Where Eagles Dare (Hutton, 1968): BFI Southbank, NFT3, 5.20pm
This 35mm presentation, also being screened on December 28th, is part of the Richard Burton season at BFI Southbank. Details here.
BFI introduction:
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor’s children inspired his acceptance of the role of
Special Ops’ Major Smith in this gripping comic-book caper. There is,
though, a brutality to Burton and Clint Eastwood’s action-hero antics as they
attempt to rescue, via jaw-dropping Austrian alpine stunts, an American
General held prisoner in a mountainous Nazi fortress. Eastwood was
reportedly happy to do the machine-gunning, wisely leaving the talking
to Burton.
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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