The bridge on the River Kwai 
Columbia Pictures Corporation ; screenplay by Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; directed by David Lean. 
 - Anamorphic widescreen version. 
 - Culver City, Calif. :  Columbia TriStar Home Video,  2000. 
 - 2 videodiscs (162 min.) :  sd., col. ;  4 3/4 in. +  1 guide. 
<br/><br/> Special features (Disc 2): Exclusive documentary: Adaptation of Boulle's novel, casting, history of production, score, release, restoration and more; original featurette: Rise and fall of a jungle giant; USC short film introduced by William Holden; an appreciation by filmmaker John Milius; photo gallery; interactive and animated menus; scene selections with motion; theatrical trailer; talent files.  Based on Pont de la rivir̈e Kwa /̐ Pierre Boulle.  Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957. 
<br/><br/>Disc 1: Feature film (162 min.) -- Disc. 2: Special features. 
<br/><br/>Music, Malcolm Arnold; director of photography, Jack Hildyard ; editing, Peter Taylor.  Music, Malcolm Arnold; director of photography, Jack Hildyard ; editing, Peter Taylor. 
<br/><br/>William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Ann Sears, Geoffrey Horne. 
<br/><br/> When British P.O.W.s build a vital railway bridge in enemy-occupied Burma, Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it. 
<br/><br/><br/>English, French, Spanish and Portuguese soundtracks with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Thai. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0767858735 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>BurmaSiam Railroad--Drama
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Feature films<br/>World War 19391945--Drama<br/>World War 19391945--Prisoners and prisons Japanese--Drama<br/>World War 19391945--Campaigns--Burma--Drama<br/>World War 19391945--Motion pictures and the war
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Burma--History--Japanese occupation 19421945--Drama
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1997