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A Bridge Too Far
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1891
- IMDb #1306
- Google retired #1844
- Rotten Tomatoes #2192
- Metacritic #2018
- Letterboxd #1392
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3291
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1129
- Metacritic Critics #2195
- Metacritic Audience #1851
- Criticker #744
- Kinopoisk #2354
- AlloCiné #1607
- Trakt #1378
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 61, highest is Google on 86. Critics average 62, everyone else 75.
See the most agreed on films →A detailed account of Operation Market Garden, the failed Allied attempt to break into Germany by securing a series of bridges in the Netherlands in 1944. The film follows the British, American, and Polish airborne units as they are dropped behind enemy lines. They face fierce German resistance, leading to a tragic and costly battle for control of the final bridge.
Details
- Director
- Richard Attenborough
- Writer
- William Goldman
- Based on
- A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan
- Released
- 15 June 1977
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, German, Dutch, Polish, Latin
- Runtime
- 175 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $22.0M
- Box office
- $50.8M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 10 →6 wins from 10 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| 1977 National Society of Film Critics Awards 1977 | Best Supporting Actor | Edward Fox | Winner |
| 31st British Academy Film Awards 1977 | Best Film | A Bridge Too Far | Nominee |
| 31st British Academy Film Awards 1977 | Best Direction | Richard Attenborough | Nominee |
| 31st British Academy Film Awards 1977 | Best Editing | Antony Gibbs | Nominee |
| 31st British Academy Film Awards 1977 | Best Production Design | Terence Marsh | Nominee |
| 31st British Academy Film Awards 1977 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Edward Fox | Winner |
| 31st British Academy Film Awards 1977 | Best Film Music | John Addison | Winner |
| 31st British Academy Film Awards 1977 | Best Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth | Winner |
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10 awards — A Bridge Too Far
×| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Edward Fox | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth | Winner |
| Best Film Music | John Addison | Winner |
| Best Sound | Peter Horrocks, Gerry Humphreys, Simon Kaye, Robin O'Donoghue, and Les Wiggins | Winner |
| Best Direction | Richard Attenborough | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Antony Gibbs | Nominee |
| Best Film | A Bridge Too Far | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Terence Marsh | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Edward Fox | Winner |
| Best Film | A Bridge Too Far | Winner |