You can watch Oscar-winning The Bridge on the River Kwai online in the UK at 3 video streaming sites: NowTV, Amazon and SkyGo.We have collected together some interesting information about 1957's The Bridge on the River Kwai for you. At the end of the article you can find the list of sites where you can stream this movie from, and their prices.
Did you ever wonder who won the prestigious Academy Award for Best Picture in 1957? According to the Academy members, The Bridge on the River Kwai was the Best Picture of the year 1957 and in total it won 7 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director.
Did you know that Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscar nominations? He was nominated 60 times and won 26 times! The US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been awarding Oscars since 1929. The Best Picture Oscar is regarded as the most important award at the Academy Awards.
According to Wikipedia, the movie The Bridge on the River Kwai can be described like this:
The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British World War II film directed by David Lean, based on the eponymous French novel by Pierre Boulle. The film is a work of fiction but borrows the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–43 for its historical setting.
Some members of the cast of The Bridge on the River Kwai were:
- Alec Guinness as Colonel Nicholson
- Sessue Hayakawa as Colonel Saito
- William Holden as Shears
- Jack Hawkins as Major Warden
- Geoffrey Horne as Lieutenant Joyce
- James Donald as Major Clipton
- Percy Herbert as Private Grogan
- André Morell as Colonel Green
The Bridge on the River Kwai has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 94%. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score for this movie is 94%.
Village Voice's Jerry Tallmer has said this about The Bridge on the River Kwai:
Has no one else found it highly peculiar that damn near everybody's choice for the best movie of (let's say) the decade should be dedicated, inferentially but absolutely, to the proposition that Courage is Madness and Cowardice is Best?
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The Bridge on the River Kwai won these awards:
- Academy Award for Best Actor for Alec Guinness for his role as Colonel Nicholson at the 30th Academy Awards in 1957
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the 30th Academy Awards in 1957
- Academy Award for Best Director at the 30th Academy Awards in 1957
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 30th Academy Awards in 1957
- Academy Award for Best Original Music Score at the 30th Academy Awards in 1957
- Academy Award for Best Picture at the 30th Academy Awards in 1957
- Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay at the 30th Academy Awards in 1957
- BAFTA Award for Best British Actor for Alec Guinness for his role as Colonel Nicholson at the 11th British Academy Film Awards in 1958
- BAFTA Award for Best British Film at the 11th British Academy Film Awards in 1958
- BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay at the 11th British Academy Film Awards in 1958
- BAFTA Award for Best Film at the 11th British Academy Film Awards in 1958
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for Alec Guinness for his role as Colonel Nicholson at the 15th Golden Globe Awards in 1957
- Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture at the 15th Golden Globe Awards in 1957
- Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture at the 15th Golden Globe Awards in 1957
According to Findable.TV, The Bridge on the River Kwai can be streamed immediately from 3 on-demand sites. Some ways you can watch this movie online in the UK are as follows.
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