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The Bridge on the River Kwai
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The work The Bridge on the River Kwai represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Pekin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource The Bridge on the River Kwai
Label
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Statement of responsibility
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
Creator
  • Bridge on the River Kwai (Motion picture)
Contributor
  • Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973
  • Hayakawa, Sesshū, 1889-1973
  • Hildyard, Jack
  • Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000
  • Foreman, Carl
  • Holden, William, 1918-1981
  • Horne, Geoffrey
  • Donald, James, 1917-1993
  • Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994
  • Lean, David, 1908-1991
  • Arnold, Malcolm
  • Sears, Ann, 1933-1992
  • Horizon Pictures (G.B.)
  • Spiegel, Sam
  • Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
  • Taylor, Peter, 1922-1997
  • Columbia Pictures Corporation
  • Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978
Actor
  • Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000
  • Holden, William, 1918-1981
  • Hayakawa, Sesshū, 1889-1973
  • Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973
  • Donald, James, 1917-1993
  • Sears, Ann, 1933-1992
  • Horne, Geoffrey
Director of photography
  • Hildyard, Jack
Editor of moving image work
  • Taylor, Peter, 1922-1997
Film director
  • Lean, David, 1908-1991
Film distributor
  • Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Film producer
  • Spiegel, Sam
Production company
  • Horizon Pictures (G.B.)
  • Columbia Pictures Corporation
Screenwriter
  • Foreman, Carl
  • Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978
Subject
  • Film adaptations
  • French language materials -- Bilingual
  • Feature films
  • Feature films
  • Feature films -- Great Britain
  • Golden Globe winner
  • Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 -- Campañas -- Burma -- Teatro
  • Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 -- Prisioneros y prisiones Japonés -- Teatro
  • History
  • Korean language materials -- Bilingual
  • Materiales en español -- Bilingüe
  • Military campaigns
  • Portuguese language materials -- Bilingual
  • Prisoners of war -- Fiction
  • Spanish language materials -- Bilingual
  • Thai language materials -- Bilingual
  • Thailand
  • Thailand -- History -- 1782-1945 -- Drama
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
  • War films
  • War films
  • War films
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma -- Drama
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Fiction
  • 1782-1945
  • Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994
  • Burma
  • Burma -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 -- Drama
  • Burma -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction
  • Burma-Siam Railroad
  • Burma-Siam Railroad -- Drama
  • Burma-Siam Railroad -- Drama
  • Burma-Siam Railroad -- Fiction
  • Chinese language materials -- Bilingual
  • DVD-Video discs
  • Drama
Genre
  • Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
  • Chinese language materials
  • DVD-Video discs
  • Drama
  • Feature films
  • Fiction
  • Film adaptations
  • French language materials
  • Golden Globe winner
  • History
  • Korean language materials
  • Materiales en español
  • Portuguese language materials
  • Spanish language materials
  • Teatro
  • Thai language materials
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • War films
Language
  • por
  • spa
  • tha
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • por
  • chi
  • eng
  • fre
  • kor
  • eng
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
Awards note
Golden Globe for best motion picture (drama), 1958.
Cataloging source
SMT
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/relation/composerexpression
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Credits note
Editor, Peter Taylor ; cinematography, Jack Hildyard ; music, Malcolm Arnold
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG; Canadian Home Video Rating: PG
Language note
In English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese; with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Thai. Closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.B748 2000
PerformerNote
William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, Ann Sears
Runtime
162
Target audience
general
Technique
live action

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