The Bridge on the River Kwai. The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1. British American epicwar film directed by David Lean and starring William Holden, Jack Hawkins, and Alec Guinness, and featuring Sessue Hayakawa. Based on the novel Le Pont de la Rivire Kwai 1. Pierre Boulle, the film is a work of fiction, but borrows the construction of the Burma Railway in 1. The movie was filmed in Ceylon now Sri Lanka. The bridge in the film was near Kitulgala. Carl Foreman was the initial screenwriter, but Lean replaced him with Michael Wilson. Both writers had to work in secret, as they were on the Hollywood blacklist and had fled to England in order to continue working. As a result, Boulle, who did not speak English, was credited and received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay many years later, Foreman and Wilson posthumously received the Academy Award. The film was widely praised, winning seven Academy Awards including Best Picture at the 3. Academy Awards. In 1. Saturday, October 7th, 2017, 8PM The Visual Arts Center 1812 W Main St, Richmond, VA Admission 4. Autumn 2017 Edition James River Filmmakers Forum. Alec Guinness was an English actor. He is known for his six collaborations with David Lean Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations 1946, Fagin in. Download free full unlimited movies There are millions of movies, videos and TV shows you can download direct to your PC. From Action, Horror, Adventure, Children. National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress. It has been listed among the best American films ever made by the American Film Institute. In 1. British Film Institute voted The Bridge on the River Kwai the 1. British film of the 2. The Bridge on the River Kwais inaugural Bluray release features a steady DTSHD MA 5. Like the video, its not going to overwhelm those in. On this tour you will Walk over the Bridge on the River Kwai. Take a train ride along the Thailand Burma Death Railway and Visit Sai Yok Waterfall. Century. In early 1. World War II British prisoners arrive by train at a Japanese prison camp in Burma. The commandant, Colonel Saito Sessue Hayakawa, informs them that all prisoners, regardless of rank, are to work on the construction of a railway bridge over the River Kwai that will connect Bangkok and Rangoon. The senior British officer, Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson Alec Guinness, informs Saito that the Geneva Conventions exempt officers from manual labour. At the following mornings assembly, Nicholson orders his officers to remain behind when the enlisted men are sent off to work. Saito slaps him across the face with his copy of the conventions and threatens to have them shot, but Nicholson refuses to back down. When Major Clipton James Donald, the British medical officer, intervenes, telling Saito there are too many witnesses for him to get away with murdering the officers, Saito leaves the officers standing all day in the intense tropical heat. That evening, the officers are placed in a punishment hut, while Nicholson is locked in an iron box. The Bridge On The River Kwai Full Movie Part 1' title='The Bridge On The River Kwai Full Movie Part 1' />Meanwhile, three prisoners attempt to escape. Two are shot dead, but United States Navy Commander Shears William Holden, a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, gets away, although badly wounded. He stumbles into a village of natives who nurse him back to health and then help him leave by boat. Nicholson refuses to compromise. Meanwhile, the prisoners are working as little as possible and sabotaging whatever they can. Should Saito fail to meet his deadline, he would be obliged to commit ritual suicide. Desperate, Saito uses the anniversary of Japans victory in the Russo Japanese War as an excuse to save face and announces a general amnesty, releasing Nicholson and his officers from manual labour. Nicholson conducts an inspection and is shocked by the poor job being done by his men. Over the protests of some of his officers, he allows Captain Reeves Peter Williams and Major Hughes John Boxer to design and build a proper bridge, despite its military value to the Japanese, for the sake of maintaining his mens morale. The Japanese engineers had chosen a poor site, so the original construction is abandoned and a new bridge is begun downstream. Shears is enjoying his hospital stay in Ceylon with a beautiful nurse Ann Sears, when British Major Warden Jack Hawkins informs him that the U. S. Navy has transferred him over to the British to join a commando mission to destroy the bridge before its completed. Shears is appalled at the idea of returning to a place from which he nearly died during escape. He confesses he is not an officer, but merely had appropriated an officers uniform prior to his capture, expecting that this revelation will invalidate the transfer order. However, Warden responds he already knew the truth and tells Shears that the American Navys desire to avoid dealing with the embarrassment of his actions is the very reason they agreed to his transfer. Assured that he will be allowed to retain the privileges of being an officer and accepting that he actually has no choice, Shears relents and volunteers for the mission. The commando team consists of four men. Meanwhile, Nicholson drives his men hard to complete the bridge on time. For him, its completion will exemplify the ingenuity and hard work of the British Army for generations, long after the wars end. When he asks that their Japanese counterparts join in as well, a resigned Saito replies that he has already given the order. The commandos parachute in, with one man killed on landing, leaving three to complete the mission. Later, Warden is wounded in an encounter with a Japanese patrol and has to be carried on a litter. He, Shears, and Canadian Lieutenant Joyce Geoffrey Horne reach the river in time with the assistance of Siamese women bearers and their village chief, Khun Yai. Under cover of darkness, Shears and Joyce plant explosives on the bridge towers below the water line. A train carrying soldiers and important dignitaries is scheduled to be the first use of the bridge the following day, so Warden waits to destroy both. However, at daybreak the commandos are horrified to see that the water level has dropped, exposing the wire connecting the explosives to the detonator. Making a final inspection, Nicholson spots the wire and brings it to Saitos attention. As the train is heard approaching, they hurry down to the riverbank to investigate. The commandos are shocked that their own man is about to uncover the plot. Joyce, manning the detonator, breaks cover and stabs Saito to death. Aghast, Nicholson yells for help, while attempting to stop Joyce from reaching the detonator. Watch Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo Online Free HD. As he wrestles with Nicholson, Joyce tells Nicholson that he is a British officer under orders to destroy the bridge. When Joyce is shot dead by Japanese fire, Shears swims across the river, but is fatally wounded as he reaches Nicholson. Recognising the dying Shears, Nicholson exclaims, What have I done Warden fires his mortar, mortally wounding Nicholson. The dazed colonel stumbles towards the detonator and collapses on the plunger just in time to blow up the bridge and send the train hurtling into the river below. Witnessing the carnage, Clipton shakes his head muttering, Madness . A Bridge Too Close, Part IThe Decepticons kidnap Bulkhead to aid in Megatrons ultimate plan to take over Cybertron. SynopsisCant you just paint the insignia on our chestsNow, wheres the fun in thatNow serving under Megatron, the Constructicons have completed construction of the villains space bridge. They are rewarded for their efforts by being officially inducted into the Decepticon army in a small ceremony led by Megatron, with Lugnut and Blitzwing serving as witnesses and, for some reason, holding candles. After the Constructicons have recited the oath of allegiance, Megatron brands them, quite literally, with a color change for their armor and eyes thrown into the bargain. At Megatrons instruction, Professor Sumdac fires up the bridge, but when it fails to activate due to the professors simple lack of understanding of the technology, Megatron realizes that he will require additional help. Theres something in your optic. No, there isntOn Earths moon, Starscream gloats over five new clones of himself, to which he is in the process of putting the finishing touches. The final clone is completed and, like its fellows, brought online with a tiny chip of the All. Spark that gives Starscream life. Immediately, however, Starscream has to wrestle with the various wacky personalities the clones have wound up with, each one an exaggerated aspect of his own a coward, a sycophant, an egomaniac, a pathological liar. Starscream not ask what aspect of his personality gave birth to her. Megatron contacts Shockwave on Cybertron in order to have him track down the top space bridge engineer on the planet. Shockwave is surprised to report that the engineer in question is on Earthits BulkheadMegatron decides to capture Bulkhead personally and instructs Lugnut and Blitzwing to pick up an item from Sumdac Tower to aid in convincing the Autobot to help them. When Lugnut points out that Sumdac cannot be trusted in the base alone with the Constructicons, Megatron decides to take the professor with him. As all this scheming goes on, however, someone else is listening inthe mysterious Blue Racer that Bumblebee recently encountered. At the Autobot base, Bulkhead is working on his latest painting, an abstract rendition of Sari. Unfortunately, backseat artistry from the other Autobots winds up ruining the painting, and Bulkhead goes for a walk with Sari to vent a little. Bumblebee follows to apologize, but just as he catches up to them, Megatron appears in the sky overhead and opens fire. Using Sumdac as a human shield to stop the Autobots from firing back, Megatron continues to rain destruction down on the Autobots as Bumblebee and Sari argue over whether or not Sumdac has been working with Megatron. Suddenly, the Blue Racer speeds onto the scene, and Bumblebee, believing the enigmatic speedster to be working with Megatron, chases him off through the city and manages to run him off the road. When he attempts to report his success to Bulkhead, though, theres no responsebecause Megatron has captured Bulkhead and is airlifting him away. Bumblebees failure is compounded by the next turn of events The Blue Racer reveals himself to be Blurr, a fast talking member of the Cybertron Elite Guard who has been covertly monitoring Megatrons activities. Back at the Decepticon headquarters, Bulkhead refuses to help Megatron, so the villain unveils the fruit of Blitzwing and Lugnuts labor a Headmaster unit Faced with the threat of once again having his body taken over and being used to destroy his fellow Autobots, and failing to elicit any help from Scrapper or Mixmaster, Bulkhead relents and agrees to work on the space bridge. At the Autobots base, Blurr relates his mission to Optimus Prime and company and brings them up to speed, quite literally. While Prime leads the rest of the team to the Decepticon base, the location of which is provided by Blurr, Ratchet and Sari head for Teletran 1 to try to get it online one last time. Just like last time, their efforts lead to nothing, forcing Ratchet to attempt one last drastic approach using the All. Spark fragments the Autobots have gathered to jump start the ships systems. Primes team is led by Blurr into the Decepticons coal mine base, where they are immediately attacked by Lugnut and Blitzwing. The fight is a brief one, as Blurr uses his super speed to bind the odd couple with stasis cuffs. Meanwhile, as the space bridge nears completion, Bulkhead insists on modifying many aspects of Sumdacs design, and winds up in an argument with the human, which Sumdac interprets as Bulkhead trying to sabotage the bridge deliberately. When the bridge is activated, however, it functions perfectlyBulkhead knew full well that Sumdacs design was wrong, and he corrected itAs the bridge flares into life, Primes team bursts into the main chamber, but they are instantly immobilized by cement booties, courtesy of Mixmaster. With the Autobots out of the picture, it seems there is nothing to stop Megatron now. Starscream and his clone army make their grand entrance To be continuedFeatured charactersNumbers indicate order of appearance. QuotesAh, never before have I seen such an impressive group of lethal fighting machines And pretty good looking, if I do say so myself. The ever humble Starscream comments on his clone army. So, which part of me did you come fromDont ask. This is going to be a long orbital cycle. Starscream and Slipstream, the female cloneI just didnt think my head was so big. Thats your leg. Sari and Bulkhead. Oh, the irony Sari No, dont shoot Youll hit my dad Bulkhead Shes rightBumblebee So what are we supposed to do Fight him with snappy comebacks Bumblebee conveniently forgets his normal attack strategy. All right, Zippy, start talkingFirst of all, the names not Zippy As a matter of fact, I dont believe Ive ever met another bot named Zippy, so one can only assume that you came up with Zippy in reference to my speed, which may be technically accurate, but lacks a certain creativityEh. It took Bumblebee a long time to get Blurr to start talking. From this point on, he doesnt shut up. Bumblebee Woah, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Back up Prowl Did he just say Bulkhead Optimus Prime Our BulkheadRatchet An expert On anything The Autobots arent terribly impressed with Bulkhead.