Battle of the Bulge (1965)
- Directed by
- Ken Annakin
- Genre
- war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 47m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 282 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This movie is a fictionalized account of a major World War II battle. It follows American and German soldiers as they fight in the Ardennes forest.
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What happens
Battle of the Bulge is a 1965 American epic war film produced in Spain, directed by Ken Annakin and starring Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Telly Savalas, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews and Charles Bronson. The feature was filmed in Ultra Panavision 70 and exhibited in 70 mm Cinerama. Battle of the Bulge had its world premiere on December 16, 1965, the 21st anniversary of the titular battle, at the Pacific Cinerama Dome Theatre in Hollywood, California. The film is a highly fictionalized account of the battle. The filmmakers attempted to condense the Battle of the Bulge, a World War II battle that stretched across parts of Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg and lasted nearly a month, into under three hours, and shot parts of the film on terrain, and in weather, that did not remotely resemble the actual battle conditions. That left them open to criticism for lack of historical accuracy. Still, they claimed in the end credits that they had "re-organized" the chronological order of events to maximize the dramatic story. Unlike most other World War II epics, Battle of the Bulge contains virtually no portrayals of actual senior Allied leaders, civilian or military. That is presumably because of controversies surrounding the battle, both during the war and afterward. Allied forces ultimately won the battle, but the initial German counteroffensive caught them by surprise and caused many casualties. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Lost Battalion (2001)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.