Where Eagles Dare/The Bridge of Remagen

Fans of great war movies shouldn’t miss this great Sunday double bill which has been programmed to coincide with the release of Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds (see review). Brian G Hutton’s familiar but still brilliant 1968 men-on-a-mission epic starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood was a major influence on Tarantino’s film. The less well known but ripe for rediscovery 1969 actioner The Bridge of Remagen describes the real events surrounding the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge in 1945. George Segal, Robert Vaughn and Ben Gazzara star, and this was also the only filmed screenplay by great writer Richard Revolutionary Road Yates.

Cameo, Edinburgh on Sun 23 Aug.