The Bridge On The River Kwai

Starring: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa, et al.

Product Description

Rediscover the epic struggles of British POWs fighting for survival in the lush but treacherous Burmese jungle. Given the option of building a railway bridge over the River Kwai or death, Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness) and his team of battered men choose survival, thus putting themselves in a harrowing race against time to thrive within the harsh conditions set by their captors.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 043396052789
• Release Date: May 2013
• Rating: PG
• Publisher: COLUMBIA/TRI-STAR
• Director: David Lean
• Starring: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Hawkins, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, Andre Morrell, Peter Williams, John Boxer, Percy Herbert
• Runtime: 2 hours, 44 minutes
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.

Customer Reviews

"Be Happy in your Work"

This is one of those movies worth re-watching. All the things you expect from the British when they are captured by the J-a-p-a-n-e-s-e and forced to build a bridge. It is based on the novel “Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai” by Pierre Boulle. This movie was shot in Sri Lanka as it best fits the story. However, the real river was not the Kwai. That just happened to be a better name for the river. And the real bridge was not wooden. My favorite character was William Holden as Shears, the only pragmatic character in the movie. Shears did not have to keep a stiff upper lip or save face or any of that sort of stuff. Whereas Alec Guinness as Colonel Nicholson and Sessue Hayakawa as Colonel Saito had to go face to face with each other's interpretation of honor. This is best depicted in one statement from Shears: "You make me sick with your heroics. There's a stench of death about you. You carry it in your pack like the plague. Explosives and L-pills -- they go well together, don't they? And with you, it's just one thing or the other: destroy a bridge or destroy yourself. This is just a game, this war! You and Colonel Nicholson, you're two of a kind, crazy with courage. For what? How to die like a gentleman... how to die by the rules... when the only important thing is how to live like a human being."