The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
| Release Date | 02 October 1957 |
| Budget | $3,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $27,000,000 |
| Tagline | It spans a whole new world of entertainment! |
| Genre | Adventure, Drama, War |
| Country | UKUSA |
| Filming Locations | Ambepussa, Sri Lanka |
| Language | English, Japanese, Thai |
| Sound Mix | 70 mm 6-Track, Dolby SR, Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | POW Drama, Ensemble Film, War Drama |
| Themes | Culture Clash, Fighting the System |
| Tones | Rousing, Sweeping, Gritty, Menacing |
| Tags | Bridge [structure], British, Burma, Camp, Colonel, Commander, Japanese [nationality], Jungle, POW (Prisoner Of War), River |
The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British World War II film by David Lean based on "The Bridge over the River Kwai" by French writer Pierre Boulle. The film is a work of fiction but borrows the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–43 for its historical setting. It stars William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, and Sessue Hayakawa. The scene creation of the film was done in Sri Lanka and many of them were at Kitulgala area including the bridge explosion.
Cast and Crew
Cast
James Donald
Major Clipton
Peter Williams
Captain Reeves
John Boxer
Major Hughes
Percy Herbert
Grogan
Harold Goodwin
Baker
Ann Sears
Nurse
Heihachirô Ôkawa
Captain Kanematsu
Keiichirô Katsumoto
Lieutenant Miura
M.R.B. Chakrabandhu
Col. Broome Yai
Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung
Siamese Girl
Ngamta Suphaphongs
Siamese Girl
Javanart Punynchoti
Siamese Girl
Kannikar Dowklee
Siamese Girl
Director
Writer
Michael Wilson
originally uncredited
Carl Foreman
originally uncredited
Pierre Boulle
Producer
Sam Spiegel
producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Jack Hildyard
Editor
Peter Taylor
Art Director
Donald M. Ashton
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Makeup Department
Stuart Freeborn
makeup artist
George Partleton
makeup artist
Production Manager
Cecil F. Ford
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gus Agosti
assistant director
Ted Sturgis
assistant director
John Kerrison
second assistant director
Art Department
Geoffrey Drake
assistant art director
Peter Dukelow
construction manager
Sound Department
Pam Bosworth
additional sound editor
Eric Boyd-Perkins
additional sound editor
Fred Burnley
additional sound editor
Rusty Coppleman
additional sound editor
John Cox
sound
Teddy Darvas
additional sound editor
Janet Davidson
additional sound editor
Joel Fein
sound mixer
Don Hall
sound editor
Norma Hawkes
additional sound editor
Gary Krivacek
sound editor
Peter Miller
additional sound editor
Bob Minkler
sound mixer
John W. Mitchell
sound
Winston Ryder
chief sound editor
B. Tennyson Sebastian III
sound mixer
Peter Davies
post-synchronisation
Stunts
Nosher Powell
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Archie Dansie
chief electrician
Peter Newbrook
camera operator
Ron Drinkwater
clapper loader
Gerry Fisher
additional camera operator, assistant camera
Robert Merry
lighting technician
Costume and Wardrobe Department
John Wilson-Apperson
wardrobe
Editorial Department
George Hively
editor
William Pine
color timer
Sati Tooray
colorist
Other Crew
Angela Martelli
continuity
Jim Painten
producer of restoration
L.E.M. Perowne
technical advisor
William Harrigan Jr.
technical advisor
Robert Haslam
consultant: explosives, technical advisor
Grady Johnson
publicist
Maurice Landsberger
production accountant
Production Company
Horizon Pictures (II)
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Columbia Pictures
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American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Columbia TriStar Home Video
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
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LK-TEL
Nothing's New Video
Columbia Film-Verleih
Columbia TriStar Home Video
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Miscellaneous
Ellis Burman III
audio restoration
Equipment and Construction Co.
bridge construction
Husband & Co. of Sheffield
consulting engineers for the bridge
OCSFreeze FramePixel Magic
negative restoration
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The
music played by
Sony Pictures Studios
sound services
Sunset Gower Studios
sound stages
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