The Bridge on the River Kwai (film, 1957)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_(film,_1957)

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:film
gptkbp:author	gptkb:Pierre_Boulle
gptkbp:awarded	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_Original_Score gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture
gptkbp:basedOn	gptkb:The_Bridge_over_the_River_Kwai_(novel)
gptkbp:boxOfficeGross	$30 million (US/Canada rentals)
gptkbp:budget	$2.8 million
gptkbp:character	gptkb:Colonel_Saito gptkb:Commander_Shears gptkb:Major_Warden gptkb:Colonel_Nicholson
gptkbp:cinematography	gptkb:Jack_Hildyard
gptkbp:colorProcess	gptkb:Technicolor
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:director	gptkb:David_Lean
gptkbp:distributedBy	gptkb:Columbia_Pictures
gptkbp:editingBy	gptkb:Peter_Taylor
gptkbp:filmingLocation	gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:genre	war film epic film
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Bridge on the River Kwai (film, 1957)
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:musicBy	gptkb:Malcolm_Arnold
gptkbp:nominatedFor	gptkb:Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_–_Drama gptkb:BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Film
gptkbp:notableSong	gptkb:Colonel_Bogey_March
gptkbp:preservedIn	gptkb:United_States_National_Film_Registry
gptkbp:producer	gptkb:Sam_Spiegel
gptkbp:productionCompany	gptkb:Horizon_Pictures
gptkbp:releaseDate	1957-10-02
gptkbp:runtime	161 minutes
gptkbp:screenwriter	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	gptkb:military_decoration prisoners of war conflict of duty
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Colonel_Nicholson
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6