Bridge on the River Kwai (Original photograph from set of the 1962 film)
by David Lean (director); Pierre Boulee (novel); Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson (screenwriters); William Holden, Alc Guiness, Jack Hawkins (starring)
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About This Item
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1957. Vintage borderless photograph of David Lean on the set of the 1957 film.
Based on Pierre Boulle's 1952 novel "Le Pont de la riviere Kwai," about Allied POWs forced to build a railway over a bridge during WWII. Under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson (Guinness), they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British perseverance. Unknown to him, the Allies have sent a mission into the jungle, led by Major Warden (Hawkins) and an American, Shears (Holden), to blow up the bridge. Winner of several Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, etc.), and was elected to the National Film Registry in 1997.
10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, some light creasing.
National Film Registry. Ebert II.
Based on Pierre Boulle's 1952 novel "Le Pont de la riviere Kwai," about Allied POWs forced to build a railway over a bridge during WWII. Under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson (Guinness), they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British perseverance. Unknown to him, the Allies have sent a mission into the jungle, led by Major Warden (Hawkins) and an American, Shears (Holden), to blow up the bridge. Winner of several Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, etc.), and was elected to the National Film Registry in 1997.
10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, some light creasing.
National Film Registry. Ebert II.
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- Seller
- Royal Books, Inc. (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 146138
- Title
- Bridge on the River Kwai (Original photograph from set of the 1962 film)
- Author
- David Lean (director); Pierre Boulee (novel); Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson (screenwriters); William Holden, Alc Guiness, Jack Hawkins (starring)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Columbia Pictures
- Place of Publication
- Culver City, CA
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Film Still Photographs | Photographs | On the Set | British Cinema | Directors | 1960s Cinema | Adventure | Biography | World War I | War Film | Films with Literary Sources | Academy Awards | Motorcycles
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film Still Photographs; Biography; Adventure; World War I; Photographs;
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