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 The Bridge on the River Kwai 

What grade would you give this film?
A 89%  89%  [ 8 ]
B 11%  11%  [ 1 ]
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 The Bridge on the River Kwai 
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The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British World War II film by David Lean based on the novel 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.

In 1997, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the United States Library of Congress National Film Registry.

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It's a bit slow moving, but it packs one hell of a final punch. Alec Guinness is great, and as usual so is William Holden.

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Saw it for the first time today. Great start, reaLLy sLow middLe and okay ending. The performances were great though and IMO, it presented a very engaging interpretation of the situations during the WWII.

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yep a lot of David Lean's movie suffer from the "BOOM, Quiet, small bang" problem...


The movies start of with lots of exictment, then slow done and then finish with a mediocre ending.

Lawrence of Arabia was an expection. The best parts are in the middle.

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One of my top 10 best ending's ever. A stunning film that has stood the test of time and in a way encapsulates upper crust British imperialism and its loss of power like no other.

I adore this film.

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If it wasn't for that damnably catchy song, this okay movie would have been long forgotten...


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Mannyisthebest wrote:
yep a lot of David Lean's movie suffer from the "BOOM, Quiet, small bang" problem...


The movies start of with lots of exictment, then slow done and then finish with a mediocre ending.

Lawrence of Arabia was an expection. The best parts are in the middle.

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Every single proposition is either a lie or a spawn of ignorance.

Hey! It's another "new" member...

Welcome ( ;) ) aboard...


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A classic war film that is down beaten by a need to find an American hero (in a British film?) a midst what could have been simply a POW movie only.

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Bradley Witherberry wrote:
If it wasn't for that damnably catchy song, this okay movie would have been long forgotten...


If it wasn't for your annoying posts, you'd be forgotten too...

(okay you set yourself up too easily on that one, your actually one of my favorite posters...shhh!)

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(okay you set yourself up too easily on that one, your actually one of my favorite posters...shhh!)


Lucky I can read Morse code...


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Morse code is outdated.

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Morse code is outdated.

But, I'll bet the POW's portrayed in this movie knew and used it...


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That was then this is now. The future is now.

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That was then this is now. The future is now.

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Bradley Witherberry wrote:
Cabuche wrote:
Every single proposition is either a lie or a spawn of ignorance.

Hey! It's another "new" member...

Welcome ( ;) ) aboard...

Thank you, sir. Would you like to exchange penis pictures?

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Cabuche wrote:
Bradley Witherberry wrote:
Cabuche wrote:
Every single proposition is either a lie or a spawn of ignorance.

Hey! It's another "new" member...

Welcome ( ;) ) aboard...

Thank you, sir. Would you like to exchange penis pictures?

Double account.


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Double account.

I'm hardly one person.

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10 out of 10 starpoints.

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Like Argos before him, Argos voted.

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Holden's character feels extraneous, but the rest is golden. The ending is sublime; Manny is wrong, as usual.

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Yeah. Brief Encounter is better than both this and Lawrence of Arabia, though.

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Post Re: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Watching it again. As per some of the comments, so far, Holden is needed to show the contrast between the British and Americans.


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