The Bridge on the River Kwai trivia
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The author of the book behind the 1957 epic The Bridge on the River Kwai also wrote the source novel for which famous sci-fi franchise?
French author Pierre Boulle wrote the novels for both The Bridge on the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes, drawing on his own POW experiences.
This actor won an Oscar as a British POW in The Bridge on the River Kwai before famously playing a Jedi in Star Wars. Who is he?
Alec Guinness won Best Actor for playing the rigid Colonel Nicholson, a role he initially turned down because he found the character unsympathetic.
British POWs in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai use what musical action to show defiance?
The POWs whistle the "Colonel Bogey March", chosen because audiences knew its vulgar WWII parody lyrics, allowing it to sneak past film censors.
British Colonel Nicholson spends The Bridge on the River Kwai building a bridge only to do what at the climax?
Mortally wounded by an allied shell, a dazed Nicholson collapses onto the dynamite plunger, ironically destroying the bridge he obsessively built.
In The Bridge on the River Kwai, director David Lean had POWs whistle a march to bypass what obstacle?
British soldiers famously sang the 1914 "Colonel Bogey March" with vulgar lyrics mocking Nazi leaders. Whistling the tune bypassed censors who deemed the words profane.