The bridge on the River Kwai : The guns of Navarone / Columbia Pictures.
Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, 162 min.): British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge for their WWII Japanese captors, unaware of an Allied mission to blow it up.
Guns of Navarone (1961, 156 min.): A team of Allied military specialists are recruited for a dangerous mission to infiltrate a Nazi-occupied fortress and disable two long-range field guns to that 2,000 trapped British soldiers may be rescued. The team must overcome the impossible without losing their own lives.
Record details
- Physical Description: 2 Blu-ray videodiscs (318 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Blu-ray.
- Publisher: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ©2013.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Bridge on the River Kwai special features: Crossing the bridge: picture-in-graphics track; Making of The bridge on the River Kwai; The Steve Allen show with William Holden & Alec Guinness; The bridge on the River Kwai premiere narrated by William Holden; rise and fall of a jungle giant; USC short film introduced by William Holden; an appreciation by filmmaker John Milius; photo gallery; trailers. Guns of Navarone special features: The Resistance dossier of Navarone; commentary with film historian Stephen J. Rubin; commentary with director J. Lee Thompson; 3 documentaries; 6 featurettes; narration free prologue; message from Carl Foreman. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Bridge on the River Kwai: directed by David Lean. Guns of Navarone: directed by J. Lee Thompson. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Bridge on the River Kwai: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins. Guns of Navarone: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn. |
System Details Note: | Blu-ray disc; requires Blu-ray player. |
Language Note: | Bridge on the River Kwai: In English, French, Spanish or Portuguese with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean or Thai. Guns of Navarone: In English, French, or Portuguese with optional subtitles in English, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, Korean, Spanish or Thai. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | World War (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 > Drama. |
Genre: | Drama. Feature films. War films. Feature films. War films. |
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | BLU BRI (Text) | 000148701 | Video -- Blu-Ray | Available | - |