The Bridge on the River Kwai also is a critical success and earned eight Academy Awards, including for Best Picture in 1958. David Lean won an Oscar for Best Director while Alec Guinness won the gold statue for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Sessue Hayaka won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Other Oscar wins were for the screenplay, cinematography, film editing, and musical score.
The National Film Registry of the Library of Congress added the film to its list of “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” films. It qualifies on all three counts with outstanding cinematography, storytelling, and telling a compelling story based on true events. You can stream The Bridge on the River Kwai on Amazon Prime Video.
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