Bridge Too Far LE (4K-UHD)

“We’re going to fly thirty-five thousand men three hundred miles and drop them behind enemy lines. It’ll be the largest airborne operation ever mounted.”

To commemorate the 80th Anniversary of infamous World War II mission ‘Operation Market Garden’ (September 1944), we are proud to announce the newly scanned and restored 4K UHD release of Richard Attenborough’s 1977 epic, A BRIDGE TOO FAR. 

Shot on location in the Netherlands, this BAFTA-winning film is one of the great WWII epics, based on the book by Cornelius Ryan, and assembled an enormous league of screen legends: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Elliott Gould, Edward Fox, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O’Neal, Robert Redford, and Liv Ullmann.

This brand NEW 4K restoration comes loaded with brand NEW and archival Special Features, and is housed in a strictly Limited Edition 3-Disc Hardbox with an exclusive booklet.

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Special Features and Technical Specs: 

Disc One: 4K UHD

• NEW Dolby Vision presentation on 4K UHD, restored from the original 35mm negative by Imprint Films
• Audio Commentary by screenwriter William Goldman and the main crew
• Trivia Track – Alternate subtitle-track with info on the production of the film
• Theatrical Trailer
• Original Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
• Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + DTS-HD 4.0 Surround
• Optional English Subtitles

Disc Two: Blu-ray

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray of the 4K restoration
• Audio Commentary by screenwriter William Goldman and the main crew
• Trivia Track – Alternate subtitle-track with info on the production of the film
• Theatrical Trailer
• Original Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
• Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + DTS-HD 4.0 Surround
• Optional English Subtitles

Disc Three: Blu-ray Bonus Features

• NEW Attenborough at War – featurette with film historian/screenwriter C. Courtney Joyner (2024)
• NEW Joseph E. Levine: Becoming the Showman – featurette (2024)
• NEW More Than Another War Movie: Elliott Gould Builds ‘A Bridge Too Far’ – interview with actor Elliott Gould (2024)
• NEW We Are the Calvary: Filming ‘A Bridge Too Far’ – interview with camera operator Peter MacDonald (2024)
• NEW Behind the Lens: Remembering Geoffrey Unsworth – interview with clapper loader Tony Jackson and camera operator Peter MacDonald (2024)
• NEW A Futile Mission: Scoring ‘A Bridge Too Far’ – interview with film music historian Jon Burlingame (2024)
• NEW Making ‘A Bridge Too Far’ – a feature-length documentary from Simon Lewis, author of The Making of A Bridge Too Far (2024)
• The Arnhem Report – A rarely-seen 1977 documentary on the making of the film (SD)
• Theirs is The Glory – 1946 film about the Historic events in Arnhem (SD)
• Heroes from the Sky – 2001 documentary (SD)
• A Distant Battle: Memories of Operation Market Garden – 60th Anniversary featurette (SD)
• Richard Attenborough: A Filmmaker Remembers – interview with director Richard Attenborough (2002)
• Archival interview with director Richard Attenborough (1977)
• Archival interview with actor Anthony Hopkins (1977)
• Photo Gallery (1977)

Booklet

An exclusive booklet featuring an essay by Simon Lewis, first published in Cinema Retro, as well as an excerpt from Sebastian Abineri’s book ‘The Boys from the Bridge: The Story of Attenborough’s Private Army’.