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The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the novel The Bridge over the River Kwai, written by Pierre Boulle. Boulle's novel and the film's screenplay are fictional; they use the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943 as historical setting. It stars William Holden, Alec Guinness, and Jack Hawkins, with Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Ann Sears, and Geoffrey Horne…
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Image The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 film directed by David Lean. and the screenplay adapted from the play of the same name written by Pierre Boulle was by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson. Set during World War II, the story focuses on a group of British prisoners of war who are forced by their Japanese captors to build a bridge over the River Kwai in Thailand. The film explores themes of honour, duty…More
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If you've never seen or heard of this film it maybe because it was released in 1957. The only person you are likely to recognize is Obi-Wan Kenobi himself or a 42-year-old Alec Guinness. How good are your Roman numerals reading skills? I remember being bored to death as a kid during Catholic Mass looking at these strange ancient numbers and self-taught myself how to read them. MCMLVII is 1957. This is a fictional st…More
A military classic movie by the director David Lynn, legal according to Pierre Bull's book for a group of English prisoners of war in a Japanese camp. The role is played by Alec Guinness and William Holden An interesting tweet is that Alec Guinness wanted to give up the role, but somehow persuaded him, stayed worth it - won the Oscar. William Holden again with the film financially edited for a lifetime - and this wa…More
II. David Lean, a 1957 film about the bondage between Japanese and British soldiers during World War II. of course, there is a naivete from the anti-war stance of the years in which he was drawn, but he never stops to slap him when he gets there. The name of the castle in the castle is the main subject to build bridges over the Kwai River. Who likes: those who like friendship, peace, the emphasis o…More