{"id":19232,"date":"2019-07-20T14:12:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T08:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctgmovies.com\/?p=19232"},"modified":"2019-07-25T14:13:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T08:13:43","slug":"the-bridge-on-the-river-kwai-1957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abibanet.com\/?p=19232","title":{"rendered":"The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><b>The Bridge on the River Kwai<\/b><\/i> is a 1957 British-American <a title=\"Epic film\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Epic_film\">epic<\/a> <a title=\"War film\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_film\">war film<\/a> directed by <a title=\"David Lean\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Lean\">David Lean<\/a> and based on the novel <i><a title=\"The Bridge over the River Kwai\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bridge_over_the_River_Kwai\">Le Pont de la Rivi\u00e8re Kwa\u00ef<\/a><\/i> (1952) by <a title=\"Pierre Boulle\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre_Boulle\">Pierre Boulle<\/a>. The film uses the historical setting of the construction of the <a title=\"Burma Railway\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burma_Railway\">Burma Railway<\/a> in 1942\u20131943. The cast included <a title=\"William Holden\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Holden\">William Holden<\/a>, <a title=\"Jack Hawkins\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jack_Hawkins\">Jack Hawkins<\/a>, <a title=\"Alec Guinness\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Guinness\">Alec Guinness<\/a>, and <a title=\"Sessue Hayakawa\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sessue_Hayakawa\">Sessue Hayakawa<\/a>. It was initially scripted by screenwriter <a title=\"Carl Foreman\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carl_Foreman\">Carl Foreman<\/a>, who was later replaced by <a title=\"Michael Wilson (writer)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Wilson_(writer)\">Michael Wilson<\/a>. Both writers had to work in secret, as they were on the <a title=\"Hollywood blacklist\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hollywood_blacklist\">Hollywood blacklist<\/a> and had fled to England in order to continue working. As a result, Boulle, who did not speak English, was credited and received the <a title=\"Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay\">Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay<\/a>; many years later, Foreman and Wilson posthumously received the Academy Award.<sup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai#cite_note-3\">[3] <\/a><\/sup>The film was widely praised, winning seven <a title=\"Academy Awards\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academy_Awards\">Academy Awards<\/a> (including Best Picture) at the <a title=\"30th Academy Awards\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/30th_Academy_Awards\">30th Academy Awards<\/a>. It used lush colour to bring out the British <a title=\"Stiff upper lip\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stiff_upper_lip\">stiff upper lip<\/a> of the colonel, played by <a title=\"Alec Guinness\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alec_Guinness\">Alec Guinness<\/a> in an Oscar-winning performance.<sup id=\"cite_ref-BFI-Wigley_4-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai#cite_note-BFI-Wigley-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup> In 1997, the film was deemed &#8220;culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant&#8221; and selected for preservation in the <a title=\"National Film Registry\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Film_Registry\">National Film Registry<\/a> by the United States <a title=\"Library of Congress\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Library_of_Congress\">Library of Congress<\/a>. It has been included on the <a title=\"American Film Institute\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Film_Institute\">American Film Institute<\/a>&#8216;s list of best American films ever made.<sup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai#cite_note-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai#cite_note-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup> In 1999, the <a title=\"British Film Institute\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Film_Institute\">British Film Institute<\/a> voted <i>The Bridge on the River Kwai<\/i> the <a title=\"BFI Top 100 British films\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BFI_Top_100_British_films\">11th greatest British film of the 20th Century<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#4ce599;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#66ffb3;border-color:#ffffff;color:#101010;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">After settling his differences with a Japanese P.O.W. camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men&#8217;s construction of a railway bridge for their captors, while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#0093ba;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#05add4;border-color:#d1ffff;color:#ffffff;\">\u09ac\u09cd\u09b0\u09be\u0989\u099c\u09be\u09b0 \u0987\u09b8\u09cd\u09af\u09c1\u09b0 \u0995\u09be\u09b0\u09a3\u09c7 \u09b8\u09cd\u099f\u09cd\u09b0\u09bf\u09ae\u09bf\u0982 \u098f\u09b0 \u09b8\u09ae\u09df \u0995\u09cb\u09a8 \u09ae\u09c1\u09ad\u09bf\u09b0 \u09b8\u09be\u0989\u09a8\u09cd\u09a1 \u09b6\u09cb\u09a8\u09be \u09a8\u09be \u0997\u09c7\u09b2\u09c7 \u09ac\u09be \u09ad\u09bf\u09a1\u09bf\u0993 \u09b6\u09cb \u09a8\u09be \u0995\u09b0\u09b2\u09c7 \u09a1\u09be\u0989\u09a8\u09b2\u09cb\u09a1 \u0995\u09b0\u09c7 \u09a6\u09c7\u0996\u09be\u09b0 \u0985\u09a8\u09c1\u09b0\u09cb\u09a7 \u09b0\u0987\u09b2\u0964 \u09ab\u09be\u0987\u09b2\u09c7 \u0995\u09cb\u09a8 \u09b8\u09ae\u09b8\u09cd\u09af\u09be \u09a8\u09be\u0987\u0964 \u098f\u099f\u09be \u09ac\u09cd\u09b0\u09be\u0989\u099c\u09be\u09b0 \u0987\u09b8\u09cd\u09af\u09c1\u0964 \u09a7\u09a8\u09cd\u09af\u09ac\u09be\u09a6\u0964<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div id=\"wpfp_f3dc783bc83f0a34c5126a2490300062\" data-item=\"{&quot;sources&quot;:[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/dl.ctgfun.com\\\/data\\\/disk4\\\/IMDb%20Top%20250%20Movies\\\/The.Bridge.On.The.River.Kwai.1957.1080p.BluRay.x264.AAC-ETRG\\\/The.Bridge.On.The.River.Kwai.1957.1080p.BluRay.x264.AAC-ETRG.mp4&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;video\\\/mp4&quot;}],&quot;id&quot;:&quot;1624&quot;,&quot;splash&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/abibanet.com\\\/\\&quot; 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