The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)Genre:Drama/Adventure
Duration:161 min
Colour:Colour
Country:UK/USA
Studio:Columbia Picture
British POWs hekd in a Burmese prison camp are forced to build a strategic rail bridge in this gipping World War II drama. After their capture, British soldiers are ordered by their ruthless Japanese camp commander Colonel Saito To construct a bridge that will greatly aid the enemy. Sir Alec Guinness turns in an Oscar-winning performance as Colonel Nicholson, the British commanding officer who first stand up to Saito but finally agrees to build the bridge as a monument to the fortitude of his men. As the company reluctantly resume construction under Nicholson's direction, the Allies hatch a plan to destroy it. The Bridge on the River Kwai is a brilliant microcosm of the pure insanity of war.
Cast
William Holden:Shears, Jack Hawkins: Major Warden, Alec Guinness: Colonel Nicholson, Sessue Hayakawa: Colonel Saito, James Donald:MAjor Clipton, Geoffrey Horne: Lieutenant Joyce, Andre Morell: Colonel Green, Peter Williams: Captain Reeves.
Behind the Scenes
Director:David Lean, Writers:Pierre Boulle(novel),Micheal Wilson and Carl Foreman(screenplay), Producer: Sam Spiegel, Flim Editor: Peter Taylor, Cinematographer: Jack Hildyard, Original Music: Malcolm Arnold.
Trivia:The blacklisted screenplay writers Michel Wilson and Carl Foreman didn't receive credits when the film was first re;eased. This resulted in French novelist Pierre Boulle, who didn't speek English' winning the Oscar for best Adepted Screenplay.
Awards
Oscar Winners: BGest Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Film Editing,Best Music, Best Picture,Best Writing-Adepted Screenplay
Oscar Nomination:Best Supporting Actor.
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