The Bridge On the River Kwai DVD (2000) Alec Guinness, Lean (DIR) cert PG 2
Title:
The Bridge On the River Kwai
Leading Actor:
Alec Guinness
Region:
Region 2
Duration:
161 mins
Format:
DVD / Widescreen
Type:
DVD
No. of Discs:
2 disc(s)
Studio / Publisher:
Sony Pictures Home Ent.
UK Release Date:
04 Dec 2000
Edition:
Widescreen

Classic British war film based on the novel by Pierre Boulle in which a group of prisoners of war are forced to build a bridge in Burma for the Japanese. Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness) is the appointed leader of the men interned in the camp and when the Japanese commander, Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa), orders his captives to build a bridge across the River Kwai, Nicholson agrees on the basis that the project will keep his men occupied and give them an opportunity to prove, through the quality of their work, the superiority of British engineering. However, as the bridge progresses and the prisoners strive to show their craftsmanship, Nicholson appears to lose sight of the fact that the ultimate object of the bridge is to help the Japanese win the war. The impending arrival of a British commando team, sent to destroy the bridge, looks set to provide a stern test of where the true loyalties of the increasingly obsessive Nicholson lie. Please note this DVD is region 2 and will only work in the following regions Japan, Europe, South Africa, the Middle East (including Egypt) and Greenland, Unless you have a multi-regional DVD Player.