Genre: Dramas, Adventure, Classic, Prison/Prisoners, War, World War II, Epic, Recommended, Theatrical Release, Essential Cinema, Drama, AFI Top 100
Director:
David Lean
Cast/Crew:
William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, Andre Morell, Peter Williams, Percy Herbert, Harold Goodwin, Ann Sears, K. Katsumoto, Henry Okawa
Description:
One of the all-time great war films, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI is yet another classic from the marvelous David Lean (LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, DR. ZHIVAGO). The film is an outstanding, psychologically complex adaptation of Pierre Boulle's 1952 novel, a classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson (a fabulous Alec Guinness), the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans. Although credited to screenwriter Carl Foreman, the script was actually written by blacklisted writer Michael Wilson. The film garnered seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor (Guinness). The climax is one of the great finales in film history.
Release Notes:
Blu-ray Disc Features: Region [unknown]
Awards:
Alec Guinness - Best Actor, Academy Awards in 1957
Best Film Editing, Academy Awards in 1957
Best Picture, Academy Awards in 1957
Carl Foreman - Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Awards in 1957
David Lean - Best Director, Academy Awards in 1957
Jack Hildyard - Best Cinematography, Academy Awards in 1957
Malcolm Arnold - Best Original Score, Academy Awards in 1957
Michael Wilson - Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Awards in 1957
Pierre Boulle - Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Awards in 1957
ItemID:
1003089
UPC: 043396154353
Catalog Number:
COL
Release Company:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Format:
Blu-ray/DVD Disc
In Print Date:
11/2/2010
Original Release Year:
1957
Country of Origin:
USA
Closed Caption:
No
Extra Info:
Runtime:
Not Known