num_pages: 122
description: From the acclaimed writer and critic Geoff Dyer an extremely funny scene-by-scene analysis of Where Eagles Dare - published as the film reaches its 50th anniversaryA thrilling Alpine adventure starring a magnificent bleary-eyed Richard Burton and a coolly anachronistic Clint Eastwood Where Eagles Dare is the apex of 1960s war movies by turns enjoyable and preposterous. 'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy' is Geoff Dyer's tribute to the film he has loved since childhood: an analysis taking us from its snowy Teutonic opening credits to its vertigo-inducing climax. For those who have not even seen Where Eagles Dare this book is a comic tour-de-force of criticism. But for the film's legions of fans whose hearts will always belong to Ron Goodwin's theme tune it will be the fulfilment of a dream.
language: English
title: Broadsword Calling Danny Boy
publisher: Penguin Press