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The Bridge on the River Kwai (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray]

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Spectacularly produced, and the winner of seven Academy Awards® (1957), including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor (Alec Guinness), The Bridge on the River Kwai continues to be one of the most memorable cinematic experiences of all time. Now, for the first time on Blu-ray, following an extensive all-new 4K digital restoration from the original negative, with newly restored 5.1 audio, experience director David Lean's masterpiece as you never have before.

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.55:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ s_medPG PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 6 x 1 inches; 13.12 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ David Lean
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray, AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 41 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ November 2, 2010
Actors ‏ : ‎ Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald
Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French, Spanish
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Chinese, Thai
Producers ‏ : ‎ Sam Spiegel
Studio ‏ : ‎ Sony Pictures
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0017OB12O
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2

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B. L. Wray

4k Version

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2018

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So, most people interested in the 4k copy of this film already know everything they want to know about it. So I will limit my review to the 4k copy.

Image - For how old the film is, they did a pretty amazing job on transferring this film to 4k. However, the opening was shot on 16mm or something less than the rest of the film and the digital noise is extremely noticeable. The next noticeable issue is when they end a scene... some how, whatever filter they were using on the camera or post production comes off before the scene ends and every transition ends up getting brighter. The jungle at the start of the film looks very 70's style of sepia tone. But as the film goes on the jungle colors become more natural and the end of the film almost looks like today's color pallet. But outside of the opening shot, the digital noise is at a minimum and you are able to make out fine details in skin/water/trees.

Audio - There are two scenes where lines were redubbed, and the voice over does not match the tone of the characters voice saying the words. Outside of that, the only other ear piercing event is at the start when the British soldiers are whistling, depending on your audio setup, this could be exceptionally loud.

Presentation - Not much on the 4k itself. There is a strange menu system where you can push down and left and right on the arrow keys to see cast members along with other setup stuff... I didn't see any behind the scenes stuff on the 4k disc itself.

Overall, yeah, if you are into old war films this is one to own on 4k.

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Other that that it played in Dolby Digital just fine.

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2017

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I noticed no one has reviewed the 4K with hdr. The film is obviously older and there is some grainyness to me, but 10x clearer in 4K. the hdr proscess has opened up the darkness that is common in older movies. The box claims that it has been converted to Atmos, I could not get it to play. Yes I have an Atmos system. Other that that it played in Dolby Digital just fine.

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John Dods

4K image quality is very poor. Film is stellar.

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2018

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Re the 4K edition: The image on the 4K compares unfavorably to the Blu-Ray I purchased a few years ago. On my 77" screen, this 4K has harsh grain, high contrast, and little shadow detail. What a disappointment to see this great film presented with an image that is often ugly. I'm sure the 4K would look better on a smaller screen, however, my Blu-Ray version is watchable on a 77" possibly because the source material is softer. Apparently no high quality source materials were available for the 4K disc. of this wonderful film. The camera negative is said to be in poor condition.

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Gary L Fisher

Good update to an old movie

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2018

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This is an old movie but the film made for a good transfer to 4K. It is a worthy addition to any film buff's collection even if you own it in a lower resolution format. And this reviewer does own it in the HD format as well as the 4K format. 4K is a real boon to film buffs.

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A True War Epic!

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2019

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A massive war epic!

David Lean's The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) is a brilliant triple character study set during World War II. We follow the engaging Alec Guinness as he masterfully and stubbornly manipulates and debates with a Japanese Colonel, while another man escapes their prison camp to only return to blow up the bridge the British POW's forced to construct. We witness the mental fortitude and destruction of each man in the story.

Lean's direction for The Bridge on the River Kwai is so captivating with his far wide shots sweeping panning shots that you are fascinating and held in suspense for the majority of the film's duration. The problem I have is that this is sometimes an unbearably slow film with a massive running time. It could have been cut down to the most priority shots to tell this same story. It is slowly building to its fantastic finale, but I have a hard time remaining entranced by the entire film's sequencing. Lean could have cut this epic down to its most integral scenes. Overall, Lean's direction is mind blowing, but the snail pacing holds The Bridge on the River Kwai back.

Alec Guinness is masterful as the crazy and strict Col. Nicholson. His portrayal of a British officer is rigid with responsibility, brave in his stubborn devotion to duty, and mad in his focus on the building of a British made bridge on the river Kwai. Guinness convinces you as a man of the law, rule bound by his nature, to the point of insanity. You empathize with his perspective, but feel he falls too far, or perhaps, he falls just in the right way.

William Holden is the war weary POW that escapes the Japanese camp only to be coerced back to blow up the bridge Guinness is administrating over. Holden is hilarious as the grief stricken and lackadaisical coward that must overcome his grievances to achieve a higher purpose. Indeed, The Bridge on the River Kwai is all about what our place is in the world and how we must cope with our lot.

Finally, the Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa is phenomenal as the near dictator of the prison camp Col. Saito. He depicts the cruel sadism of a negligent and violent overseer with the thoughtful worry of a man nearing the order from his country's leader to kill himself.

In short, The Bridge on the River Kwai is one of cinema's greatest war films. It can be dull at times, but the greatness arrives in the gripping performances.

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A. Rosa

The digital streaming is pI5s poor.

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2018

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After going back and forth for a while, playing with passwords, Sony tellinng me that I supposedly have a playstation account under a completely different name and if I dont give them that mystery Email address I cant get access. I eventually manage to get it to work only after resetting my google passwords (dont ask me why) and what do I see? Some of the WORST quality streaming I have ever seen. I doubt it was even 720 p. Dark fuzzy, just trash. If you are buying this thinking you can watch it streaming on any device at a decent resolution, sorry, you cant. I would not waste the time setting it up it is so poor. I have no problem with any of the major straming services Hulu, Netflix, HBOGO, AMAZON, this streaming service attached to the film is totally subpar. Do not purchase this disk thinking it is worthwhile.

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Levent Uzunoglu

POOR QUALITY 4K UHD PICTURE.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 22, 2019

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The film is a classic,the picture quality on the 4k uhd blu ray is grainy,with muted colours and dim ,not worth the extra cash,stick with the much cheaper normal blu ray.

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Fuficius Fango

Very stupid movie

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 23, 2021

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Pierre Boulle wrote the "philosophical" novel Le Pont de la Riviere Kwai ca 1952. He later wrote Planet of the Apes and, later still (1988), Professor Mortimer, among others. Boulle was an engineer in the far East and spent 3 years in slavery to the Japanese. A regular theme of his is role reversal as a means of examining natures (or for macabre humour in Professor Mortimer). Kwai is the embryo of that idea. The book's first sentence explains that there is no big difference between the Western psyche and the Eastern (25 years before Said's Orientalism). That is why Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness in the movie) takes over Saito's role. The Geneva convention forbids officers to do manual labour, and Nicholson is obsessive to the death about this, yet, when he has assumed Saito's role, he uses his own officers for manual labour to speed up the construction. He doesn't relent - he kills the Unit 316 operative: the bridge is unharmed. It is not an anti-war story as much as it is an anti-imperialism story.

Then we get the movie: - jingo for the dim-witted, but pretending to be profound.

"Boulle said he wished he'd thought of the ending" says the commentator. Err, I suspect Boulle was being sarcastic! The ending is predictably stupid. If Boulle had wanted the bridge destroyed, unit 316 would have destroyed it.

Brief summary of all the rubbish littering the film: -

The studio demanded American actors, they demanded women, they demanded "love interest". The first 40 minutes are incoherent. The entry of the British whistling Colonel Bogey is twee, embarrassing and stupid - the idea was solely to stimulate patriotism by referring to Hitler's half-empty scrotum (maybe he philosophically felt that it was half full). Unit 316 approach the camp via every skyline they possibly can (why hide in the jungle?). They splishy-splash about in exotic pools with the pretty Burmese girls on the way. They signify their presence by killing some Japanese soldiers, who aren't in the book, using machine guns and a grenade (why? I guess to spoil their aim if it isn't just poor cinema), stirring up a swarm of more than 1,000 flying foxes, another visual signal of their presence. The twice-referenced L-pill (lethal pill) is not in the book and not necessary. Nicholson repents (see book description); there's the ridiculous mortar attack and the oh-so-convenient accidental falling on the plunger; there's the trite futility-of-war ending. And the very ending with the helicopter and the unintegrated low-quality stock footage of big birds surveying the petty human scene is pretentious. The message is that all that loss of life is petty compared with nature, which isn't really the anti-war message that it wants to be - you can't be both human and inhuman! This is just Hollywood trying to appear more thoughtful than money-grubbing.

king kong

bridge on the river kwai a war film with a difference

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 27, 2019

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great vintage actors many sadly no longer with us in this film which is based on a true story of the trials and tribulations of prisoners of war working on the Burma railway.Because this is typically Hollywood fodder the cruelty and torture of prisoners of war is played down quite a bit.Despite the lack of the proper food and suitable clothing for the prisoners to wear they all look remarkably healthy within the confines of this hollywood production."Utter madness,utter madness" is the cry from one of the leading prisoner of war officers as the bridge is blown up during the latter stages of the movie and we couldn't agree more! a worthy bluray to add to your collection with a sterling cast and superb picture reproduction.

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Tiguano

FIRST CLASS WORLD WAR II JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR FILM - SON'T MISS IT !

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2017

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A real good classic of a well known Japanese Prisoner of War Camp in the Jungle during World War II. A very true story and well worth watching on this DVD. Whether or not you have seen it before, it is a film that you can not resist seeing yet again. Brilliant well known British actors and brilliant acting. A very gripping film from which you would not want to be distracted.

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Edgar R Wagner

Excellent entertainment. Just don't take it as being historically ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 13, 2016

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Pure tosh, of course, but it has to be THE Japanese POW film nevertheless. There can hardly be a genuine war memoir post Bridge on the River Kwai written by a Far East Prisoner of War veteran that does not mention this film and how far from what really happened it is. At the same time, the war memoirs do mention it, which says it all, really. Excellent entertainment. Just don't take it as being historically accurate. Not even a little bit.

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