The Making of 'the Bridge on the River Kwai'
Original title: The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
- Video
- 2000
- 53m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
141
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Documentary about the making of the classic WWII film.Documentary about the making of the classic WWII film.Documentary about the making of the classic WWII film.
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Pamela Mann
- Self - assistant to David Lean
- (as Pamela Mann Francis)
William Holden
- Self
- (archive footage)
Alec Guinness
- Self
- (archive footage)
Jack Hildyard
- Self
- (archive footage)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaThis documentary is featured on the Limited Edition 2-disc DVD for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), released in 2000.
- Alternate versionsA 22-minute "edited-for-television" version, ©2010, first aired on the Turner Classic Movies cable channel at 12:03am (eastern time) on 6 November 2010. It was broadcast in conjunction with the film's release in Blu-ray Disc format on 2 November 2010.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Featured review
Decent but not exceptional.
This documentary about the making of "Bridge on the River Kwai" is included on a supplementary disc of the feature film. I've seen quite a few of these making of films and I felt very underwhelmed by this one. It isn't bad--it just isn't all that interesting or insightful. Now this can't all be blamed on this being an older film, as in some cases much older movies have superior making of featurettes (such as "Gone With the Wind"). It also didn't help that none of the actors from the film were in the documentary.
So what great insights are there in the film? Well, other than learning that Hayakawa REALLY was crying in the film as well as why, I didn't take all that much from the movie. There also was a very mildly interesting portion about the filming of the final climactic explosion. But for fans of the original film, I just didn't see enough to merit their paying for the two-disc set--the extras just weren't all that extra.
So what great insights are there in the film? Well, other than learning that Hayakawa REALLY was crying in the film as well as why, I didn't take all that much from the movie. There also was a very mildly interesting portion about the filming of the final climactic explosion. But for fans of the original film, I just didn't see enough to merit their paying for the two-disc set--the extras just weren't all that extra.
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- planktonrules
- Feb 3, 2012
Details
- Runtime53 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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