Also Known As: El puente sobre el río Kwai
Company: Columbia Pictures Corporation / Horizon Pictures (II)
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Plot: The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge but, under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson, they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British morale, spirit and dignity in adverse circumstances. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of the Japanese commandant Saito. He is an honorable but arrogant man, who is slowly revealed to be a deluded obsessive. He convinces himself that the bridge is a monument to British character, but actually is a monument to himself, and his insistence on its construction becomes a subtle form of collaboration with the enemy. Unknown to him, the Allies have sent a mission into the jungle, led by Warden and an American, Shears, to blow up the bridge.
Cast and Character: William Holden as Shears / Alec Guinness as Colonel Nicholson / Jack Hawkins as Major Warden / Sessue Hayakawa as Colonel Saito / James Donald as Major Clipton / Geoffrey Horne as Lieutenant Joyce / André Morell as Colonel Green / Peter Williams as Captain Reeves / John Boxer as Major Hughes / Percy Herbert as Grogan / Harold Goodwin as Baker / Ann Sears as Nurse / Heihachirô Ôkawa as Captain Kanematsu / Keiichirô Katsumoto as Lieutenant Miura / M.R.B. Chakrabandhu as Yai
Creators: n/A
Description: After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.
Directors: David Lean
Genres: Adventure / Drama / War
Location: Ambepussa, Sri Lanka
MPAA: Rated PG for mild war violence
Opening Weekend: n/A
Poster: posters/0050212.jpg
Rating: 8.3
Release Date: 14 December 1957 (USA)
Runtime: 161 min
Seasons: n/A
Sound Mix: 70 mm 6-Track / Mono / 4-Track Stereo
Tagline: It spans a whole new world of entertainment!
Title: The Bridge on the River Kwai
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Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050212/
Votes: 97,285
Writers: Pierre Boulle
Year: 1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai got rated 8.3.
About the movie: The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge but, under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson, they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British morale, spirit and dignity in adverse circumstances. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of the Japanese commandant Saito. He is an honorable but arrogant man, who is slowly revealed to be a deluded obsessive. He convinces himself that the bridge is a monument to British character, but actually is a monument to himself, and his insistence on its construction becomes a subtle form of collaboration with the enemy. Unknown to him, the Allies have sent a mission into the jungle, led by Warden and an American, Shears, to blow up the bridge.
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