Record details

• ISBN: 0767853547
• ISBN: 9780767853545
• Physical Description: 1 videodisc (162 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
• Edition: Widescreen
• Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Columbia Tristar Home Video, [2000]
• Copyright: ©1957

Content descriptions

General Note:

Based on the novel Le pont de la rivière Kwaï by Pierre Boulle.

Features: interactive and animated menus, scene selections with motion, theatrical trailers, and talent files.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Director of photography, Jack Hildyard ; editor, Peter Taylor ; music, Malcolm Arnold.

Participant or Performer Note:

William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, Ann Sears.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG.

System Details Note:

DVD ; NTSC ; Region 1 ; Widescreen (2.55:1) ; 5.1 Dolby digital (English), Dolby surround 2-channel (French, Spanish, Portuguese).

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:

For private home use only.

Language Note:

Closed-captioned; in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish with optional English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Thai subtitles.

Awards Note:

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

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Boulle, Pierre, 1912- > Film and video adaptations.
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Genre:

Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.