1 videodisc (ca. 162 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.
Disc label title.
Digital video disc (DVD).
Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
Special features include: Interactive and animated menus, scene seletions with motion; theatrical trailers; talent files. Scene selections and notes inserted in container.
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.
For private home use only.
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.
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