| Uniform Title |
Bridge on the River Kwai (Motion picture : 1957) |
| Title |
The bridge on the River Kwai. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Columbia Tristar Home Video Australia, ©2005. |
| ©1957. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (156 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Columbia Tristar Home Video Australia : DT10001. |
| Originally released as a motion picture by Columbia Pictures, 1957. |
| Based on the novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle. |
| Special features: original widescreen presentations ; Digitally remastered 5.1 ; Isolated track of Malcolm Arnold's music score ; Animated menus ; "Building the bridge: sabotage trivia ; "Maps and Military strategy". |
| "Winner of 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture [1957]"--Cover |
| Credits |
Screenplay by Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; directed by David Lean. |
| Performers |
William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Ann Sears. |
| Summary |
Set in wartime Burma during World War II, British POWs are forced to build a bridge over the River Kwai to link vital Japanese supply lines. Colonel Nicholson sees this as a way to restore his men's pride by building the perfect bridge as a tribute to British superiority. The morning the bridge is set to open, Nicholson discovers a British plot to blow up the bridge and scrambles to thwart it, leading to one of the most gripping, nail-biting endings in cinematic history. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Mono ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Letterbox 2.55:1. |
| Language note |
English, French, German. Subtitles English, Greek, German, French, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Hindi, Turkish, Danish, Arabic, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Dutch, Norwegian, Hebrew, Bulgarian. |
| Awards note |
Academy Award Winner 1957 Best Picture (Sam Spiegel), Best Director (David Lean), Best Actor (Alec Guiness). |
| British Academy Film Awards Winner 1957 Best British Film, Best British Actor (Alec Guinness), Best British Screenplay (Pierre Boulle). |
| Golden Globe Awards 1957 Winner Best Motion Picture, Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Alec Guiness). |
| Subjects |
Boulle, Pierre, -- 1912-1994 -- Film adaptations |
| Burma-Siam Railroad -- Drama |
| Prisoners of war -- Burma -- Drama |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Burma -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Great Britain |
| Motion pictures, British |
| Genre |
War films |
| Historical films |
| Epic films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Lean, David, 1908-1991 director. |
| Spiegel, Sam producer. |
| Foreman, Carl screenwriter. |
| Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978 screenwriter |
| Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000 actor. |
| Holden, William, 1918-1981 actor. |
| Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973 actor. |
| Hayakawa, Sesshū, 1889-1973 actor |
| Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994. Pont de la riviere kwai Motion picture adaptation of (work) |
| Added Corporate Names |
Columbia Pictures production company |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994. Pont de la riviere kwai .
- Columbia Pictures .
- Foreman, Carl .
- Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000 .
- Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973 .
- Hayakawa, Sesshū, 1889-1973 .
- Holden, William, 1918-1981 .
- Lean, David, 1908-1991 .
- Spiegel, Sam .
- Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978 .
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