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Bridge on the River Kwai [videorecording (DVD)] by Lean, David,1908; Holden, William,1918-198; Guinness, Alec,1914; Hawkins, Jack,1910-197; Hayakawa, Sesshū,1889-1973; Boulle, Pierre,1912-Pont de la rivière Kwaï.English;
Director of photography, Jack Hildyard; editor, Peter Taylor; music, Malcolm Arnold.William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald.British soldiers are forced by the Japanese to build a strategic railroad bridge, while the British High Command has instructed a commando team to destroy it.CHV rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG.DVD, Dolby digital.NTSC 1.Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Screenplay, Carl Foreman (credited as Michael Wilson); Best Director, David Lean; Best Cinematography, Jack Hildyard; Best Score, Malcolm Arnold; Best Actor, Alec Guinness. Academy Award nomination: Best Supporting Actor, Sessue Hayakawa.
Subjects: Burma-Siam Railroad; World War, 1939-1945; War films; Feature films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired;
© [2000], c1985., Columbia Tristar Home Video,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Ladykillers. by Mackendrick, Alexander,film director.; Guinness, Alec,actor.; Parker, Cecil,actor.; Green, Danny,actor.; Lom, Herbert,actor.; Warner, Jack,actor.; Sellers, Peter,actor.; StudioCanal (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Danny Green, Herbert Lom, Jack Warner, Peter SellersOriginally produced by StudioCanal in 1955.Professor Marcus arrives to take lodgings at the home of delicate Mrs. Wilberforce. By evening he is visited by four friends, as weird and sinister as Marcus himself. So assembles the ugliest set of criminals one could wish to meet. They explain to the unsuspecting lady that they are members of a string quartet meeting to rehearse. The rehearsing, in fact, is for an armed robbery. The robbery over, Mrs. Wilberforce discovers the truth. Therefore she must be eliminated. But who will do it? The arguing of the issue brings about the hilarious twist to this ingenious Ealing comedy thriller.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy.; Motion Pictures.; Crime.;
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