We’ll never have a movie like this ever again. Not without A LOT of CGI.

@valentinius62

Ай бұрын

Saw the making of film long ago. They talked about how they got these planes on loan from all over the world. They really tried their best to make a more accurate film (movie making compression of characters, events, etc. aside). Much moreso than in say The Battle of the Bulge and Patton. At least in Kelly's Heroes they tried to make more realistic Tiger Tanks.

@domingofung

Ай бұрын

And more budget friendly.

@jamalwilburn228

Ай бұрын

Because these planes no longer exist. They've been grounded or destroyed. After 909 and Texas Raider crashes, the FAA is very stringent on these old planes flying

@odysseusrex5908

Ай бұрын

Which means it won't be like this.

@olentangy74

Ай бұрын

@@jamalwilburn228Actually the C-47 is the most enduring WW2 plane there is with dozens of them in use around the world.

I’d watch it again in theaters if it was rereleased for a 50th anniversary.

@jobbyomoron8478

Ай бұрын

Me too. Watch it every year without fail. Great cast.

Always remembered this. In fact it was because of this movie that inspired me to buy the pc game “Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far”.

@Great_Sandwich

Ай бұрын

Wow..! History will never forget you! And that's a story your grandkids will want to hear over, and over. Thank you for your service. 🥲

A lot of, if not all, of the parachutists in this scene were serving British army paratroopers. Ironically, the uniforms weren't far different 30 years later. They still wore the Denison Smock, used the same helmets and wore puttees with their boots. It was a marquis event in Aldershot on it's release.

@eamonnclabby7067

Ай бұрын

Absolutely....

Great film. Pretty much every big star of the day involved.

@reneharde3459

Ай бұрын

Good acting, direction, dialogue and story - watched this numerous times over the last few decades - it is still an epic production

@zoogie980

Ай бұрын

@@reneharde3459 screenplay was written by William Goldman, one of the best ever imo. legendary movie.

Still the best war movie ever.

That parachute drop !!!!

Love this movie!

Master class in film-making.

A really epic movie. Watched it several times, and each time something different was spotted. And plenty of really wonderful actors. Once I realized, that Colonel Frost was played by Anthony Hopkins (it was probably after I watched "Silence of Lambs" ;)

Such a brilliant film,including XXX Corps attacking....all brave men....RIP ....as always, Johnny, well chosen... cheers...E..

You know it's a good old movie when german speaks german

I remembered jumping in the Army about the time this movie came out, you can see the guy in front of you, see the fear in his face as his chute catches air and then you think oh gosh gonna hit him then you swing off to another direction, just trying to remember to keep my feet and knees together so I don't break them in eighteen seconds.

The movie is mostly historically correct. Unfortunately, the British ignored repeated intelligence from the local resistance that strong German units were in the area. The scene with the German officer is true. BTW an American officer dropped in with a full copy of the market-garden plans which were subsequently captured so the Germans knew the airlift timetable and drop zones after the first day.

@Goalie002

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately the local resistance was already considered compromised months before the operation began planning, any information received from them was not going to be taken at face value.

@lotuselise4432

Ай бұрын

Screwed over Sosobowski as a Pole I think of Montgomery and Browning as utter ciints.

@crimsontiger6

Ай бұрын

@@lotuselise4432 they treated the Polish pilots sus too even though 303 (Polish) squadron went on to be the highest scoring squadron in the battle of Britain (although some dispute the scores). Churchill sold out the Poles to Stalin as well. Not a good look.

Cool!

Thank you very much for this story. Good luck.

Cool movies Johnny 🍿

It one best part of Movie other launch of Tanks

Its so sad that this movie is undarated and forgoten but its a buetey

@jonobrien1339

Ай бұрын

Definitely not underrated and most definitely isn't forgotten I don't know where you're getting that idea from?

Irene

Poor guy @2:32

"Just once to have such power in my hands." Wouldn't have made a bit of difference.

@insideoutsideupsidedown2218

Ай бұрын

The end of Nazi Germany started the moment Barbarossa began.

Starting at 1:29, to me it looks like planes were duplicated and placed next to each other, with slight delay. Meaning right 10 planes are exact copy of the left 10 planes, as well as paratroopers. Am I right or I am just seeing things? If I am right how did they achieve this before computers.

@spaman7716

Ай бұрын

A total of 1,000 men were dropped from 11 C-47s (or post war licensed copies) over the course of several weeks early on in filming. That means they had approximately 35-40 different jumps to capture the footage, which was then I'm sure overlayed on top of each other to make it appear like the actual amount of planes that were there. Another thing to point out is that while the paradrops were all really filmed and not special effects, unfortunately the Horsa gliders that were built for the shoot got all but destroyed in a windy storm, which left them with two replicas that they were able to tow on the runway at speed, but none in the end went airborne for the shoot.

@sur1kata

Ай бұрын

@@spaman7716 Thank you for explaining.

@brandonbergmusictheory3453

Ай бұрын

Never noticed that before; that slight delay in overlay worked perfectly to trick my eye into not noticing the duplication, but not yours. Great catch and thanks for pointing it out.

At least the Germans do not speak English in that film 😂

It was a fiasco, Sosobowski said it was a stupid idea but they ignored him but he still went in with Polish troops Montgomery and Browning where utter ciints and used him as a scape goat, my parents where friends with him and as a general he ended up working in the CAV factory in Acton.

@masterofdesaster8

Ай бұрын

Eindhoven/Son and Grave/Nijmegen were realistic objectives, but Arnhem truly was "A Bridge too far". They should have deployed more westward around 's-Hertogenbosch and Breda, to secure the access to South Beveland and aid in the liberation of the Scheldt-estuary, which would have opened up Antwerp harbour and significantly improved allied logistics for subsequent operations.

@crimsontiger6

Ай бұрын

Sosobowski always said the drop zones were too far away from the bridge

@crimsontiger6

Ай бұрын

@@masterofdesaster8 I think it was down to Montgomery's ego. He was obsessed with beating the yanks to Berlin. Ike reportedly didn't like him and held back resources even after giving Market-Garden the go ahead.

@masterofdesaster8

Ай бұрын

@@crimsontiger6 I don't think resources were intentionally held back, the Red Ball Express was simply overextended and couldn't deliver them anymore. The french harbours along the channel coast were either too small, or too damaged to satisfy military needs, and while the port of Antwerp was largely intact, it was not usable while the Germans held South Beveland and Walcheren, preventing mine clearing actions in the Scheldt. Opening Antwerp would have shortened the supply lines by about 600km (350 miles), freeing up units and resources from the rear.