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The Bridge on the River Kwai (4K UHD Digital Film)

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    • This Film is Movies Anywhere (MA) compatible.
    • Allied commandos are dispatched deep inside the Burmese jungle to blow up a strategic bridge built by British POWs. Starring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins and Sessue Hayakawa.
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Various Digital Retailers have The Bridge on the River Kwai (Digital 4K UHD Film) on sale for $4.99.

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  • About this deal:
    • This Film is Movies Anywhere (MA) compatible.
    • Allied commandos are dispatched deep inside the Burmese jungle to blow up a strategic bridge built by British POWs. Starring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins and Sessue Hayakawa.
    • Refer to forum thread for discussion from the community regarding this offer.

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markazali
This title is movies anywhere compatible btw
stegall
Outstanding movie, one of my all-time favorites. Repped.
ash78
I'm hopeful there are more deals on movies based things covered in We Didn't Start the Fire.

Except the cola wars. I can't take them anymore.

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doesn't look like the one Jeremy Clarkson is in is it?
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OP forgot the free earworm thrown in.
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Quote from almondbutter :
Unpopular opinion, but this movie actually has a number of significant faults. I used to love the movie when I was younger, but it feels a bit superficial upon rewatch. William Holden's physique belies the harsh conditions of the camp. Similarly, allusions are repeatedly made to the brutality of Saito's command, yet this is never really shown. Time in the box would have been very mild given the real world context of Japanese POW camps. This also makes the battle of wills feel a bit too easy and an unearned victory. Saito never really displays a severe ruthlessness that you would expect. He's also western educated, but has remarkably less skill at engineering than his British counterparts. He's supposed to be steeped in the Bushido code and the intensely hierarchical structure of the Japanese army, but ends up just being a wimp who cries and ends up being bossed around at every turn. So in retrospect, superb acting and production, but ultimately a fluff post-war propaganda piece.

I really do think this is given credit as being a better movie than it is due to its acting talent and being a product of its time. If it were made today, I doubt it would be heralded as a timeless classic.
Your comment is respectful and well thought-out, so credit goes to you for that. But as you guessed, you won't get a ton of agreement.

The reason this film is timeless is precisely because it doesn't try to be a documentary about the war. While author Pierre Boule did base the events loosely on the real-life "Death Railway", they're mostly fictional. (In fact the real-life allied commander Philip Toosey was the polar opposite of Nicholson in the movie, a hero who did as much as he could to take care if his men and undermine the construction of the bridge).

Of course, Boule wrote it to be a morality tale, much like his other book, The Planet of the Apes.

The philosophical questions this movie raises along with the combination of performances by Holden, Guinness, and Hayakawa in their prime, the stunning cinematography, the music, and David Lean's direction is what makes this timeless. Even the restoration into UHD from original 35mm negatives was ahead of its time.

There's a reason no one has ever tried to reboot or remake it.
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Just need to get Dr. Zhivago and A Brief Encounter now so I can have a lean night.
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SnakePlisken
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Quote from almondbutter :
Unpopular opinion, but this movie actually has a number of significant faults. I used to love the movie when I was younger, but it feels a bit superficial upon rewatch. William Holden's physique belies the harsh conditions of the camp. Similarly, allusions are repeatedly made to the brutality of Saito's command, yet this is never really shown. Time in the box would have been very mild given the real world context of Japanese POW camps. This also makes the battle of wills feel a bit too easy and an unearned victory. Saito never really displays a severe ruthlessness that you would expect. He's also western educated, but has remarkably less skill at engineering than his British counterparts. He's supposed to be steeped in the Bushido code and the intensely hierarchical structure of the Japanese army, but ends up just being a wimp who cries and ends up being bossed around at every turn. So in retrospect, superb acting and production, but ultimately a fluff post-war propaganda piece.

I really do think this is given credit as being a better movie than it is due to its acting talent and being a product of its time. If it were made today, I doubt it would be heralded as a timeless classic.
Oh great, I haven't seen this yet. Thanks for ruining the ending for me.
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elphie
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Love this movie! Got it for free with credits. Thanks op!
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Quote from almondbutter :
Unpopular opinion, but this movie actually has a number of significant faults. I used to love the movie when I was younger, but it feels a bit superficial upon rewatch. William Holden's physique belies the harsh conditions of the camp. Similarly, allusions are repeatedly made to the brutality of Saito's command, yet this is never really shown. Time in the box would have been very mild given the real world context of Japanese POW camps. This also makes the battle of wills feel a bit too easy and an unearned victory. Saito never really displays a severe ruthlessness that you would expect. He's also western educated, but has remarkably less skill at engineering than his British counterparts. He's supposed to be steeped in the Bushido code and the intensely hierarchical structure of the Japanese army, but ends up just being a wimp who cries and ends up being bossed around at every turn. So in retrospect, superb acting and production, but ultimately a fluff post-war propaganda piece.

I really do think this is given credit as being a better movie than it is due to its acting talent and being a product of its time. If it were made today, I doubt it would be heralded as a timeless classic.
I agree that it wouldn't be acclaimed today, because nowadays we value (tolerate) authenticity and realism much more than the 1940s. The world (or at least, the average, US world) was shocked after 1945, when the extent of man's cruelty to man was revealed. No one believed the early reports coming out of Europe and the Pacific because it was a new level of evil. Our generations since have grown up knowing the atrocities that were revelatory to them; it stands to reason that their capacity to portray such suffering would not measure up to what we can stomach today.

I love this movie. Totally worth the purchase.

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Quote from almondbutter :
Unpopular opinion, but this movie actually has a number of significant faults. I used to love the movie when I was younger, but it feels a bit superficial upon rewatch. William Holden's physique belies the harsh conditions of the camp. Similarly, allusions are repeatedly made to the brutality of Saito's command, yet this is never really shown. Time in the box would have been very mild given the real world context of Japanese POW camps. This also makes the battle of wills feel a bit too easy and an unearned victory. Saito never really displays a severe ruthlessness that you would expect. He's also western educated, but has remarkably less skill at engineering than his British counterparts. He's supposed to be steeped in the Bushido code and the intensely hierarchical structure of the Japanese army, but ends up just being a wimp who cries and ends up being bossed around at every turn. So in retrospect, superb acting and production, but ultimately a fluff post-war propaganda piece.

I really do think this is given credit as being a better movie than it is due to its acting talent and being a product of its time. If it were made today, I doubt it would be heralded as a timeless classic.
Great points, though I'm not sure I think "would it be a classic if made today?" is the right way to look at it.
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Ron Swanson approved.
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Quote from elphie :
I agree that it wouldn't be acclaimed today, because nowadays we value (tolerate) authenticity and realism much more than the 1940s. The world (or at least, the average, US world) was shocked after 1945, when the extent of man's cruelty to man was revealed. No one believed the early reports coming out of Europe and the Pacific because it was a new level of evil. Our generations since have grown up knowing the atrocities that were revelatory to them; it stands to reason that their capacity to portray such suffering would not measure up to what we can stomach today.

I love this movie. Totally worth the purchase.
This is just one of my pet peeves. It wasn't "man's cruelty to man," It was specific people's cruelty to other specific people. We can't collectivize guilt; that's one of the be errors that led to the Holocaust. Some people are cruel. Some people are kind.
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That price is madness, madness.
Madness? THIS IS BRITAIN!
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Quote from SnakePlisken :
Oh great, I haven't seen this yet. Thanks for ruining the ending for me.
Why would you keep reading his post? I haven't seen the yet movie either, and I stopped reading his post after 2 - 3 sentences when it was clear that he was going into specifics about the movie.

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Quote from saluteyourshorts :
Why would you keep reading his post? I haven't seen the yet movie either, and I stopped reading his post after 2 - 3 sentences when it was clear that he was going into specifics about the movie.
Thought it was a review, started out like a general commentary.
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Oh great, I haven't seen this yet. Thanks for ruining the ending for me.
This movie has been out for decades. You not having seen it is no one's concern whatsoever.
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