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The bridge on the River Kwai / Columbia Pictures presents a Sam Spiegel production ; screenplay by Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; directed by David Lean.
Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
English
French
Εdition
Collector's ed.
Published/Created
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia Pictures : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ©2008.
Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 167 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Availability
Copies in the Library
Location
Call Number
Status
Location Service
Notes
Firestone Library - Video Library Reserve
DVD 4911
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Subject(s)
World War, 1939-1945
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Drama
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World War, 1939-1945
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Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
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Drama
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World War, 1939-1945
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Campaigns
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Burma
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Drama
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Burma
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History
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Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
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Drama
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Burma-Siam Railroad
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Drama
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Boulle, Pierre 1912-1994
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Pont de la rivière Kwaï
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Film adaptations
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Related name
Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Lean, David, 1908-1991
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Spiegel, Sam
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Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978
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Foreman, Carl
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Holden, William, 1918-1981
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Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000
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Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973
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Hayakawa, Sesshū, 1889-1973
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Donald, James, 1917-1993
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Morell, André, 1909-1978
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Williams, Peter, 1915-2003
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Boxer, John, 1909-1982
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Herbert, Percy, 1920-1992
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Goodwin, Harold, 1917-2004
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Sears, Ann, 1933-1992
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Horne, Geoffrey
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Hildyard, Jack
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Taylor, Peter, 1922-1997
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Arnold, Malcolm
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Library of Congress genre(s)
War films
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Feature films
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Fiction films
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Film adaptations
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Related work(s)
Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994.
Pont de la rivière Kwaï.
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Series
Columbia classics (DVD videodiscs)
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Columbia classics
Summary note
British soldiers captured by the Japanese during World War II are forced to construct a strategic railroad bridge which a commando team is instructed by the British High Command to destroy.
Notes
Based on Pont de la rivière Kwaï by Pierre Boulle.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957.
Special features include: exclusive documentary--adaptation of Boulle's novel, casting, history of production, score, release, restoration ; original featurette: The rise and fall of a jungle giant ; USC short film introduced by William Holden; an appreciation by filmmaker John Milius; photo gallery.
Creation/Production credits
Cinematography, Jack Hildyard ; editing, Peter Taylor ; music, Malcolm Arnold.
System details
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1, mono.; 2.55:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation; remastered in high definition.
Participant(s)/Performer(s)
William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Andre Morell, Peter Williams, John Boxer, Percy Herbert, Harold Goodwin, Ann Sears, Geoffrey Horne.
Language note
In English (Dolby digital 5.1 or original mono.) with optional French (Dolby digital 5.1) soundrack; optional English and French subtitles.
Closed captioned.
Contents
Disc 1: Feature ; Disc 2: Special features: Making of the Bridge on the River Kwai (ca. 53 min.)
featurette: The rise and fall of a jungle giant (ca. 6 min.)
On seeing film (USC short film introduced by William Holden ; ca. 16 min.)
An appreciation by filmmaker John Milius (ca. 8 min.)
photo and trailer galleries
Talent files [text feature].
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ISBN
1435912330
9781435912335
Publisher no.
25621
OCLC
232338012
Universal Product Code
043396256217
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