Dramas, Adventure, Classic, Prison/Prisoners, War, World War II, Epic, Recommended, Theatrical Release, Essential Cinema
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.
DVD Features
Region 1 Keep Case Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Additional Release Material: Trailers: 1. Original Theatrical Trailer 2. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 3. THE GUNS OF NAVARONE 4. FAIL-SAFE Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access Text/Photo Galleries: Biographies: 1. David Lean - Director 2. Alec Guinness - Star 3. William Holden - Star 4. Jack Hawkins - Star 5. Sessue Hayakawa - Star
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Posted on July 27, 2007
Reviewed by: David Hurlbert
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) is a spectacular film and a sobering reminder of that generation who sacrificed much to provide a future of liberties and values that we should uphold and never... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
