O'Fallon Public Library (OFNP-ZED)

Title:

The Bridge on the River Kwai [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents a Sam Spiegel production ; screenplay by Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman ; a Horizon Picture ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; directed by David Lean.

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Edition:

[DVD]

Publisher, Date:

Culver City, California : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [2000]

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 162 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Motion pictures

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.

Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG; Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.

System details:

DVD ; NTSC ; Region 1 ; Widescreen (2.55:1) ; 5.1 Dolby digital (English), Dolby surround 2-channel (French, Spanish, Portuguese).

Cast:

William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, Ann Sears.

Credits:

Editor, Peter Taylor ; cinematography, Jack Hildyard ; music, Malcolm Arnold.

Language:

In English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese; with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Thai. Closed-captioned.

Subjects:

Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994 -- Film adaptations.

Burma-Siam Railroad -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma -- Drama.

Burma -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 -- Drama.

Thailand -- History -- 1782-1945 -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

War films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.