Edward Fox,Elliot Gould,Anthony Hopkins,Gene Hackman,James Caan and many more ,too many to list. The movie itself won 3 BAFTA awards you see what makes the movie so good is the realism. The operation itself is doomed from the start with problems from broken radios too the fact the paratroops are dropped anywhere but ...  Read the complete review

This epic film is much more than just another war story. Make sure you are sitting comfortably before you watch this film as at 175 minutes it is very long. The film is based on the true story of the Allied forces in World War II trying to capture a number of important river bridges in Holland in order to secure a route for our troops to pursue the fleeing German army. Operation Market Garden was the largest operation since D-day and involved putting thousands of troops 60 miles behind enemy lines in order to capture the bridges. This film has a particular interest to me as my uncle was one of the paratroopers who jumped at Arnham. He ...  Read the complete review