Product Description

Sean Connery, Michael Caine. In an effort to deliver an early knockout blow to the Nazis, the Allies launched Operation Market Garden in Holland. This all-star cast re-enacts that failed endeavor on the site of the actual battlefields in this stellar, big-budget drama. 1977/color/176 min/PG.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5184 in DVD
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2008-06-03
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Cantonese, French, Korean, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 175 minutes

Amazon.com essential video
This massive 1977 adaptation by director Richard Attenborough (Gandhi) of Cornelius Ryan's novel features an all-star cast in an epic rendering of a daring but ultimately disastrous raid behind enemy lines in Holland during the Second World War. A lengthy and exhaustive look at the mechanics of warfare and the price and futility of war, the film is almost too large for its aims but manages to be both picaresque and affecting, particularly in the performance of James Caan. The impressive cast includes Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Dirk Bogarde, Sean Connery, and Liv Ullmann among others. While not a classic war film, it nevertheless manages to be a consistently interesting and exciting adventure. --Robert Lane