bridge on the river kwai

     

The Brige on the River Kwai is a 1957 World War II film based on the novel Le Pont de la Rivière Kwaï by French writer Pierre Boulle. The film is a work of fiction but borrows the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942-43 for its historical setting. It was directed by David Lean and stars Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Hawkins and William Holden.

Trivia about bridge on the river kwai

  • The inspiration for this title object in a novel & a 1957 movie actually spanned the Mae Khlung River
  • "Colonel Bogey March", heard here, was popularized by this 1957 war movie
  • It's the 1957 Best Picture winner for which Guinness won his best actor Oscar as Col. Nicholson
  • Press 2 now if you want to hear Alec Guinness as Col. Nicholson in this 1957 war drama
  • Of this Lean film's 8 Oscar nominations, the only one to lose was Sessue Hayakawa for supporting actor
  • In Thailand a sound & light show depicts the bombing of this bridge built by P.O.W.s

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