A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

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 ...

The Movie Originally released on January 25, 1970, director Robert Altman’s “MASH” is an antiwar black comedy set in the 4077 th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War. It was adapted from Richard Hooker’s “MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors” by Ring Lardner, Jr. and though it was set in South Korea, the film’s sardonic and irreverent tone was really a commentary about the then-ongoing Vietnam War. “MASH” was both a commercial and critical success; it earned five Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Film Editing) and won one (Best Adapted Screenplay). It also spun off three television situation comedies – “M*A*S*H,” “Trapper John, MD,” and “AfterMASH.” Starring Donald Southerland as Capt. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce, Elliott Gould as Capt. “Trapper John” McIntyre, Tom Skerritt as Capt. Duke Forrest, Sally Kellerman as Maj. Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan, and Robert Duvall as Maj. Frank Burn...