Carl Foreman was the initial screenwriter, but Lean replaced him with Michael Wilson. Both writers had to work in secret, as they were on the Hollywood blacklist. As a result, Boulle (who did not speak English) was credited and "won" the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; many years later, Foreman and Wilson posthumously received the Academy Award.
The Bridge over the River Kwai (French:Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai) is a novel by the French novelist Pierre Boulle, published in French in 1952 and English translation by Xan Fielding in 1954. The story is fictional but uses the construction of the Burma Railway, in 1942–43, as its historical setting, and is partly based on Pierre Boulle's own life experience working in Malaysia rubber plantations and later working for allied forces in Singapore and Indochina during World War II. The novel deals with the plight of World War IIBritishprisoners of war forced by the Imperial Japanese Army to build a bridge for the "Death Railway", so named because of the large number of prisoners and conscripts who died during its construction. The novel won France'sPrix Sainte-Beuve in 1952.
Historical context
The largely fictitious plot is based on the building in 1942 of one of the railway bridges over the Mae Klong—renamed Khwae Yai in the 1960s—at a place called Tha Ma Kham, five kilometers from the Thai town of Kanchanaburi.
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Hitler has only got one ball,
Göring has two but very small,
Himmler is somewhat sim'lar,
But poor Goebbels has no balls at all.
published: 09 Jun 2013
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Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa) orders the British officers to perform manual labor. Based on the rules of the Geneva convention, Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness) refuses to obey the order.
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The Bridge on the River Kwai opens in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma in 1943, where a battle of wills rages between camp commander Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa) and newly arrived British colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness). Saito insists that Nicholson order his men to build a bridge over the river Kwai, which will be used to transport Japanese munitions. Nicholson refuses, despite all the various "p...
published: 25 Oct 2012
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Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness) comes to the realization that the bridge must be destroyed. In his final moments he falls on the detonator exploding the bridge.
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The Bridge on the River Kwai opens in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma in 1943, where a battle of wills rages between camp commander Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa) and newly arrived British colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness). Saito insists that Nicholson order his men to build a bridge over the river Kwai, which will be used to transport Japanese munitions. Nicholson refuses, despite all the various "persuasive" devices at Saito'...
published: 25 Oct 2012
The brigde on the river Kwai ending
published: 28 Sep 2010
The Bridge On The River Kwai
published: 07 Aug 2021
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When British POWs build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean's epic World War II adventure THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. Spectacularly produced, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI captured the imagination of the public and won seven 1957 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Alec Guinness), and Best Director. Even its theme son...
published: 07 Jun 2022
Bridge On The River Kwai, The (original Version) - Trailer
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When British POWs build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean's epic World War II adventure THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. Spectacularly produced, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI captured the imagination of the public and won seven 1957 Academy Awards(r), including Best Picture, Best Actor (Alec Guinness), and Best Director. Even it's theme song, an old WWII whistling tune, the Colonel Bogey March, became a massive hit. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI continues today as one of the most memorable cinematic experiences of all time.
published: 19 Oct 2010
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La Film Symphony Orchestra dirigida por Constantino Martínez-Orts interpreta la 'Marcha del Colonel Bogey' de la película 'El puente sobre el río Kwai' (compuesta por Kenneth J. Alford)
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When British POWs build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean's epic World War II adventure THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. Spectacularly produced, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI captured the imagination of the public and won seven 1957 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Alec Guinness), and Best Director. Even its theme song, an old WWII whistling tune, the Colonel Bogey March, became a massive hit. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI continues today as one of the most memorable cinematic experiences of all time.
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When British POWs build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean's epic World War II adventure ...
The cinematic classic has been completely remastered and is coming to Blu-ray™ November 2nd!
When British POWs build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied...
The cinematic classic has been completely remastered and is coming to Blu-ray™ November 2nd!
When British POWs build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean's epic World War II adventure THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. Spectacularly produced, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI captured the imagination of the public and won seven 1957 Academy Awards(r), including Best Picture, Best Actor (Alec Guinness), and Best Director. Even it's theme song, an old WWII whistling tune, the Colonel Bogey March, became a massive hit. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI continues today as one of the most memorable cinematic experiences of all time.
The cinematic classic has been completely remastered and is coming to Blu-ray™ November 2nd!
When British POWs build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean's epic World War II adventure THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. Spectacularly produced, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI captured the imagination of the public and won seven 1957 Academy Awards(r), including Best Picture, Best Actor (Alec Guinness), and Best Director. Even it's theme song, an old WWII whistling tune, the Colonel Bogey March, became a massive hit. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI continues today as one of the most memorable cinematic experiences of all time.
La Film Symphony Orchestra dirigida por Constantino Martínez-Orts interpreta la 'Marcha del Colonel Bogey' de la película 'El puente sobre el río Kwai' (compues...
La Film Symphony Orchestra dirigida por Constantino Martínez-Orts interpreta la 'Marcha del Colonel Bogey' de la película 'El puente sobre el río Kwai' (compuesta por Kenneth J. Alford)
La Film Symphony Orchestra dirigida por Constantino Martínez-Orts interpreta la 'Marcha del Colonel Bogey' de la película 'El puente sobre el río Kwai' (compuesta por Kenneth J. Alford)
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When British POWs build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean's epic World War II adventure THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. Spectacularly produced, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI captured the imagination of the public and won seven 1957 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Alec Guinness), and Best Director. Even its theme song, an old WWII whistling tune, the Colonel Bogey March, became a massive hit. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI continues today as one of the most memorable cinematic experiences of all time.
#TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai #OriginalTrailer #NowOn4KUltraHD #AlecGuinness #DavidLean #Sony #SonyPictures
The cinematic classic has been completely remastered and is coming to Blu-ray™ November 2nd!
When British POWs build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean's epic World War II adventure THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. Spectacularly produced, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI captured the imagination of the public and won seven 1957 Academy Awards(r), including Best Picture, Best Actor (Alec Guinness), and Best Director. Even it's theme song, an old WWII whistling tune, the Colonel Bogey March, became a massive hit. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI continues today as one of the most memorable cinematic experiences of all time.
La Film Symphony Orchestra dirigida por Constantino Martínez-Orts interpreta la 'Marcha del Colonel Bogey' de la película 'El puente sobre el río Kwai' (compuesta por Kenneth J. Alford)
Carl Foreman was the initial screenwriter, but Lean replaced him with Michael Wilson. Both writers had to work in secret, as they were on the Hollywood blacklist. As a result, Boulle (who did not speak English) was credited and "won" the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; many years later, Foreman and Wilson posthumously received the Academy Award.
Let's go sit down by the river Me and my best friend I see tents and smoke in the distance I see acres of lands between me and fear We're walking down towards the river Me and my best friend And as I dip myself into the water Free myself of all that is tense For these moments, I digress You know You know You know just where to find me You know You know
A high point of director David Lean’s illustrious film career was the epic war film The Bridge on the River Kwai ... In Bridge on the River Kwai, we find a fictional account of the building of a bridge that was to be part of the Burma Railway.
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