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{{quote|'' One day the war will be over. And I hope that the people that use this bridge in years to come will remember how it was built and who built it. Not a gang of slaves, but soldiers, British soldiers, Clipton, even in captivity! ''
|'''Colonel Nicholson'''}}
{{quote|''You and Colonel Nicholson, you're two of a kind, crazy with courage. For what? How to die like a gentleman... how to die by the rules - when the only important thing is how to live like a human being!''
|'''Major Shears'''}}
'''''The Bridge on the River Kwai''''' is a 1957 [[World War Two]] POW film about the construction of the bridges over the River Kwai, although it's [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story|heavily fictionalized]]. It's based on a French novel ''The Bridge over the River Kwai'' by Pierre Boulle.
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* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: Frustrated that the radio won't work, Shears kicks it ... and then it does.
* [[POW Camp]]: The Brits are at war with Japan, after all.
* [[Punishment Box]]: the camp has a metal punishment box that stands outside in the sun. Prisoners don't get any water.
* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: As has been noted, in [[Real Life]] conditions on the Burma railway were actually even worse than depicted in the film.
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{{Academy Award Best Picture}}
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[[Category:The Bridge on the River Kwai]]
[[Category:Films of the 1950s]]
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[[Category:Military and Warfare Films]]
[[Category:British Films]]
[[Category:Films Based on Novels]]
[[Category:Roger Ebert Great Movies List]]
[[Category:National Film Registry]]
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[[Category:Golden Globe Award]]
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