Bridge on the River Kwai

Starring: William Holden & Alec Guinness Director: David Lean

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
• Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English

Additional Release Material:

• Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
• Bonus Trailers - 1. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
                         2. THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
                         3. FAIL-SAFE

Interactive Features:

• Scene Access
• Interactive Menus

Text/ Photo Galleries:

• Biographies - 1. David Lean - Director
                     2. Alec Guinness - Star
                     3. William Holden - Star
                     4. Jack Hawkins - Star
                     5. Sessue Hayakawa - Star

Major Awards:

Academy Awards - Best Film Editing (1957)

Academy Awards - Best Picture (1957)

Academy Awards - Best Actor (1957)

Academy Awards - Best Director (1957)

Academy Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay (1957)

Academy Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay (1957)

Academy Awards - Best Cinematography (1957)

Academy Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay (1957)

Academy Awards - Best Original Score (1957)

Description by OLDIES.com:

When British P.O.W.s build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean's epic World War II adventure The Bridge On the River Kwai.

Spectacularly produced, The Bridge On the River Kwai captured the imagination of the public and won seven 1957 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Alec Guinness) and Best Director. Even its theme song, an old WWI whistling tune, the "Colonel Bogey March," became a massive worldwide hit. The Bridge On the River Kwai continues today as one of the most memorable cinematic experiences of all time.

Product 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.

Plot Keywords:

Adventure | Classic | Drama | Epic | Essential Cinema | Prison / Prisoners | Recommended | Theatrical Release | War | World War II

Production Notes:

• THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1997.
• Sri Lanka, then Ceylon, stood in for Burma (now known as Myanmar).

Cast and Crew: