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The bridge on the River Kwai

Lean, David, 1908-1991 (director.). Spiegel, Sam, (producer.). Foreman, Carl, (screenwriter.). Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978 (screenwriter.). Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973 (actor.). Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000 (actor.). Holden, William, 1918-1981 (actor.). Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994 Pont de la rivière Kwaï. English. (Added Author). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Jack Hawkins, Sir Alec Guinness, William Holden. (Cast).

British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge for their WWII Japanese captors, unaware of an Allied mission to blow it up.

Blu-ray  - 2010
BLU FIC Bridg
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Subject
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, British > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Burma > Drama.
Bridges > Design and construction > Drama.
Genre
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
  • Physical Description videodisc
    1 videodisc (approximately 161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition Collector's ed. ; [Blu-ray only].
  • Publisher Culver City, Calif. : Columbia Pictures, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from container.
Videodisc release of the 1957 motion picture.
Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle.
Special features: a documentary, short film, photo gallery, and featurettes.
GMD: blu-ray.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director, David Lean.
Participant or Performer Note: Jack Hawkins, Sir Alec Guinness, William Holden.
Target Audience Note:
Rating: PG; for mild war violence.
System Details Note:
Blu-ray disc, region A, B, C; widescreen (2.55:1); requires Blu-ray player.
Language Note:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
English, French, Spanish or Portuguese dialogue; English, Korean, Chinese, Thai, French, Spanish or Portuguese subtitles.
Awards Note:
Academy Award for Best Picture, 1957.