The Bridge on the River Kwai
| The Bridge on the River Kwai | |
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British theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | David Lean |
| Produced by | Sam Spiegel |
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The Bridge over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle |
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| Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
| Cinematography | Jack Hildyard |
| Edited by | Peter Taylor |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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161 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.8 million |
| Box office | $30.6 million (initial release) |
| The Bridge on the River Kwai (Original Soundtrack Recording) | |
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First edition vinyl cover
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| Soundtrack album by Various | |
| Released | 1957 |
| Recorded | October 21, 1957 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 44:49 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Producer | Various |
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The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British-American epic war film directed by David Lean and starring William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness, and Sessue Hayakawa. Based on the novel Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai (1952) by Pierre Boulle, the film is a work of fiction, but borrows the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943 for its historical setting. The movie was filmed in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The bridge in the film was near Kitulgala.
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 and had fled to England in order to continue working. As a result, Boulle (who did not speak English) was credited and received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; many years later, Foreman and Wilson posthumously received the Academy Award.
The film was widely praised, winning seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture) at the 30th Academy Awards. In 1997, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress. It is widely considered to be one of the greatest films in history.
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