Where Eagles Dare (1968)
- Directed by
- Brian G. Hutton
- Genre
- drama film, action film, war film, adventure film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 38m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 999 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
During World War II, a Special Operations Executive team is sent to rescue an American general from a Nazi fortress. The mission turns out to be more complicated than it first appears.
suspensefulfast-pacedadventurouswartimegrittytwistyaction-packedcolddaring
What happens
Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 action adventure war film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure. Set during World War II, it follows a Special Operations Executive team charged with saving a captured American General from the fictional Schloß Adler fortress, except the mission turns out not to be as it seems. It was filmed in Panavision using the Metrocolor process, and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Alistair MacLean wrote the screenplay, his first, at the same time that he wrote the novel of the same name. Both became commercial successes. The film involved some of the top filmmakers of the day and was shot on location in Austria. Hollywood stuntman Yakima Canutt was the second unit director and shot most of the action scenes; British stuntman Alf Joint doubled for Burton in many sequences, including the fight on top of the cable car; award-winning conductor and composer Ron Goodwin wrote the film score; and future Oscar nominee Arthur Ibbetson worked on the cinematography. Where Eagles Dare received mostly positive critical reaction, with praise for its action sequences, score and the performances of Burton and Eastwood, and has since been considered a classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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