Bridge on the River Kwai

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:film
gptkbp:authorOfSourceMaterial gptkb:Pierre_Boulle
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:Golden_Globe_Awards
gptkb:British_Academy_of_Film_and_Television_Arts
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:The_Bridge_over_the_River_Kwai_(novel)
gptkbp:boxOfficeGross $30 million (approximate)
gptkbp:character gptkb:Colonel_Saito
gptkb:Commander_Shears
gptkb:Colonel_Nicholson
gptkbp:cinematography gptkb:Jack_Hildyard
gptkbp:colorProcess gptkb:Technicolor
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:director gptkb:David_Lean
gptkbp:distributor gptkb:Columbia_Pictures
gptkbp:editingBy gptkb:Peter_Taylor
gptkbp:filmingLocation gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:genre drama
war film
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bridge on the River Kwai
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:Malcolm_Arnold
gptkbp:narrativeFocus construction of a railway bridge by Allied prisoners of war
gptkbp:notableScene whistling of the Colonel Bogey March
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:United_States_National_Film_Registry
gptkbp:productionCompany gptkb:Horizon_Pictures
gptkbp:releaseYear 1957
gptkbp:runtime 161 minutes
gptkbp:screenplayBy gptkb:Carl_Foreman
gptkb:Michael_Wilson
gptkbp:setDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:setIn Burma
gptkbp:starring gptkb:Sessue_Hayakawa
gptkb:William_Holden
gptkb:Alec_Guinness
gptkb:Jack_Hawkins
gptkbp:theme leadership
duty
conflict of loyalty
war ethics
gptkbp:uncreditedScreenwriter gptkb:Pierre_Boulle
gptkbp:won gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay
gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinematography
gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Director
gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Film_Editing
gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture
gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Music,_Scoring
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Thailand_(historically)
gptkb:Hollywood_blacklist
gptkb:Columbia_Studios,_Los_Angeles
gptkb:Kanchanaburi_Province
gptkb:Western_Thailand
gptkb:Burma_Railway
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6