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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's disposal. Finally, Nicholson agrees, not so much to cooperate with his captor
as to provide a morale-boosting project for the military engineers under his command.
The colonel will prove that, by building a better bridge than Saito's men could build,
the British soldier is a superior being even when under the thumb of the enemy. As the
bridge goes up, Nicholson becomes obsessed with completing it to perfection, eventually
losing sight of the fact that it will benefit the Japanese. Meanwhile, American POW
Shears (William Holden), having escaped from the camp, agrees to save himself from a
court martial by leading a group of British soldiers back to the camp to destroy Nicholson's
bridge. Upon his return, Shears realizes that Nicholson's mania to complete his project has
driven him mad. Filmed in Ceylon, Bridge on the River Kwai won seven Academy Awards.
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Starring ... |
Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa, William Holden, Jack Hawkins
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Director: David Lean
Producer: Sam Spiegel
Year Released - Dec. 1957
Length - 161 minutes
Music Composer: Malcolm Arnold
Movie Distributed by Columbia Pictures
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