The Making of 'the Bridge on the River Kwai'
Original title: The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
- Video
- 2000
- 53m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
141
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Documentary about the making of the classic WWII film.Documentary about the making of the classic WWII film.Documentary about the making of the classic WWII film.
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Pamela Mann
- Self - assistant to David Lean
- (as Pamela Mann Francis)
William Holden
- Self
- (archive footage)
Alec Guinness
- Self
- (archive footage)
Jack Hildyard
- Self
- (archive footage)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaThis documentary is featured on the Limited Edition 2-disc DVD for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), released in 2000.
- Alternate versionsA 22-minute "edited-for-television" version, ©2010, first aired on the Turner Classic Movies cable channel at 12:03am (eastern time) on 6 November 2010. It was broadcast in conjunction with the film's release in Blu-ray Disc format on 2 November 2010.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
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What a wonderful world
Like most of the "Making of"-documentaries, this one is so terrible boring, because everyone finds everyone and everything great. These documentaries are no more and no less than PR-clips with standardized camera positions and routine editing. Why not discuss the political meaning of the Geneva Convention rule, that officers and officers only in prisoners camps are not to be forced to manual labour. One could suggest that "The Bridge on the River Kwai" is a snobbish film about the British upper class in wartimes. I prefer to see Alec Guinness as a ladykiller. And I don't need to know how the film was made. It speaks for itself. And whoever suggests that "The Bridge" is one of David Lean's best films doesn't know his early films from "Great Expectations" to "Hobson's Choice". The world has become a victim of Hollywood's measures.
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- thomas-rothschild
- Sep 6, 2022
Details
- Runtime53 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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