CM_show_preview.php?attachmentid=16787' alt='Bridge On River Kwai Download Movies' title='Bridge On River Kwai Download Movies' />The Bridge on the River Kwai 4. K Ultra HD Blu ray Ultra HD Review. The Movie Itself Our Reviewers TakeThere is no barbed wire, no stockade, no watch towers. They are not necessary. We are on an island in the jungleEscape is impossible. The HDD Blog recently ran a great article about the worst Oscar snubs. It seems the true classics, or perhaps our personal favorites, are rarely the films and performances identified by the insular Hollywood community as The Best. However, in 1. 95. Academy voters got it very, very right, awarding 7 Oscars out of 8 nominations to David Leans The Bridge on the River Kwai, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay interesting fact two of the now credited writers, Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson, were blacklisted at the time and received their awards posthumously in 1. Ive spoken before about the era of Cecile B. De. Mille and David Lean. Two men who practically invented the former and perfected the latter epic filmmaking. Never again will we see giant films where someone builds a real ninety foot tall bridge in the middle of a jungle, using Elephants to haul an entire train through said jungle in order to film it crossing and later. Whoops, lets not spoil things or get too far ahead. Adobe Premiere Pro Free Transitions For Sony. First, we must talk plot, and for a 1. The Bridge on the River Kwai is about World War II English POWs building a bridge in unbearable conditions cross cut against the team sent to blow it up. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. With Timothy Bottoms, Nick Tate, George Takei, Edward Fox. A group of war prisoners from the Kwai bridge building camp undertake a. Editors Notes. Portions of this review are featured in our The Bridge on the River Kwai Bluray Review from 2011. This 4K Bluray review features new Vital Disc. James Bond 007 Kolekcija March 21, 2012, 420 pm Download Bud Spencer Terence Hill Box set Kolekcija April 20, 2012, 332 pm Download AMERICAN PIE Complete 8. Cast, plot summary, viewer comments and rating, awards and nominations. In addition to these two POVs, Kwai also has two separate, dramatic arcs. Or in another sense, this films first act is an hour long, with acts two and three covering the rest. The first 6. 0 minutes is a battle of wits between English Col. Nicholson Alec Guinness and the Japanese POW camp commander, Col. Saito. Saito initially demands that all English officers will work alongside enlisted men in the manual labor needed to construct the bridge. Nicholson rejects this notion, per the articles of war provided in Geneva Convention. As punishment, Saito locks Nicholson in The Oven, a suffocating tin box left out in the sun all told, Nicholson will reject Saitos demands and threats for over a month. Imagine spending a month alone in something so small you cant stand or stretch your legs, with temperatures soaring and starvation levels of food. Nicholson versus Saito is, in many ways, Principle versus Honor. Nicholson is unwavering in what he believes to be Right and is willing to die for it, but Saitos life is equally at stake. He is a man who has studied in England, but hates the English because he doesnt understand them. Without Nicholson or the other officers to lead the English soldiers, the Kwai Bridge will never finish on time, and if Saito fails, he will be forced, by honor and duty, to take his own life. Its a fascinating struggle, as riveting as a boxing match. Also, lets not forget the second lead character, William Holden as Shears. He is an American POW who has survived this death camp by cheating and bribing guards. Shears is a thematic opposite to Nicholson for him, there is no principle or right thing to do, other than to survive using any means necessary. With Nicholson sweating away in The Oven during the first act, Shears makes a daring escape into the formidable jungle. He nearly dies many times during the process, but eventually finds his way back to a British Army encampment. Acts two and three, naturally, follow our two leads after they survive their traumatic ordeals. Nicholson, released, believes his men need discipline and something to achieve, so he takes over building Saitos bridge. But not just any bridge, a better bridge. A British Bridge. Something so grand that when the war is long over, people will look back and say, look here at what these brave soldiers accomplished. This is Nicholsons obsession, and layer by layer, we learn about this man who has been in the Army for 2. A man who doesnt feel as though he has left his mark on the world. The bridge will be his greatest achievement. Shears, meanwhile, is living the luxurious life of a playboy at a British army base, and hes about to quit this war and go home. Only theres a catch. British Special Forces unit 3. Kwai Bridge, and Shears is the only man who has actually survived these jungles. The slacker just got re upped for another tour of duty, and this one will most certainly be his toughest. As the climax approaches, the film bounces between its two leads Nicholson and his men and his bridge his soldiers cant understand why they seem to be helping the enemy, and Shears, the anti hero who, along with the team of British Commandos, trudges back into the unforgiving jungles with plastic explosives. The question, dear readers, is how will it all come to a head Simply put, The Bridge on the River Kwai is an epic masterpiece. Part thriller and action movie part character drama. Guinness and Holden are polar opposites as actors as well as thematic characters. Their strife and heroics and failures and redemptions are as riveting today as they were some 5. Kwai first hit screens. So nuanced, deep, and interesting. How many times do we see a scenario where the films protagonist in the first hour, slowly descends into becoming an antagonist by the thrilling conclusion There are others, of course, but its certainly rare. And for readers who have not seen this film, guess what Theres a significant chance that you already know more about it than you think. Hell, the Theme itself is so iconic, I knew it as a boy, having no connection with this film until I wandered into the American Cinematheque to see Kwai on the big screen for the first time. In fact, I learned the song, Colonel Bogey March, had many variations on its lyrics people simply added their own. For WWII British Troops, theirs involved poking fun at Hitlers balls. No joke. Apparently, David Lean knew this and selected this song on purpose because he could sneak it, sans lyrics, past the censors. Then, theres the filmmaking itself. Watching Kwai for the first time may bring up a touch of deja vu because its visual language is so familiar. Why Because Spielberg borrowed heavily from Lean in terms of tracking shots and the famous Bats filling the daytime sky while shooting the jungle sequences on Temple of Doom, among others. So, how well does a movie with such iconic stature stand up Fantastically. Having seen Kwai numerous times on the big screen, the 2. DVD, the 2. 01. 1 Blu ray, and now the 2. K Ultra HD Blu ray, and it never gets old. Ill admit that perhaps it could be slow to modern audiences, but for me, the mini series length is too short. Lean knows how to combine grand filmmaking and drama with sight gags and light hearted jokes to keep every moment feeling fresh. Lastly, weve already chatted a little bit about scale, but I cant emphasize enough how thrilling full sized spectacle truly is. How engaging and energizing. How I wish modern movies could still have as many real stunts as they do computer graphics sadly, cost, time, and safety, have left modern Hollywood infatuated with the computer hell, CGI is limitless. But the reality of whats happening in Kwai is unparalleled in todays films. The only real flaws for Kwai, as I can see them, are the technological limitations of the time. The set pieces are fantastic in their grounded nature, but that reality only highlights the un reality of scenes shot Day For Night. Also, as Sony noted during the Classics panel at Blu Con 2.