" You do see there are Tiger Tanks waiting for our troops; 'I wouldn't worry about them ' "

Rating: 10/10 (14 January 2010)

World War Two lasted four years. When Cornelius Ryan published his book thirty years later, it became in retrospect the gigantic historical saga of the Allies' attempt to break through the German lines at Arnhem in the Netherlands. In this massive effort, the combined armies hoped to secure a number of strategic bridges into the Ruhr valley which was the Industrial heart of the German war machine. Although conceived by Field Marshal Montgomery and given the code name ' Market Garden' it was designed to be implemented and completed within 2 to 3 days. Unfortunatedly, the plan was frothed with inaccurate information most of which was either disregarded or ignored. As a result thousands of Allied soldiers were either ambushed, massacred or forced to surrender. This film called " A Bridge Too Far " is a monumental undertaking, directed by Sir Richard Attenborough offers a stellar collection of some of the finest movie actors available and include among others Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Gene Hackman, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Redford and Sir Laurence Olivier. The magnitude and scope of this wonderful epic is awesomely reproduced and herein given to future generations as a Classic example of history in Cinima. *****