03738cgm a2200697 4500 517223684 TxAuBib 080619|||||||||||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u 9781435912335 1435912330 043396256217 25621 Columbia Pictures (OCoLC)17609 HCO eng HCO GL9 WIS SINLB UAB CUT OCLCA OCLCQ MTG OCT TxAuBib eng fre eng fre eng The bridge on the River Kwai [DVD] / Columbia Pictures presents a Sam Spiegel production ; screenplay by Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; directed by David Lean. Collector's ed. Culver City, Calif : Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ©2008. 2 videodiscs (ca. 167 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. Columbia classics. Columbia classics (DVD videodiscs) Based on Pont de la rivière Kwaï by Pierre Boulle. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957. Disc 1: Feature ; Disc 2: Special features: Making of the Bridge on the River Kwai (ca. 53 min.) -- featurette: The rise and fall of a jungle giant (ca. 6 min.) -- On seeing film (USC short film introduced by William Holden ; ca. 16 min.) -- An appreciation by filmmaker John Milius (ca. 8 min.) -- photo and trailer galleries -- Talent files [text feature]. Cinematography, Jack Hildyard ; editing, Peter Taylor ; music, Malcolm Arnold. William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Andre Morell, Peter Williams, John Boxer, Percy Herbert, Harold Goodwin, Ann Sears, Geoffrey Horne. 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. DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1, mono.; 2.55:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation; remastered in high definition. In English (Dolby digital 5.1 or original mono.) with optional French (Dolby digital 5.1) soundrack; optional English and French subtitles. Closed captioned. Boulle, Pierre 1912-1994 Pont de la rivière KwaiÌ 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. Films for the hearing impaired. Burma History Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 Drama. Feature films. Lean, David, 1908-1991. Spiegel, Sam. Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978. Foreman, Carl. Holden, William, 1918-1981. Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000. Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973. Hayakawa, Sesshū, 1889-1973. Donald, James, 1917-1993. Morell, André, 1909-1978. Williams, Peter, 1915- Boxer, John, 1909-1982. Herbert, Percy, 1925-1992. Goodwin, Harold, 1917-2004. Sears, Ann, 1933-1992. Horne, Geoffrey. Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994 Pont de la rivière Kwaï. Columbia Pictures Corporation. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm). Columbia classics. Columbia classics (DVD videodiscs.) TXHSP