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The Bridge over the River Kwai
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Bridge_over_the_River_Kwai
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:film
gptkbp:authorOfSourceMaterial
gptkb:Pierre_Boulle
gptkbp:awardReceived
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
gptkb:Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor_(Alec_Guinness)
gptkbp:basedOn
gptkb:The_Bridge_over_the_River_Kwai_(novel)
gptkbp:boxOfficeGross
$30 million (approximate)
gptkbp:budget
$2.8 million (approximate)
gptkbp:cinematography
gptkb:Jack_Hildyard
gptkbp:colorProcess
gptkb:Technicolor
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:director
gptkb:David_Lean
gptkbp:distributedBy
gptkb:Toho
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 over the River Kwai
gptkbp:influenced
subsequent war films
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:notableFor
depiction of the construction of the Burma Railway
iconic whistling theme
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
gptkb:military_decoration
prisoners of war
conflict between duty and survival
gptkbp:uncreditedScreenwriter
gptkb:Pierre_Boulle
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Pierre_Boulle
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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