TY - ADVS AU - Spiegel,Sam AU - Boulle,Pierre AU - Holden,William AU - Guinness,Alec AU - Hawkins,Jack AU - Hayakawa,Sessh¯u AU - Donald,James AU - Sears,Ann AU - Horne,Geoffrey ED - Columbia Pictures. ED - Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm) ED - Horizon Pictures (G.B.) TI - The bridge on the River Kwai SN - 0767853547 PY - 2000/// CY - Culver City, Calif. PB - Columbia TriStar Home Video KW - Burma-Siam Railroad KW - Drama KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - War films KW - Feature films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle; Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957; "Includes new footage"--Sticker on sleeve; Rated PG; Screenwriters, Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman ; music, Malcom Arnold ; director, David Lean; William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Ann Sears, Geoffrey Horne N2 - British soldiers captured by the Japanese during World War II are forced to construct a strategic railroad bridge which a commando team is instructed by the British High Command to destroy ER -