![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Levine and directed by Richard Attenborough at a cost of about $25 million, the film at least justifies the expenditure in terms of careful period recreation, visual spectacle (the sequences depicting paratroop landings are particularly awesome), the mixture of exciting combat episodes with vivid human interest vignettes, an effort to establish a coherent, many-faceted view of a complicated and ill-fated military adventure, and a generally superior level of film-making intelligence and craftsmanship.Īs big war movies go, this one belongs at the head of the class with attractions like "Patton" and "Lawrence of Arabia." While "Bridge" has its failings - and I think there's a most unfortunate failure to resolve the story emotionally at the fadeout - it never sinks to the level of a "Tora! Tora! Tora!" or "Midway." When it falls short, it does so without insulting your intelligence or losing your respect.Įven the levine gambit of rationalizling a steep budget by hiring several stars at salaries that jacked the budget even higher - Robert Redford, at $2 million, was the prize catch - has paid better dividends on the screen than one might have expected. "A Bridge Too Far," opening today at seven area theaters, is an unusually conscientious and impressive war epic. ![]()
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