The Bridge on the River Kwai
Columbia Pictures; directed by David Lean; produced by Sam Spiegel
- Resource Type:
- Laserdisc Video
- Edition:
- Letterbox ed.
- Creation:
- Created or produced in 1957
- Publication:
- Burbank, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [1994]
- Copyright:
- ©1994
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- Summary:
- When British P.O.W.s build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it. Rated PG.
- Contributors:
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
- Main Work:
- Related Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Pont de la rivière Kwaï [by Boulle, P.]
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- System Details:
- Laserdisc ; sides 1 & 4, standard play CAV; sides 2-3, extended play (CLV).
- Performers:
- Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Ann Sears, Geoffrey Horne.
- Production Credits:
- Screenplay, Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman ; editor, Peter Taylor ; music, Malcolm Arnold ; performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
- General Notes:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957 by Columbia. - Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (approximately 167 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Video Characteristics:
- laser optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file
- Call Numbers:
- LD 976
- ISBNs:
- 080013706X
9780800137069 - Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 043396796164
Publisher Number, Columbia TriStar Home Video.: 79616 - OCLC Numbers:
- 31218449