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Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 action adventure war thriller spy 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.
Brian Geoffrey Hutton (May 2, 1935 [1] – August 19, 2014) was an American actor and film director whose notable credits include the World War II action films Where Eagles Dare (1968) and Kelly's Heroes (1970).
Eileen Mary Ure (18 February 1933 – 3 April 1975) was a British actress. She was the second Scottish-born actress (after Deborah Kerr) to be nominated for an Academy Award, for her role in the 1960 film Sons and Lovers.
In 1996, Eastwood was a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award. [14] In 2006, he received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the BAFTA. [15] A 2009 recipient, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2010, the highest such honor given by the United States government. [16]
Winkast then made The Bobo (1968), starring Peter Sellers and his then-wife Britt Ekland, and Sweet November (1968), with Sandy Dennis. Both were released through Warners, but Sol Madrid (1968) was released through MGM. Sol Madrid was directed by Brian G. Hutton who helmed Kastner and Gershwin's next film, Where Eagles Dare (1968).
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MacLean also wrote a novel for Where Eagles Dare, after the screenplay, which was published in 1967 before the film came out. The book was a bestseller, and the 1968 film version was a huge hit. [33] "MacLean is a natural storyteller", said Kastner. "He is a master of adventure. All his books are conceived in cinematic terms.
Peacock has acquired U.S. rights to Waad Al-Kateab’s second feature-length documentary “We Dare to Dream.” The pact comes after the 93-minute film made its world premiere in June at the ...