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The bridge on the river Kwai

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

British soldiers are forced to build a railway bridge for their WWII Japanese captors, unaware of an Allied mission to blow it up. Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle.

DVD  - 2010
FIC Bridg
1 copy / 0 on hold
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Subject
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, British > Drama.
Bridges > Design and construction > Drama.
War stories > Drama.
Genre
Video recordings.
Feature films.
War films.
Action and adventure films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
  • Physical Description videodisc
    1 videodisc (161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher [California] : Columbia Pictures, [2010]
  • Distributor Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from container.
Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
GMD: videodisc.
Participant or Performer Note: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG CHV rating: PG OFRB rating: PG.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen, Dolby digital, stereo.
Language Note:
English or French dialogue; English or French subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.