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The bridge on the River Kwai /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 37969 | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment38279 | Columbia PicturesLanguage: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: French, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Thai Distributor: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2011]Copyright date: ©1995Description: 1 videodisc (161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Uniform titles:
  • Bridge on the River Kwai (Motion picture)
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994. Pont de la rivière Kwaï
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DVA 9801 (viewing copy)
Production credits:
  • Music, Malcolm Arnold ; cinematography, Jack Hildyard ; editor, Peter Taylor.
Cast: Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa.Summary: British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge for their WWII Japanese captors, unaware of an Allied mission to blow it up.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00386 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050310033

Wide screen (2.55:1).

Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957.

Title from container.

Bonus features: William Holden and Alec Guinness on "The Steve Allen Show"; archival audio of William Holden narrating the premiere; "Crossing the bridge" picture-in-graphs track and more.

Sources used: videodisc container; Internet movie database WWW site, June 2, 2022.

English, French, Portuguese or Spanish dialogue; French, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Korean or Thai subtitles. Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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