During the project, he's developed an attachment to bridge. The film features the psychological consequences of identifying with captors especially Col. Sir Alec Guinness gives his legendary performance of a lifetime as British Colonel Nicholson, the POW in command who has been forced to supervise the endeavor to aid the enemy. While construction of the bridge is underway, both US & UK Allied Intelligence Officers plan to wire the bridge with explosives in order to destroy it. By so doing, the POWs reluctantly do hard labor in extraordinary climate conditions to aid WWII Axis enemy forces. Davis Lean's direction deserved the Oscar.īoulle's story goes like this: During WWII, British POWs in a Burmese, Japanese controlled, internment camp are forced to build the famous bridge over the Kwai River. Wilson, Foreman & Boulle's screenplay adaptation of Pierre Boulle's (1952) novel is as legendary as the brilliant performance of Sir Alec Guinness. Still credited as 1 of the top 100 films ever made, "Bridge on the River Kwai" took home 7 Oscars in 1957:īest Adapted Screenplay-Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson, Pierre Boulle 1957 Classic 7 Oscar-Winner Starring Sir Alec Guinness
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