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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Nov 21, 2000
• R2: 4 Dec 2000
Budget $3,000,000
Running Time
2 hours, 41 minutes
Country UK
Studio Columbia Pictures
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Other Titles
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
• Die Brücke am Kwai (1958)
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Genre: Adventure, War, Drama, World War II, Epic, Prison, Cult Classic, Escape, Military, True Story, Culture Clash
Tagline: It spans a whole new world of entertainment!
Plot: 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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David Lean
Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Brief Encounter |
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Pierre Boulle
Planet of the Apes, Planet of the Apes, Point de mire, Le |
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Star Wars |
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