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The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957

Starring: William Holden, Alec Guinness

Directed by: David Lean

Written by: Calder Willingham

Language: English, Japanese, Thai

Country: UK, USA

Runtime: 161 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:8.4

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The mood of The Bridge on the River Kwai is captivating, exciting, and rough. The plot centers around captivity, culture clash, and soldiers. It is a drama, war, and historical movie. In approach, The Bridge on the River Kwai is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a jungle and in a prison. The setting is Burma and Japan. The Bridge on the River Kwai happens in the 20th century. It is based on a book. The movie is known for being a classic, an Oscar winner, and critically acclaimed.

Summary of The Bridge on the River Kwai

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.

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Language:	English, Japanese, Thai
Country:	UK, USA
Release date:	14 December 1957
Runtime:	161 min
Awards:	Academy Awards

Awards

Alec Guinness for Best Actor at the 1957 Academy Awards

Awarded Best Adapted Screenplay at the 1957 Academy Awards

Carl Foreman for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 1957 Academy Awards

Pierre Boulle for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 1957 Academy Awards

Jack Hildyard for Best Cinematography at the 1957 Academy Awards

David Lean for Best Director at the 1957 Academy Awards

Awarded Best Film Editing at the 1957 Academy Awards

Malcolm Arnold for Best Original Score at the 1957 Academy Awards

Awarded Best Picture at the 1957 Academy Awards

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William Holden

as Cmdr. Shears

Alec Guinness

as Col. Nicholson

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At nearly three hours, this is truly an epic film. But it is so well made that you hardly notice the length. Excellent historical fiction set during WWII in a Japanese prison camp in southeast Asia where POWs are forced to help build the Burmese... Read and rate it

16.February.2010
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by: etragedy
etragedy rated this movie0/10

Absolutely fantastic! Alec Guiness (before he was a Sir) is stunning and stirring as his character changes so slowly and so slyly that you won't notice it until you're shouting at the television screen, wondering why he's doing what he's doing--and... Read and rate it

20.March.2009
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by: sethdellinger
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