| Edition |
Collector's edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 167 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Columbia classics |
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Columbia classics (DVD videodiscs)
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1, mono.; 2.55:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation; remastered in high definition. |
| Note |
Based on Pont de la rivière Kwaï by Pierre Boulle. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957. |
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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. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Jack Hildyard ; editing, Peter Taylor ; music, Malcolm Arnold. |
| Cast |
William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Ann Sears, Geoffrey Horne. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Language |
In English (Dolby digital 5.1 or original mono.) with optional French (Dolby digital 5.1) soundrack; optional English and French subtitles. |
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Closed captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Burma-Siam Railroad -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma -- Drama.
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Burma -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
War films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
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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Sears, Ann, 1933-1992.
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Horne, Geoffrey.
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Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994
Pont de la rivière Kwaï.
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Columbia Pictures Corporation.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1435912330 |
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9781435912335 |
| Standard No. |
043396256217 |
| Music No. |
25621 Columbia Pictures |
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