Thursday, August 30, 2007

A Bridge Too Far


A great world war 2 movie. Excellent movie for most Indians who know about the World War 2 nowadays from their miserably edited History textbooks only.
Have you ever seen a movie with James Caan, Michael Caine and Sean Connery together? Well, here it is. Is that not a good combination? Good? Wait - there's more. Add Edward Fox, Gene Hackmann and Anthony Hopkins? Better? Wait - there's more. Add Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neal and Liv Ullmann. Awesome. What a group of actors. The Multi-starrer to beat all multi-starrers.
Ryan O'Neal in his Air Force Bomber Jacket set the fashion trend to follow. Tom Cruise and others later, look too tame in comparison.
What a relief to see Sean Connery away from his James Bond image, with his thick scottish accent. Excellent role.
As you see the movie again and again and again, as I did, at least 20 times, you live the tragedy with the soldiers, again and again and again. If only...
Watch it.

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