Saw it on the DVD extras, was amazing
by sprack (2019-11-05 12:46:08)
Edited on 2019-11-05 12:55:28

In reply to: film of bridge blowing up was almost lost forever  posted by olson

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That film was just a tour de force. Everything worked - plot, casting, effects, just a marvel.

[spoiler alert, stop reading now if you haven't seen it]

And the denouement after the explosion, with the great actor James Donald's reaction - brilliant beyond description.

So many little things that made it so good. One of my favorites is that Col. Nicholson (the always brilliant Alec Guinness) after being stunned by the mortar explosion and before stumbling to fall on the plunger, stops to pick up and put on his hat.

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