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The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 123movies

The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 123movies

It spans a whole new world of entertainment!Oct. 11, 1957161 Min.
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Watch: The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 123movies, Full Movie Online – During WW II, allied POWs in a Japanese internment camp are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge, but under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson they’re persuaded the bridge should be built to help morale, spirit. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of Japanese Commandant Colonel Saito, but soon they realise it’s a monument to Nicholson, himself, as well as a form of collaboration with the enemy..
Plot: The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson , the commander who supervised the bridge’s construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
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Ratings:

8.2/10 Votes: 221,252
96% | RottenTomatoes
87/100 | MetaCritic
N/A Votes: 1668 Popularity: 21.34 | TMDB

Reviews:

“This is not a game of cricket”
The Bridge on the River Kwai – David Lean’s first epic, a genre he would later be associated with more than any other. Previously having made his mark as a director of deep and often psychological dramas, Lean’s easy transition into bigger pictures reflects the change that was taking place in the genre itself, moving from the grandiose spectacle of De Mille et al, towards the “intimate” epic of the late 50s and early 60s.

We are also here seeing the development of the war, or rather, the anti-war picture. Prior to this most anti-war or anti-military pictures were small-scale dramas, whereas all the big war films were rousing flag wavers. Bridge on the River Kwai ticks both boxes, and is all the more effective for it. It is an anti-war film which prevents itself from becoming static or preachy, and an action film with a humanist edge.

The problem presented to David Lean, aside from the fact that he had never done anything on this scale before, is that Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman’s multi-layered screenplay contains many different strands, with stories told from multiple points of view. Lean fortunately had dealt with such fragmentary narratives before – 1952’s The Sound Barrier for example – and here he actually uses the trappings of the epic to keep the narrative focused. This was the first time he had used the cinemascope aspect ratio, but rather than employing it purely to show off the stunning landscapes (although he does do a fair bit of that too, and why not?) he also uses the width of the screen to cram varying elements into the frame. For example, in the scene where Nicholson (Alec Guinness) surveys the railway construction with his fellow officers, the figure of Saito (Sessue Hayakawa) can be seen on a hill in the background. This reminds us of his presence, and subtly keeps his story arc going.

Lean’s use of colour is also remarkable. Of course, when your film is set in a PoW camp in the middle of a jungle, you have a fairly limited colour palette anyway, but Lean’s crafty choice of camera angle and positioning is calculated to show off different tones at different times. In the opening moments, highly reminiscent of The African Queen (which, like Kwai, was produced by Sam Spiegel) he begins with the greens of the jungle – a fairly cold colour. As we descend through the trees, Lean gradually turns up the heat with those dusty yellows and browns. For the middle section of the film, he cools things off again with more lush greens and even some vibrant shades, before returning to the stark hot tones for the tense finale. Again, this is all very subtle director’s work, but these touches do create little shifts in mood and influence the way we view each scene.

Lean’s handling of the larger canvas was however not yet quite up to best showing off his actors upon it. That’s a shame with such a good cast, although Alec Guinness in one of his earliest non-comedic roles shone through enough to garner an Oscar. William Holden was also deserving of at least a nomination, but didn’t get one. To my mind though the best performance of the picture was that of Sessue Hayakawa. Hayakawa was an incredibly powerful silent film actor – check him out in De Mille’s The Cheat (1915) – and it’s great to see him at the top of his game again here.

Bombarded with awards, Bridge on the River Kwai is typical Oscar-winning fare, particularly for the conflicted political climate of the 1950s. It can be read as a damning critique of war, but also enjoyed as a gripping action film. This broad appeal, the depth of the screenplay and Lean’s assured direction made it a hit in its day and allowed its popularity to endure in the generations since.

Review By: Steffi_P
A movie about madness
I have watched this movie several times and it is just getting better and better all the time. Why? Because this movie actually has a message built-in, this isn’t a violent story, like “Saving Private Ryan” – also a good movie with a message – but it is still not a slow story.

When I last saw it, I realised that there was something in the movie that I had never understood, this isn’t a movie about war, torture or how it was to be a prisoner of war; this is a movie about madness and pride. The pride shows both in Saiko and Colonel Nicholson, they are so full of it that it is almost impossible for them to come to a civil-conclusion with the problems they have with each other. The madness is shown in Colonel Nicholson and Holden’s character – here they are, two prisoners of war and they don’t want to help each other out, instead they try to reach separate goals, and they are both willing to die for it.

After you have watched this movie one is amazed by the performances made by Alec Guinness and William Holden and I must say that this is therefore one of the best War/Drama movies ever made My vote? 9 out of 10 naturally.

Review By: Haplo-4

Other Information:

Original Title The Bridge on the River Kwai
Release Date 1957-10-11
Release Year 1957

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 41 min (161 min)
Budget 3000000
Revenue 44908000
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Adventure, Drama, War
Director David Lean
Writer Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson
Actors William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
Country United Kingdom, United States
Awards Won 7 Oscars. 30 wins & 8 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A


Technical Information:

Sound Mix 70 mm 6-Track (1973 re-isssue 70 mm prints) (RCA Sound Recording), Mono (35 mm prints) (RCA Sound Recording), 4-Track Stereo (Linear PCM), Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio 2.55 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (restoration prints), Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length 4,415 m (Sweden), 4,421.4 m
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman 25T 5248)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (2017 remaster), CinemaScope (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 4K DCP (restored), 35 mm, 70 mm (blow-up)

The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 123movies
The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 123movies
The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 123movies
The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 123movies
The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 123movies
The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 123movies
The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 123movies
The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 123movies
The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 123movies
The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 123movies
Original title The Bridge on the River Kwai
TMDb Rating 7.819 1,668 votes

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