Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: A Bridge too Far, and The Flying Deuces.

Only on Mushroom escape:
http://www.mushroomfm.com/escape
From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 6pm Saturday in NZ, 4pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies A Bridge too Far from 1977 and The Flying Deuces from 1939.
A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic war film directed by Richard Attenborough.
Depicting Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied operation in Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II and based on a book of the same name by historian Cornelius Ryan.
the film was directed by Richard Attenborough and with a screenplay by William Goldman.
It stars an ensemble cast, featuring Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Krüger, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell, and Liv Ullmann.
Independently produced by Richard and Joseph E. Levine, it was the second film based on a book by Ryan to be adapted for the screen (after The Longest Day) (1962).
It was the second film based on the events of World War II's failed Operation Market Garden, following Theirs Is the Glory (1946).
A co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, the film was shot on location in the Netherlands, in many of the real locations where the historical events took place.
Though it received a tepid critical response, A Bridge Too Far received several awards.
At the 31st BAFTA Awards it won four out of eight nominated categories, including Best Supporting Actor for Edward Fox and Best Score for John Addison —who himself had served in the British XXX Corps during Market Garden.
Attenborough was nominated for Best Direction, and the film was nominated for Best Motion Picture.
It was a success at the box office, becoming the sixth most popular movie of 1977.
Directed by: Richard Attenborough.
Screenplay by: William Goldman.
Based on: A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan.
Produced by: Joseph E. Levine, Richard P. Levine.
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Hardy Krüger, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell, and Liv Ullmann.
Cinematography: Geoffrey Unsworth.
Edited by: Antony Gibbs.
Music by: John Addison.
Production Company: Joseph E. Levine Productions.
Distributed by: United Artists.
Release date: 15 June 1977.
File Length: 169 minutes.
Countries: United Kingdom, and United States.
Languages: English, German, and Dutch.
Budget: $25 million.
Box office: $50.7 million.
The Flying Deuces, also known as Flying Aces, is a 1939 buddy comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy, in which the duo joins the French Foreign Legion.
It is a partial remake of their short film Beau Hunks (1931).
Directed by: A. Edward Sutherland.
Written by: Ralph Spence, Charley Rogers, Fred Schiller, and Harry Langdon.
Produced by: Boris Morros.
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, and Reginald Gardiner.
Cinematography: Art Lloyd.
Edited by: Jack Dennis.
Music by: John Leipold, and Leo Shuken.
Production Company: Boris Morros Productions.
Distributed by: RKO Radio Pictures.
Release date: 3 November 1939.
File Length: 69 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Any questions, comments, or ideas for future described movies: e-mail me: anthony at mushroomfm dot com (e-mail address written that way to cut down on
spam)
Enjoy the movies,