Who directed the 1957 film 'The Bridge On The River Kwai'?
"highest moneymaker of 1958 was ""Peyton Place"" at $12,000,000; in third place was ""Sayonara"" at $10,500,000. The film was re-released in 1964 and earned an estimated $2.6 million in North American rentals. The film initially received generally positive reviews, with Guinness being widely praised for his performance. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film received an approval rating of 94% based on 53 reviews, with an average rating of 9.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, ""This complex war epic asks hard questions, resists easy answers, and boasts career-defining work from star Alec Guinness and director David Lean."" On Metacritic,"
"in scale and more extensively released internationally. ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957) was based on a novel by Pierre Boulle recounting the story of British and American prisoners of war trying to survive in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War. The film stars William Holden and Alec Guinness and became the highest-grossing film of 1957 in the United States. It won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Alec Guinness, who had battled with Lean to give more depth to his role as an obsessively correct British commander who is"
"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. The scene creation of the film was done in Sri Lanka and many of them were at Kitulgala area including the bridge explosion. In 1997, this film was deemed ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"" and selected for preservation in the United States Library of"
"Peter Taylor (editor) ""For other people named Peter Taylor, see Peter Taylor."" Peter Taylor (18 February 1922 – 17 December 1997) was an English film editor with more than 30 film credits. Perhaps his best remembered contribution is the editing of the 1957 film ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"". In his obituary for Taylor, Tony Sloman gives several examples to illustrate Taylor's editing. He writes: Taylor won an Academy Award for Film Editing for ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957), which was placed as the 36th best American film ever made in the 2007 American Film Institute listing."
"in Japanese and European cinema for many years before making his Hollywood comeback in ""Tokyo Joe"" (1949). Of his talkies, Hayakawa is probably best known for his role as Colonel Saito in ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957), for which he earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Hayakawa starred in over 80 feature films, and three of his films (""The Cheat"", ""The Dragon Painter"", and ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"") stand in the United States National Film Registry. Hayakawa was born in the village of Nanaura, now part of a town called Chikura,"
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"indicated within the parentheses. Peter Taylor (editor) ""For other people named Peter Taylor, see Peter Taylor."" Peter Taylor (18 February 1922 – 17 December 1997) was an English film editor with more than 30 film credits. Perhaps his best remembered contribution is the editing of the 1957 film ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"". In his obituary for Taylor, Tony Sloman gives several examples to illustrate Taylor's editing. He writes: Taylor won an Academy Award for Film Editing for ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957), which was placed as the 36th best American film ever made in the 2007"
"Carl Foreman Carl Foreman, CBE (July 23, 1914 – June 26, 1984) was an American screenwriter and film producer who wrote the award-winning films ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" and ""High Noon"", among others. He was one of the screenwriters who were blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s because of their suspected communist sympathy or membership in the Communist Party. Born in Chicago, Illinois, to a working-class Jewish family, he was the son of Fanny (Rozin) and Isidore Foreman. He studied at the University of Illinois. As a student in the 1930s, he became an advocate of revolutionary socialism"
"the River Kwai"" (1957). ""The Sound Barrier"", in its American title as ""Breaking the Sound Barrier,"" was reviewed by Bosley Crowther in ""The New York Times"". According to Crowther, ""this picture, which was directed and produced in England by David Lean from an uncommonly literate and sensitive original script by Terence Rattigan, is a wonderfully beautiful and thrilling comprehension of the power of jet airplanes and of the minds and emotions of the people who are involved with these miraculous machines. And it is played with consummate revelation of subtle and profound characters by a cast headed by Ralph Richardson,"
"in David Lean's ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957) with Alec Guinness, a huge commercial success. He made another war film for a British director, ""The Key"" (1958) with Trevor Howard and Sophia Loren for director Carol Reed. He played an American Civil War military surgeon in John Ford's ""The Horse Soldiers"" (1959) opposite John Wayne, which was a box office disappointment. Holden had another big hit with ""The World of Suzie Wong"" (1960) with Nancy Kwan. Less popular was ""Satan Never Sleeps"" (1961), the last film of Clifton Webb; ""The Counterfeit Traitor"" (1962), this third film with Seaton;"
"David Lean Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor, responsible for large-scale epics such as ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957), ""Lawrence of Arabia"" (1962), ""Doctor Zhivago"" (1965) and ""A Passage to India"" (1984). He also directed adaptations of Charles Dickens novels ""Great Expectations"" (1946) and ""Oliver Twist"" (1948), and the romantic drama ""Brief Encounter"" (1945). Originally a film editor in the early 1930s, Lean made his directorial debut with 1942's ""In Which We Serve"", which was the first of four collaborations with Noël Coward. Beginning with ""Summertime"" in"
"Return from the River Kwai Return from the River Kwai is a 1989 British film directed by Andrew McLaglen and starring Edward Fox, Chris Penn and Timothy Bottoms. It is not a sequel to ""Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957), although it deals with POWS of the Japanese in World War Two. The film is based on a 1979 factual book with the same name about a 1944 Japanese prisoner transport of 2,217 British and Australian POWs, who had been working as forced labour on the Burma Railway, building the bridge over the River Kwai. They were taken by railway"
"and Die"", ""The Enemy Below"", ""Ill Met by Moonlight"", ""Men in War"", ""The One That Got Away"" and ""Seven Thunders"", and the highly successful, critically acclaimed pictures ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"", which won the Academy Award for Best Picture that year, and ""Paths of Glory"" were released. Some, such as ""Bitter Victory"", focused more on the psychological battle between officers and egotism rather than events during the war. ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" brought a new complexity to the war picture, with a sense of moral uncertainty surrounding war. By the end of the decade the """
"of honor and the hypocrisy of Britain’s class system without ever compromising its thrilling war narrative"", and in comparing to other films of the time said that Bridge on the River Kwai ""carefully builds its psychological tension until it erupts in a blinding flash of sulfur and flame."". Variety gave high praise for the movie saying that it is ""a gripping drama, expertly put together and handled with skill in all departments."". Significant praise was also given to the actors especially Alec Guinness, Variety said that ""the film is unquestionably Guinness’"". William Holden was also credited for his acting, he"
"and bitter conflict within the membership of the union. It is the issue of whether the women shall have equality of expression and of strike participation with the men. And it is along this line of contention that Michael Wilson's tautly muscled script develops considerable personal drama, raw emotion and power"". Crowther called the film ""a calculated social document"". Michael Wilson, who worked under a ""nom de plume"" for some years afterwards, later won an Academy Award for the screenplay of ""Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957). The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 100% of critics gave the film"
"The River Kwai March ""The ""River Kwai"" March"" is a march composed by Malcolm Arnold in 1957. It was written as an orchestral counter-march to the ""Colonel Bogey March"", which is whistled by the soldiers entering the prisoner camp in the film ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" and again near the end of the film when the bridge is formally dedicated. The Arnold march re-appears (without the ""Colonel Bogey March"") several times in the film and is repeated at the finale. The two marches have been recorded together by Mitch Miller as ""March from the River Kwai - Colonel"
"much. I loved working with Peter Finch. He was drunk some of the time, and not always very easy, but I was just very fond of him. Ralph and I both knew how to work with him."" Music was by Malcolm Arnold, the score containing themes similar to those from ""Whistle Down the Wind"", which he also scored the same year. Arnold produced music scores for more than a hundred films, among these ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957), for which he won an Oscar. There is a brief appearance of a young Oliver Reed as a bohemian party-goer."
"Liverpool and expanded their services greatly. He worked for the veterans all his life, and in 1966 became President of the National Federation of Far East Prisoners of War. The film ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" was released in 1957. In the film, the senior British officer was portrayed as working with the Japanese. This was regarded by many former prisoners of war as a gross travesty of the truth. Toosey initially refused repeated requests by the veterans to speak out against the film, being much too modest to seek any glory or recognition for himself. Eventually he was"
"although on this occasion another actor – Alec Clunes – had already turned them down. This time Morell accepted the part, and is regarded by several critics as having provided the definitive interpretation of the character. Morell personally found that in later years it was the role for which he was most often remembered by members of the public. As well as these and other television appearances, Morell gained several notable film roles towards the end of the 1950s. He appeared in two films which won the Academy Award for Best Picture; ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957), as"
"II, he had the same clause included in his own contract, effectively ending the hugely popular Gable-Tracy team. In the opening credits of ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957), Alec Guinness, who is generally regarded as the main character in the film, receives third billing, after William Holden (who demanded top billing) and Jack Hawkins (who does not even appear until halfway through the picture). In the closing credits, Guinness is billed second with Hawkins third. For ""The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"" (1962), James Stewart was given top billing over John Wayne in the movie's posters and the"
"Pierre Boulle Pierre Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French novelist best known for two works, ""The Bridge over the River Kwai"" (1952) and ""Planet of the Apes"" (1963), that were both made into award-winning films. Boulle was an engineer serving as a secret agent with the Free French in Singapore, when he was captured and subjected to two years' forced labour. He used these experiences in ""The Bridge over the River Kwai"", about the notorious Death Railway, which became an international bestseller. The film, named ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"", by David Lean won"
"by time. In 1959 he and his friends took the historic trip down the River Kwai. They made their way through the thick forest from Kanchanaburi, a small town northwest of Bangkok, to the Burmese border. They lashed together a raft from bamboo poles with the help of a local who had plied through the forest to reclaim rails from the death railway built by Allied war prisoners during the Second World War, a task made famous by the movie, “The Bridge on the River Kwai”. From the source of the River Kwai they floated down the river on a"
"30th Academy Awards The 30th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 26, 1958, to honor the best films of 1957. The Oscar for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium was awarded to Pierre Boulle for ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"", despite the fact that he did not know English. The actual writers, Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson were blacklisted at the time and did not receive screen credit for their work. Foreman and Wilson have since been acknowledged by the Academy for their contributions. ""Peyton Place"" tied the record for the most nominations without a win"
"30th Academy Awards The 30th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 26, 1958, to honor the best films of 1957. The Oscar for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium was awarded to Pierre Boulle for ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"", despite the fact that he did not know English. The actual writers, Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson were blacklisted at the time and did not receive screen credit for their work. Foreman and Wilson have since been acknowledged by the Academy for their contributions. ""Peyton Place"" tied the record for the most nominations without a win"
"London and admired the British, as is reflected in his films ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957) and ""Lawrence of Arabia"" (1962), both of which won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Starting with the 1951 film ""The African Queen"", he produced films through his British-based production company Horizon Pictures. In a review in Variety of a Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni's biography of Spiegel, Wendy Smith notes: ""It's all here: the sleazy financial maneuvers and creepy taste for underage girls that make Spiegel a decidedly flawed protagonist, as well as the wit, sophistication, and Old World charm that make him a"
"Jack Hildyard Jack Hildyard, B.S.C. (17 March 1908 in London – September 1990 in London) was a British cinematographer who worked on more than 80 films during his career. He made several films with David Lean including ""The Sound Barrier"" (1952) and ""Hobson's Choice"" (1954), as well as ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography and the British Society of Cinematographers Award. His first film was ""Freedom of the Seas"" in 1934, as a focus-puller, before working as camera operator on films for Leslie Howard and others, including ""Pygmalion"", ""The"
"emerged as a major filmmaker in the 1940s with ""Brief Encounter"" (1945) and ""Great Expectations"" (1946), with his first big-screen epic ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957): these are ranked among the best British films. Towards the end of the 1950s, Hammer Films embarked on their series of influential and wildly successful horror films, including lavish colour versions of ""Frankenstein"" (1957), ""Dracula"" (1958) and ""The Mummy"" (1959), with actors Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee at the forefront. ""The Dam Busters"" (1955), recreates the true story of the RAF's raid on dams in Nazi Germany using Sir Barnes Wallis's invention"
"image in films this time was as the honorable villain which he became typecasted as and from it he starred in what is considered to be his most famous film of his entire career ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957) for which he was nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award. Merle Oberon an actress of Old Hollywood starred in many successful films, and was nominated for the Oscar for Best actress for the film ""The Dark Angel"" (1935) and is most renowned for her performance in the film version of ""Wuthering Heights"" (1939). In the"
"the thriller ""The Sleeping Tiger"" (1954) which was directed by another blacklistee, Joseph Losey. After working on ""Born for Trouble"" (1955), he wrote a draft of the screenplay for ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (1957) which was later reworked by fellow blacklisted writer Michael Wilson. Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle, the two were not given screen credit and the Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay went to Pierre Boulle, who did not speak English. This was only rectified posthumously in 1984 and his name was added to the award. Foreman also worked uncredited on ""A Hatful of"
"River Kwai"", being based on the 1957 ""Goon Show"" episode ""An African Incident."" It was intended to have the same name as the film, but shortly before its release, the film company threatened legal action if the name was used. Martin edited out the 'K' every time the word ""Kwai"" was spoken, with ""Bridge on the River Wye"" being the result. The River Wye is a river that runs through England and Wales. The album featured Milligan, Sellers, Jonathan Miller, and Peter Cook, playing various characters. Other comedians Martin worked with included Bernard Cribbins, Charlie Drake, Terry Scott, Bruce Forsyth,"
"David Cunningham. The screenplay is based on the autobiography of Ernest Gordon and recounts the experiences of faith and hope of the interned men. The autobiography was originally published under the name ""Through the Valley of the Kwai"", then later as ""Miracle on the River Kwai"" (not to be confused with the separate novel ""The Bridge over the River Kwai"" by Pierre Boulle). Gordon's book was finally re-issued with the title ""To End All Wars"" to tie in with the film. Post-production of the film footage was delayed because of lack of funding, which was eventually provided by Gold Crest"
"of Congress. It has been included on the American Film Institute's list of 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, British POWs arrive by train at a Japanese prison camp in Burma. The commandant, Colonel Saito, informs them that all prisoners, regardless of rank, are to work on the construction of a railway bridge over the River Kwai that will connect Bangkok and Rangoon. The senior British officer, Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson, informs Saito that the Geneva Conventions"
"William Holden William Holden (born William Franklin Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor who was one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s and 1960s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film ""Stalag 17"" (1953), and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for the television film ""The Blue Knight"" (1973). Holden starred in some of Hollywood's most popular and critically acclaimed films, including ""Sunset Boulevard"", ""Sabrina"", ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"", ""The Wild Bunch"", ""Picnic"" and ""Network"". He was"