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Features: Collector's Edition, DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Mono Audio, English, Subtitled, French, Dubbed & Subtitled
In September 1944, flush with success after the Normandy Invasion, the Allies confidentally launched Operation Market Garden, a wild scheme intended to put an early end to the second World War by invading Germany and smashing the Reich's war plants. But a combination of battlefield politics, faulty intelligence, bad luck and worse weather led to disaster beyond the Allies' darkest fears.
"An all-star blockbuster!" Halliwell's Film Guide
"...may well be the definitive World War II movie." Judith Crist, Saturday Review
"Recreates in stunning detail one of the most disastrous battles of World War II. " The Hollywood Reporter
Editor's Note
Richard Attenborough's ambitious, all-star adaptation (by William Goldman) of Cornelius Ryan's book, gives an account of the Battle of Arnhem. In 1944, the Allied powers attempt to expedite the end of the war with a costly operation to capture six bridges connecting Holland to Germany ended in Allied defeat. A multitude of notables star in Attenborough's epic.
Plot Summary
Director Richard Attenborough's ambitious, all-star, adaptation of Cornelius Ryan's book, dealing with the true account of the Battle of Arnhem. In 1944, the Allied powers attempted to expedite the end of the war by planning an ambitious and costly operation (the capturing of six bridges connecting Holland to Germany) that ended up getting bungled by both the Allied and Axis powers.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | [both] Scene Access | | 2-DVD Set | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Mono | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 5/13/2008 |
| Running Time: 176 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1977 | | Catalog ID: 1008116 | | UPC: 00027616921642 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
British Academy Awards (1978) |  | John Addison, Winner, Anthony Asquith Award For Film Music | | Geoffrey Unsworth, Winner, Best Cinematography | | Peter Horrocks, et al., Winner, Best Soundtrack | | Edward Fox, Winner, Best Supporting Actor | | | Richard Attenborough, Nominee, Best Direction | | | Antony Gibbs, Nominee, Best Editing | | | Terence Marsh, Nominee, Best Production Design/Art Direction | |
British Society Of Cinematographers (1977) | | Geoffrey Unsworth, Winner, Best Cinematography Award | |
National Society Of Film Critics Awards, USA (1977) | | Edward Fox, Winner, [Bridge] Best Supporting Actor |
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| | Professional Reviews | Total Film
"...The last cast-of-thousands, star-studded war movie ever made, Attenborough's three-hour epic deserves repeated viewing..." -- 4 Stars 06/01/2000 p.102New York Times
"...Certainly equal to Darryl F. Zanuck's THE LONGEST DAY....One watches it not so much in admiration as in awe..." 06/16/1977 p.C20 VideoHoundÕs Golden Movie Retriever 7 of 10
A meticulous recreation of one of the most disastrous battles of WWII, the Allied defeat at Arnhem in 1944.
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