The Bridge on the River Kwai - watch free film
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Watch The Bridge on the River Kwai film. A film “The Bridge on the River Kwai” by David Lean. This film is long (161 minutes), is almost 40 years old, and yet still is terrific, still holds up and will forever, I suspect, be considered one of the greatest war movies ever made. As an integral part of their war effort, the Japanese have ordered a strategic bridge to be built across the Kwai River to facilitate the transport of troops and equipment. Awarded the DSO for heroism during the defence of Singapore, he refused an order to join the evacuation so he could remain with his men during captivity. In the hellish conditions of the camp, he worked courageously to ensure that as many of his men as possible would survive. The Bridge on the River Kwai- a war movie or an anti-war movie? I think Lean clearly preferred the latter, but the subject matter and his approach to it may have landed somewhere in between. this message has only recently been re-evaluated with the also-brilliant masterpiece “Saving Private Ryan.” But, keep in mind that it took forty years to regain the power that this film inspired so long ago. Watch free full The Bridge on the River Kwai film online.
