In the case of Heinz Harmel (who's called "Karl Ludwig" in the film), he specifically asked the filmmakers not to use his real name because he didn't want to be associated with the Nazis. Adaptational Name Change: Several people from Ryan's original book are renamed in the film.See also Tora! Tora! Tora!, The Longest Day, and Battle of Britain.Ī Bridge Too Far provides examples of the following tropes: Compare that with Star Wars which also came out in 1977 and cost $10 million.
It was also the first war film in which actors were put through boot camp prior to filming. In addition to the All-Star Cast, it also might qualify as the biggest all-realism movie, as the producers went to great lengths (and money) to gather old vehicles and equipment, including 11 Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Dakota) WWII aircraft, along with getting NATO troops with the old fashioned parachutes jumping out of them for the film. Bernard Law Montgomery hoped that these could be used by the British quarter of the Western Allied force in France to invade northern Germany, forcing the Germans to reinforce that sector with forces pulled from less vital fronts such as Hungary or Italy and perhaps ultimately enabling Germany's defeat within the next six months. 17-25, 1944), an audacious, but flawed - and ultimately unsuccessful - plan to use British, American, and Polish paratroops and British armoured divisions to capture four bridges in the Netherlands. It tells the story of Operation Market Garden (Sept.
It boasts an All-Star Cast that includes Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell, Liv Ullmann, and the biggest star of all, John Ratzenberger. General Brian Horrocks (outlining the operation)Ī Bridge Too Far is a 1977 World War II film directed by Richard Attenborough, adapted by William Goldman from the best-selling 1974 book of the same name by Cornelius Ryan ( The Longest Day).
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