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The bridge on the River Kwai [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents a Sam Spiegel production ; screenplay by Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; directed by David Lean.

Contributor Lean, David, 1908-1991.

Imprint:Culver City, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Video, 2000.

Description1 videodisc ( 162 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.

Note:Based on Pont de la rivière Kwaï / Pierre Boulle.

Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957.

Note:Widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.55:1).

Note:Includes interactive and animated menus, scene seletions with motion, theatrical trailer, talent files

Note:British soldiers captured by the Japanese during World War II are forced to construct a strategic railroad bridge which a commando team is instructed by the British High Command to destroy

Note : PerformerWilliam Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Ann Sears, Geoffrey Horne.

Note: AwardsAcademy Awards: Best Picture ; Best Actor, Alec Guinness ; Best Director, David Lean (1958)

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Contributor
Lean, David, 1908-1991.
Spiegel, Sam.
Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978.
Foreman, Carl.
Holden, William, 1918-1981.
Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000.
Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973.
Hayakawa, Sesshu, 1889-1973.
Donald, James, 1917-1993.
Sears, Ann.
Horne, Geoffrey.
Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994. Pont de la rivière Kwaï.
Columbia Pictures Corporation.
Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Title:
Bridge on the River Kwai [videorecording]
Bridge over the River Kwai [videorecording]
Series Statement
Buhl Library Video Collection
Subject:
Boulle, Pierre, 1912- -- Film and video adaptations.
Subject:
Burma-Siam Railroad -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma -- Drama.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Action and adventure films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Films for the hearing impaired.
War films.
Fiction films.