Gen. Sosabowski's quote at "A Bridge Too Far"
Gen. Sosabowski's quote at "A Bridge Too Far"
I really do not know if this has already been dicussed elsewhere (but if it counts, I really have searched for it with the searching engine of the forum, and found nothing).
At that film Gen. Sosabowski (Gene Hackman) when discussing the Market-Garden plan with Gen. "Tod" Browning tells him something like
"As you know, general, I am a pole. And I am said by some to be inteligent.That really makes me a member of a true minority".
Can anyone tell me if that phrase was really pronounced by sosabowski to Browning?
I really believe that the good old Sosabowski was able of that and more, but I would really like to know if he really said so, or it's just a fine screen-writer's creation.
Regards.
At that film Gen. Sosabowski (Gene Hackman) when discussing the Market-Garden plan with Gen. "Tod" Browning tells him something like
"As you know, general, I am a pole. And I am said by some to be inteligent.That really makes me a member of a true minority".
Can anyone tell me if that phrase was really pronounced by sosabowski to Browning?
I really believe that the good old Sosabowski was able of that and more, but I would really like to know if he really said so, or it's just a fine screen-writer's creation.
Regards.
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This will be a hard question to answer as I doubt there is any recorded transcript of what occurred in a meeting room in Sept 1944. What I can do is put into context the views of some of the 'real veterans' of the movie a bridge to far. Major-General Frost was quoted in the 1980s that he was extremely disappointed in the inaccuracies of the movie. So I hope that puts the content of the movie into context.
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Well I supposed that no record of that conversation would exist. I was thinking about if Sosabowski himself or someone of his entourage wrote about that later (in memoirs or something).
I love that film anyway, I don`t expect it (or anyone else) to be too accurate, but I enjoy it every time I watch it (and that`s quite often je je je).
I love that film anyway, I don`t expect it (or anyone else) to be too accurate, but I enjoy it every time I watch it (and that`s quite often je je je).
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His familiy ( http://www.sosabowski.com ) is very helpful , too ! His grandson even borrowed me his polish edition of this book ...
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