TY - ADVS AU - Spiegel,Sam AU - Lean,David AU - Boulle,Pierre ED - Columbia Pictures Production TI - The bridge on the river Kwai PY - 1983///] CY - [Burbank, Ca.] PB - Columbia Pictures Production KW - Burma KW - Siam Railroad KW - Drama KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - War films N1 - Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle; Title from title screen; n.2 is acquisition for KPI (Kelab Pencinta Ilmu); Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Screenplay, Carl Foreman (credited as Michael Wilson); Best Director, David Lean; Best Cinematography, Jack Hildyard; Best Score, Malcolm Arnold; Best Actor, Alec Guinness. Academy Award nomination: Best Supporting Actor, Sessue Hayakawa; Screenplay, Pierre Boulle; Cast : William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald N2 - British soldiers are forced by the Japanese to build a strategic railroad bridge. Meanwhile, the British High Command has instructed a commando team to destroy the bridge ER -