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A book was filmed under a equivalent title around 1977, directed by Richard Attenborough and featured an ensemble cast of many star actors, including Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Elliott Gould, Edward Fox, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Kemp, Laurence Olivier, Robert Redford, Liv Ullmann, Maximilian Schell and Ryan O'Neal.

A scenes as much as a 'Arnhem' bridge were actually shot around Deventer where a similar bridge across a IJssel was still available. A bridge at Arnhem, when however around original problem in comparison 1944, was by the mid-1970s sitting in the surroundings that may not exist as utilized to portray the 1940s city due to modern urban construction in the area. Two or three scenes were shot around Zutphen, where a old municipality home (a whiten building which in the film featured the Nazi command center) and independent church may be seen.

the title for the book comes from either a comment processed by British Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning, deputy commander of the First Allied Airborne Army, who told General Bernard Montgomery before the operation, "I think we may be going a bridge too far."

Taken from either DVD packaging: "An epic retelling of World War II's most tragic blunder, A Bridge Too Far meticulously depicts the ambitious plan which resulted in more Allied casualties than the entire Normandy landing. Painstakingly recreated on actual battlefield locations and boasting a remarkable all-star cast, A Bridge Too Far accurately recaptures the monumental scope, excitement and danger behind one of the biggest military gambles in history."

A picture show's coarse of action of military history is somewhat deceptive within comparison a original book; particularly, a portayed reasons for the delay in XXX Corps reaching the Arnhem bridge leading to the failure of the attack differ well from either Ryan's book, which is great deal less partisan - Ryan existence the neutral Irish citizen at the period he found these cases non from either the US point of view while he wrote a book.

The" A Bridge Too Far" is as well the video game in the Close Combat series.This game follows the cases of Operation Market Garden.