A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Drama, History, War • 2h 55m
Overview
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Robert Redford, Elliott Gould, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Hardy Krüger, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neal, Maximilian Schell, Liv Ullmann, Siem Vroom, Marlies van Alcmaer, Erik van 't Wout, Wolfgang Preiss, Hans von Borsody, Josephine Peeper, Paul Maxwell, Walter Kohut, Peter Faber, Hartmut Becker, Frank Grimes, Jeremy Kemp, Donald Pickering, Peter Settelen, Stephen Moore, Michael Byrne, Paul Copley, Nicholas Campbell, Gerald Sim, Harry Ditson, Erik Chitty, Brian Hawksley, Christopher Good, Norman Gregory, Alun Armstrong, Anthony Milner, Barry McCarthy, Lex van Delden, Michael Wolf, Sean Mathias, Tim Beekman, Edward Seckerson, Tom van Beek, Bertus Botterman, Henny Alma, Ray Jewers, Geoffrey Hinsliff, Keith Drinkel, Mary Smithuysen, Hans Croiset, Fred Williams, John Peel, John Judd, Ben Cross, Hilary Minster, David English, Ben Howard, Michael Graham Cox, Johan te Slaa, Georgette Reyevski, Pieter Groenier, Adrienne Kleiweg, Denholm Elliott, Peter Gordon, Arthur Hill, Garrick Hagon, Brian Gwaspari, Stephen Rayment, Timothy Morand, James Wardroper, Neil Kennedy, John Salthouse, Jonathan Hackett, Stanley Lebor, Jack Galloway, Milton Cadman, David Auker, Richard Kane, Toby Salaman, Michael Bangerter, Philip Raymond, Myles Reithermann, Anthony Pullen Shaw, John Morton, John Ratzenberger, Patrick Ryecart, Dick Rienstra, Ian Liston, Paul Rattee, Mark Sheridan, George Innes, John Stride, Niall Padden, Michael Graves, Simon Chandler, Edward Kalinski, Shaun Curry, Sebastian Abineri, Andrew Branch, Anthony Garner , Feliks Arons, Stephen Churchett, Stuart Blake, Roy Boyd, Jon Croft, Patrick Dickson, Adrian Gibbs, Jason Gregory, Stewart Guidotti, Patrick Hannaway, Brian Haughton, Anthony Howden, Frank Jarvis, David Killick, Dan Long, Gerald Martin, Edward McDermott, Tony McHale, Jack McKenzie, Francis Mughan, Richard Ommanney, Peter Quince, Robin Scobey, Farrell Sheridan, James Snell, Michael Stock, David Stockton, Paul Vaughan-Teague, Jason White, Mark York, Richard Attenborough, Robin Blair-Crawford, John Careless, Bob de Lange, Jan de Vrij, Joop Doderer, Dick Engelbracht, Gerard Franken, Jacques Luijer, Anthony Robb, Wil Sibbelee, Hans Van Den Berg, Pim Vosmaer, Robert Wisepart
Director: Gordon Douglas
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray see caps
SF is in 1.66 aspect ratio. Whether this is the intended ratio or a compromise isn't clear.
American Film Institute's catalog and Variety's contemporary review list it as 1.66, but other sources disagree.
Exhibitor's contemporary review lists it as 1.85, IMDB and an internal pre-production note from Warner Bros. list it as 1.75.
Director: Gordon Douglas
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray see caps
SF is in 1.66 aspect ratio. Whether this is the intended ratio or a compromise isn't clear.
American Film Institute's catalog and Variety's contemporary review list it as 1.66, but other sources disagree.
Exhibitor's contemporary review lists it as 1.85, IMDB and an internal pre-production note from Warner Bros. list it as 1.75.
Director: Joel Schumacher
US/UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray has both the original Dolby Stereo 2.0 mix in its best quailty and the original Dolby Stereo 4-track discrete stems in 4.0.
Director: Joel Schumacher
US/UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray has both the original Dolby Stereo 2.0 mix in its best quailty and the original Dolby Stereo 4-track discrete stems in 4.0.
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for October 2026 release
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for October 2026 release
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
70mm 6-Track: Paramount US 4K Blu-ray
35mm matrixed Dolby Stereo: 1995 Live Home Video US LaserDisc
Although the provenance of Paramount's 5.1 track is not confirmed, the fidelity is outstanding and speaks for itself.
The 7.1 track on the Capelight/old Lionsgate release is just an upmix with nothing gained over the 5.1.
The original stereo mix is only present on older DVDs and LaserDiscs; all Blu-ray 2.0 tracks are downmixes.
Paramount 4K Blu-ray has no extras, Capelight 4K Blu-ray has most of the extras, Olive Films Blu-ray has a exclusive commentary
70mm 6-Track: Paramount US 4K Blu-ray
35mm matrixed Dolby Stereo: 1995 Live Home Video US LaserDisc
Although the provenance of Paramount's 5.1 track is not confirmed, the fidelity is outstanding and speaks for itself.
The 7.1 track on the Capelight/old Lionsgate release is just an upmix with nothing gained over the 5.1.
The original stereo mix is only present on older DVDs and LaserDiscs; all Blu-ray 2.0 tracks are downmixes.
Paramount 4K Blu-ray has no extras, Capelight 4K Blu-ray has most of the extras, Olive Films Blu-ray has a exclusive commentary
Director: Ken Russell
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Includes original quintaphonic (5.0) mix as well as a modernized 5.1 remix.
Director: Ken Russell
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Includes original quintaphonic (5.0) mix as well as a modernized 5.1 remix.
Director: Arthur Penn
Criterion 4K Blu-ray. caps by BR user Donald McDonald. The encode looks absolutely spotless even in the highlights and without Dolby Vision filling anything in.
Criterion 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray
Criterion is entirely unfiltered and sounds significantly more detailed than previous tracks, see Blah-ray.
Director: Arthur Penn
Criterion 4K Blu-ray. caps by BR user Donald McDonald. The encode looks absolutely spotless even in the highlights and without Dolby Vision filling anything in.
Criterion 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray
Criterion is entirely unfiltered and sounds significantly more detailed than previous tracks, see Blah-ray.
Director: Charles Walters
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray is a remaster from the original VistaVision camera negaitve, FiM encode
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray
The original mono sounds good. The Atmos remix is a mixed bag, music performances are sourced from magnetic stereo recordings and sound great, but mono dialogue/effectshas undergone destructive noise reduction and unnecessary EQ, so the jumps in fidelity are incredibly jarring.
Director: Charles Walters
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray is a remaster from the original VistaVision camera negaitve, FiM encode
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray
The original mono sounds good. The Atmos remix is a mixed bag, music performances are sourced from magnetic stereo recordings and sound great, but mono dialogue/effectshas undergone destructive noise reduction and unnecessary EQ, so the jumps in fidelity are incredibly jarring.
Director: Mario Bava
Original Italian/English dubs: UK Masters of Cinema 4K Blu-ray
Export English dub: Paramount LaserDisc
MoC ported the export dub from LaserDisc, but used a low quality transfer, with poor lossy encoding.
MST3K version: Vol XXXIX DVD / episode 1013: series finale of the original show.
Director: Mario Bava
Original Italian/English dubs: UK Masters of Cinema 4K Blu-ray
Export English dub: Paramount LaserDisc
MoC ported the export dub from LaserDisc, but used a low quality transfer, with poor lossy encoding.
MST3K version: Vol XXXIX DVD / episode 1013: series finale of the original show.
Director: John Waters
Criterion 4K is in director's preferred aspect ratio of 1.66:1.
Director: John Waters
Criterion 4K is in director's preferred aspect ratio of 1.66:1.
Director: Richard Attenborough
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook
2025 Sony Steelbook > 2020 Columbia Classics boxset.
1994 Columbia LaserDisc
Director: Richard Attenborough
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook
2025 Sony Steelbook > 2020 Columbia Classics boxset.
1994 Columbia LaserDisc
Director: Simon Wincer
Kino Lorber Blu-ray > 4K Blu-ray
4K is disappointing with color space issues and poor encoding, disc replacement program for the 4K disc has been put out with the correct color space.
Director: Simon Wincer
Kino Lorber Blu-ray > 4K Blu-ray
4K is disappointing with color space issues and poor encoding, disc replacement program for the 4K disc has been put out with the correct color space.
Director: Maurice Cloche
Director: Maurice Cloche
Director: Michael Gordon
Director: Michael Gordon
Director: Alan Crosland
Director: Alan Crosland
Director: Melville Shavelson
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 6K master from Paramount
Director: Melville Shavelson
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 6K master from Paramount
Director: Kenneth MacPherson
Director: Kenneth MacPherson
Director: Richard Bartlett
Director: Richard Bartlett
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