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The bridge on the River Kwai

Blu-ray Disc

2011

Format:	Blu-ray Disc, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Uniform Title:	Bridge on the River Kwai (Motion picture)
Title:	The bridge on the River Kwai / Columbia Pictures ; screenplay by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; directed by David Lean.
Publisher, Date:	Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2011] ©2011
Description:	1 videodisc (161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 4 3/4 in. digital optical laser optical NTSC video file Blu-ray video A
Summary:	British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge for their WWII Japanese captors, unaware of an Allied mission to blow it up.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA Rating: PG. CHV rating: PG.
Subjects:	1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Drama. Prisoners of war -- Abuse of -- Drama. Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Drama. Prisoneros de guerra -- Teatro. Guerra Mundial 11, 1939-1945 -- Teatro. Prisoners of war. Prisoners of war -- Abuse of. Great Britain. World War (1939-1945)
Genre:	Feature films (A-D). Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. War films. Feature films. War films. Feature films. Fiction films. War films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Films de fiction. Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Other Author:	Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000, actor. Holden, William, 1918-1981, actor. Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973, actor. Hayakawa, Sesshū, 1889-1973, actor. Foreman, Carl, screenwriter. Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978, screenwriter. Spiegel, Sam, producer. Lean, David, 1908-1991, director. Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994. Pont de la rivière Kwaï. Columbia Pictures Corporation. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Notes:	Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957. Bonus features: William Holden and Alec Guinness on "The Steve Allen Show"; archival audio of William Holden narrating the premiere; "Crossing the bridge" picture-in-graphs track and more. Music, Malcolm Arnold ; cinematography, Jack Hildyard ; editor, Peter Taylor. Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa. Blu-ray; all regions; DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital 5.1; 1080p high definition, widescreen. English, French, Portuguese or Spanish dialogue; French, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Korean or Thai subtitles. Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. Academy Award, 1957: Best Picture.
Web Sites:	View cover art Click here to view cover art
LCCN:	2022604218
Publisher or Distributor Number:	37969 38279
Other Number:	732357872
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