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The River Kwai Bridge
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Immerse yourself in the heart of a moving and moving story with our gripping The Bridge on the Khai River Film Poster. This cinematic masterpiece takes you on a tumultuous journey filled with passionate love, poignant sacrifice and indomitable hope. Let yourself be carried away by the intense emotions that are revealed in each moment, and immerse yourself in an unforgettable story that will remain engraved in your memory.
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Description of this Film Poster The Bridge On The Khai River
The Bridge On The River Kwai is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the 1952 novel written by Pierre Boulle. Although the film uses the historical setting of the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943, the plot and characters of Boulle's novel and screenplay are almost entirely fictional. The cast includes William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins and Sessue Hayakawa.
It was originally scripted by screenwriter Carl Foreman, who was later replaced by Michael Wilson. Both writers had to work in secret, as they were blacklisted by Hollywood and had fled to the UK in order to continue working. As a result, Boulle, who spoke no English, was credited and received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; many years later, Foreman and Wilson were posthumously awarded the Academy Award.
The Bridge on the Khai River is now widely recognized as one of the greatest films ever made. It was the highest-grossing film of 1957 and received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics. The film won seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture) at the 30th Academy Awards. In 1997, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress. It was included in the American Film Institute's list of the best American films ever made. In 1999, the British Film Institute voted The Bridge on the River Kwai the 11th greatest British film of the 20th century.
In early 1943, a contingent of British prisoners of war, led by Colonel Nicholson, arrived at a Japanese prison camp in Thailand. U.S. Navy Commander Shears recounts the horrific conditions. Nicholson forbids any escape attempts because headquarters ordered them to surrender, and escapes could be seen as defiance of orders. Additionally, the dense surrounding jungle makes escape virtually impossible.
Colonel Saito, the camp commander, informs the new prisoners that they will all work, even officers, on the construction of a railway bridge over the River Kwai which will connect Bangkok and Rangoon. Nicholson objects, informing Saito that the Geneva Convention exempts officers from manual labor. After the enlisted men go to the bridge site, Saito threatens to be shot, until Major Clipton, the British doctor, warns Saito that there are too many witnesses for him to 'gets away with murder. Saito leaves the officers standing all day in the intense heat. That evening, the officers were placed in a punishment shack, while Nicholson was beaten and locked in an iron box.
Shears and two others escape. He alone survives, although he is injured. He wanders into a Burmese village, is treated and eventually reaches the British colony of Ceylon.
Work on the bridge goes poorly, due to both faulty Japanese engineering plans and the slow pace and deliberate sabotage of the prisoners. Saito should commit ritual suicide if he doesn't meet the fast-approaching deadline. Desperate, he uses the anniversary of Japan's 1905 victory in the Russo-Japanese War as an excuse to save face; he announced a general amnesty, freeing Nicholson and his officers and exempting them from manual labor. Nicholson is shocked by the poor work done by his men and orders the construction of a suitable bridge, intending it to pay tribute to the ingenuity of the British army for centuries to come. Clipton opposes this, believing it to be collaboration with the enemy. Nicholson's obsession with the bridge eventually led him to allow his officers to volunteer to engage in manual labor.
Shears unknowingly takes advantage of his hospital stay in Ceylon as part of a commando school called "Force 316" (probably based on the real-world Special Operations Executive (SOE) Force 136). The SOE general manager invites Shears to join a commando mission to destroy the bridge as it is completed. Shears tries to get out of the mission by confessing that he impersonated an officer, hoping for better treatment from the Japanese. Warden responds that he already knew and that the US Navy had agreed to transfer him to the British SOE with the simulated rank of Major to avoid embarrassment. Realizing he has no choice, Shears volunteers.
Warden, Shears and two other parachute commandos in Thailand; one, Chapman, dies after falling into a tree, and Warden is injured during an encounter with a Japanese patrol and has to be carried on a litter. He, Shears and Joyce reach the river in time with the help of Siamese female carriers and their village chief, Khun Yai. Under cover of darkness, Shears and Joyce plant explosives on the bridge towers. A train carrying important dignitaries and soldiers is scheduled to be the first to cross the bridge the next day, and the director wants to destroy both. At daybreak, however, the river level fell, exposing part of the wire connecting the explosives to the detonator. Nicholson spots the thread and brings it to Saito's attention. As the train approaches, they hurry to the shore to investigate. Joyce, who is manning the detonator, breaks the cover and stabs Saito to death. Nicholson screams for help, while trying to stop Joyce from reaching the detonator. When Joyce is wounded by Japanese gunfire, Shears swims across, but is shot down himself. Recognizing Shears, Nicholson exclaims, "What have I done?"
Warden fires a mortar, killing Shears and Joyce and mortally wounding Nicholson. Dying, Nicholson stumbles towards the detonator and falls on the piston, blowing up the bridge and sending the train hurtling down the river. The director tells the Siamese women that he had to prevent anyone from falling into the hands of the enemy and leaves with them. Witnessing the carnage, Clipton shakes his head and mutters, "Madness!...Madness!"
