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Movie Review: 'A Bridge Too Far'

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Major Cast: Dirk Bogarde .... Lt. Gen. Browning James Caan .... SSgt. Eddie Dohun Michael Caine .... Lt. Col. J.O.E. Vandeleur Sean Connery .... Maj. Gen. Roy Urquhart Edward Fox .... Lt. Gen. Brian Horrocks Elliott Gould .... Col. Robert Stout Gene Hackman .... Maj. Gen. Stanislaw Sosabowski Anthony Hopkins .... Lt. Col. John Frost Hardy Kruger .... Maj. Gen. Ludwig Ryan O'Neal .... Brig. Gen. James Gavin Laurence Olivier .... Dr. Jan Spaander Robert Redford .... Maj. Julian Cook Maximilian Schell .... Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Bittrich Liv Ullmann .... Kate Ter Horst A Bridge Too Far , Richard Attenborough's ( Gandhi, Chaplin ) epic recreation of one of the most controversial battles of World War II, is one of those films that fall under the category of "glorious failure." Like the subject it vividly depicts (Operation Market-Garden), it was a well intentioned and daring endeavor, yet it failed to capture a receptive audience and was quickly forgotten ...