What Have I Done? - The Bridge on the River Kwai (8/8) Movie CLIP (1957) HD
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Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness) comes to the realization that the bridge must be destroyed. In his final moments he falls on the detonator exploding the bridge.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
The Bridge on the River Kwai opens in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma in 1943, where a battle of wills rages between camp commander Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa) and newly arrived British colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness). Saito insists that Nicholson order his men to build a bridge over the river Kwai, which will be used to transport Japanese munitions. Nicholson refuses, despite all the various "persuasive" devices at Saito's disposal. Finally, Nicholson agrees, not so much to cooperate with his captor as to provide a morale-boosting project for the military engineers under his command. The colonel will prove that, by building a better bridge than Saito's men could build, the British soldier is a superior being even when under the thumb of the enemy. As the bridge goes up, Nicholson becomes obsessed with completing it to perfection, eventually losing sight of the fact that it will benefit the Japanese. Meanwhile, American POW Shears (William Holden), having escaped from the camp, agrees to save himself from a court martial by leading a group of British soldiers back to the camp to destroy Nicholson's bridge. Upon his return, Shears realizes that Nicholson's mania to complete his project has driven him mad. Filmed in Ceylon, Bridge on the River Kwai won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for the legendary British filmmaker David Lean, and Best Actor for Guinness. It also won Best Screenplay for Pierre Boulle, the author of the novel on which the film was based, even though the actual writers were blacklisted writers Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson, who were given their Oscars under the table.
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Cast: James Donald, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, William Holden
Director: David Lean
Producers: Sam Spiegel, Jim Painten
Screenwriters: Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle
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Guiness' line, "What have I done?" is the finest five seconds of film ever shot. In this one climatic moment, the ramrod soldier realizes, to his horror, that he's committed treason in the name of honor. It is the perfect irony in a world of madness.
Great movie! Great acting!
"What have I done?" One of the best lines I have ever watched delivered so perfectly.
To round out your perspective: May I suggest reading "Through The Valley Of The Kwai" by Ernest Gordon who was there. He describes the one and only thing that could and did bring unity to the prisoners in their struggle to survive....FAITH.
You strike him down and he'll become more powerful than you could ever imagine.
William Holden was awesome in this film.This and the Bridges at Toko-Ri he nailed the acting in them,so good.
The movie broke the mold with an uncharacteristic 'unhappy' ending that most movies avoided. It left audiences leaving the theater really pondering war and the madness it creates.
I think the ending, while tragic, is less about war itself and more about the personal failings and subsequent redemptions of each character.
Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson, while extremely valorous, ultimately fell victim to his personal pride. This pride, along with the pride in his nation, was the driving force for the first third of the movie, and saved his men from death and disarray despite the heinous conditions imposed by the land and their captors. Really, it was good until it became bad at the very end. The bridge was first a unifying force for his men, then it became a symbol of Britain, and towards the end, as he betrayed his fellow soldiers, it is hinted that it may have become more of a personal legacy than anything else. Had the sabotage not occurred, Nicholson would have been heavily decorated after the war for his efforts, but that pride would have remained gnawing at his soul, leaving him to question if his values were truly upheld. He had already put the lives of the allied forces at risk in his efforts. The fight at the end was simply the most obvious sign.
However, he redeemed himself in his final moments by consciously approaching and collapsing on the plunger, ending his life as well as his now renounced ambitions in the name of his kingdom.
Lieutenant Joyce’s struggle was with his personal misgivings about killing. They likely cost Warden his foot and possibly his life, but he was redeemed his past hesitation when he quickly killed Saito, an impressive feat considering his rank. Unfortunately, this struggle was pushed to its limit when he was forced to kill Nicholson, and that ultimately resulted in his untimely demise.
Commander Shears was in fact not named Shears at all, but rather impersonated an American officer for preferential treatment. His deception and later reluctance to help his fellow soldiers was “rewarded” by his forced integration into the force, and his subsequent heroics with Warden and in his final moments were his redemption.
Saito’s death is somewhat unlike the others, in that his redemption is caused by him being acted on. Much of his problems with the prisoners seem revolve around his inner struggle with his western education. While on the surface he rejected western values, he did not unleash the full brutality that the Japanese were capable of to achieve his goals. As it would appear, he was going to commit harakiri (despite finishing ahead of schedule) due to his humiliation at the hands of Nicholson. Instead, he died in battle, perhaps redeemed as a warrior for dying in battle.
The ending was bitter-sweet. A truly unhappy ending would be the bridge isn't destroyed
Great summary and I agree
I agree. The ending left me so empty in the sense that war's real functionality is to destroy. Only. Men, no matter which side they were in, die for nothing.
Awesome effect -- a great way to overcome problems inherent in miniturization is to simply use a real bridge and a real train.
No one can argue with your logic.
Downside, you can only do it once
For real?
@@rubien0389 except if you are Tito's Yugoslavia shooting the "Battle of Neretva" xD
except for that ofcourse! Long live Tito
The death may look a bit strange, but that's how explosion deaths, or more generally shell shock, are reported. If you're not close enough to be directly ripped apart, the shockwave knocks you flat whilst also rattling the inside of your entire body like a baby getting shaken. Internal organs and blood vessels rupture. You might stay conscious and get up, dazed, with little idea of where you are or what just happened, and then the massive physical shock you just took to your soft tissues hits you like a train and you drop dead.
Really? Wow, thanks for explaining in detail. I always wondered about why did he just die. I thought some kind of metal pieced his insides from the back.
They never show this in movies now that I think about it, its always either thiy're knocked back like 10 yards with a shocked expression or they're vapourized
I recently spoke with a WWII navy veteran (U.S.S. St. Louis) who described a concussive death much as you have. The shock wave simply knocks you dead. He saw an Australian on deck standing there... KA-BOOM... and then he just dropped straight down. Like a ton of bricks.
I don’t know I always thought it was shrapnel, a more realistic depiction of explosions not throwing someone in the air, but flinging splinters and shrapnel and debris into you, it always seemed to me he got some shrapnel in the back of his neck or head and died
It rings your bells that's for sure
Great moral to the ending, applicable to all walks of life. Never lose perspective of the big picture, never get so lost amidst the details and particulars, you forget what you're doing and why.
Alec Guiness' character was so focused on showing the Japanese the spirit and nobility of the british soldiers won't be broken while building the bridge, he lost sight of the fact building a good bridge is in fact helping the enemy.
Also his arrogance in the foregone conclusion that the Japanese will lose
@@whitleypedia But he was actually right in that regard... they lost...
I loved the way he casually mentions he got the commanding officers to join in with the building, completely negating the entire point of his protest in the first half of the film. He could in fact do anything, would be capable of anything so long as it's framed correctly within his code of honour. All about rules and procedures. And the irony is he's not wrong, his behaviour kept his men alive and happy. But he's not right either, the madness of war itself twists everything, allies helping the enemy and being shelled by their own side. And he realises just too late.
0:52 Colonel Nicholson: What have I done?
0:57 Major Warden kill Colonel Nicholson with mortar
1:30 💥
@@DenkyManner I'm not seeing a lot of people pointing that out. It's so hypocritical,almost killed all his officers so they wouldnt do work, just to make em do the work later anyways. If I was the Japanese guy, I'd totally let them use their pride to build the bridge, "oh you really showed me, the british are truly incorruptible, now get on that train to build our next bridge". They think theyre being defiant in doing exactly what the Japanese wanted in the first place.
Guinness' delivery of the "What have I done?" line is perfect, conveying confusion, bewilderment, and shame, and all done with British understatement. And I love that bit of business Guinness does after he's knocked down by the mortar: he stands up and, true to his stature as a British officer, picks up his cap and brushes it off.
TM Rezzek Wow I thought the way he said 'You' sounded awfully like Obi Wan saying 'USE the force."
Its bad acting by today's standarts but muh muh older films were better because nostalgia and hipsterism
Attack Defense This is considered by many many super credible movie sources to be pretty much " The best film ever created in the entire history of film making. Yes we're all entitled to our own personal opinions, but this movie won 7 academy awards, best picture and best actor to Guinness! So all subjective aside, it's a fact this movie has proven to withstand to this day.
@@frankiegee6135 "The best film ever created in the entire history of film making." I don't know about that one. Winning lots of awards at the time is one thing but doesn't necessarily mean greatest ever in the long run.
Are you serious? Today's actors Ayrshire compared to the greats like alec
"What have I done?" One of the best lines I have ever watched delivered so perfectly. Alec Guinness nailed it.
“Madness” a very close 2nd.
"These are not the droids you're looking for"
Yes. But isn't it funny that no one ever points out how tough-as-nails he is to get to his feet, and so quickly, after that grenade explodes mere yards away? It's kind of lost in the excitement mostly because the Colonel, unlike the American, downplays the drama of a wound that might be mortal. He just rises and carries on un-excitedly. But the point of my comment is that Lean gives him a super-strong constitution and will, yet one might miss it.
0:52 What have I done?
Jeff Goldblum brought me here..don't ask..
That intro was probably the best conan intro
My Dad said he saw this film when it came out in 1957 while he was stationed in London in the USAF.He said it was a blockbuster film and it was way ahead of its time.
Did dad say the sky was blue too?
I saw it as a little kid - - it stuck with me.
It is pretty ahead its time, the way its shot made me think it was a 70's movie
Forced to watch this regularly by our headmaster and boarding school on rainy days. Found it boring but later joined the Royal Engineers and watched it religiously since. Best film ever made.
Why don't we have movies like this anymore? No cgi, or nauseating sound effects, just a great story.
Because most people prefer entertainment to art.
Everything has to make a billion dollars now or it's "too risky" for Hollywood. Plus, I don't know if this movie is PC enough for audiences these days.
because people have dogshit attention spans these days. watching a 3 hour epic without their phones at hand is basically torture for a zoomer.
There are plenty of movies like that
Trash story
Yes! Before Alec Guinness was ever "Obi-Wan Kenobi", he was "Colonel Nicholson", a character who gets so obsessed with having a purpose that he forgets he is helping the enemy. "What have I done?"
One of the greatest lines, delivered by one of the greatest actors, in one of the greatest films of all time. Can't get better than that.
In my mind, James Donald's "Madness!" line sums up the entire endeavour of building the bridge in the first place.
jaxbus3000 - Excellent comment!
A great line alright. I can think of another one, from a different movie. A couple other ones. "We lost. The farmers have won." "You can see, now?"
The best sequence in the film, maybe ever. Guinness is terrific, his character as determined to destroy the bridge when he's dying as he was determined to build the thing when he was living. Madness, madness!
Who can say which bit is the best? Guinness' line is great and so is the doctor's. When the woman stands up at 0:14 it's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in my life. I also like when the brigadier gets up 1:30, in two parts. You can feel how much his back hurts but for the moment he himself doesn't. He notices only the effort of rising to his feet.
Lean as a filmmaker is like one of those Elizabethans in poetry, having the honour of setting down certain things for posterity to try to match only by daring, and to succeed at only by genius.
I don't believe for a minute that Guinness was trying to destroy the bridge. No way. He'd worked for months to build it. Full of pride and ego. This was nothing more than a "Rube Goldberg".. he dies and falls on the plunger.
One of three movies Ron Swanson has ever watched.
Not to mention, his favorite.
What were the other two
@@petermikus2363 Patton, and Finding Nemo.
That is one whistle-happy engineer
+John Dalby Adds to the tension.
Yea, that train whistle goes on for 7 (?) minutes
The engineer wade the whistle sound with his lips. 😗🎵 A lot of whistling in this movie.
R.I.P Alec Guinness
1914-2000
1:30 "No, I'm not satisfied with this explosion, please rebuild the whole bridge and train so we can shoot it again" (David Lean).
They had to rebuild the bridge in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly because they blew it up too soon.
You build a beautiful bridge that could stand for hundreds of years, yes what have you done. But you did it in collaboration with the enemy. War really is madness. If this happened during peace he would be celebrated, all that he went through for this damned bridge.
Obi Wan blew up the deathstar in this one. Except in this one Obi-Wan Kenobi has stockholm syndrome.
Not to be that guy, but Stockholm syndrome implies that he empathizes with his captor. He doesn't like Saito at all. But he looks at the bridge his soldiers and himself created as being their legacy. His nationalism for England became so blind that when it was time to actually to something in favor for the country, he didn't even realize it because was more focused on the bridge representing England. It's essentially a story about how nationalism can be a dangerous thing to even the country you're so obsessed about.
+Lunatic Prodigy Hardly, he was focused on his own glory as interpreted by his unit's success, in this case building a better bridge than the Japanese. The bridge became HIS legacy and victory. He was obviously a vary confused man groping for any success in a world completely separated from his own. For him nationalism had ceased to exist in any normal sense. He had lost connection to his country and its struggles. Only at the end when he utters' What have I done?' does he realize this.
Yes, Stockholm Syndrome is a fair call. It's the best explanation for his-what's the word?-madness.
That term didn't exist then but it could apply like PTSD
Alec Guinness would absolutely despise this comment.
This is what I say when I contemplate my life.
Which one? "What have I done?" Or "Madness!"
@@andrew_owens7680 both 🤣
Love the line, not delivered with some great dramatic effect but a simple moment of realizing that he has really messed this one up.
It's such a perfect delivery! He's completely shocked by the realisation and still can't break out of his "stiff upper lip" presentation, his honour that brought him to this point. It's perfect! A man like this would never scream and shout and cry in a situation like this, it's perfect characterisation.
Now picture Charlton Heston delivering it 😃
@@sgshumblecrumb6046 He would be like "😬😬😬 What have I done?"
Anyone here from Breaking Bad S4 E11? Lol
I need to check your holes
My interpretation of this famous ending is that Colonel Nicholson *does* think about blowing up the bridge (albeit at the last second), but then, the ensuing mortar blast turns his brain to mush. So his body makes the decision for him.
Great finale to a great movie. This movie was played during our senior all-night party (1964) and all the girls complained how boring it was.
this certainly looks impressively made for the 50's. reminds me of ben hur
That’s because labour was cheap. They literally built the bridge and ran a real train over it and blew it up with real explosives.
No models, no high speed cameras, no pyrotechnics, no blue screens, no matte paintings, no CGI.
@@Bartonovich52 which also describes the train blown up in Lawrence of Arabia. David Lean must have gotten high on that stuff.
He made a movie called Larry of Arabia...The colors !
One of the best scenes in movie history.
DisastaCaPiTaLisM Holden's anger too.
and note the Thai woman who was a buddy of William Holden, sees him go down and proceeds to tough it out.
"YOU!...YOUUUUU......"
This movie has one of the most thinly veiled antiwar messages of all time: War ultimately leaves people to die for the wrong causes and in the end, no one wins.
The antiwar theme of the film was rather unusual for the time. What a masterpiece.
I think the ending, while tragic, is less about war itself and more about the personal failings and subsequent redemptions of each character.
Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson, while valorous, ultimately fell victim to his personal pride. This pride, along with the pride in his nation, was the driving force for the first third of the movie, and saved his men from death and disarray despite the heinous conditions imposed by the land and their captors. Really, it was good until it became bad at the very end. The bridge was first a unifying force for his men, then it became a symbol of Britain, and towards the end, as he betrayed his fellow soldiers, it is hinted that it may have become more of a personal legacy than anything else. Had the sabotage not occurred, Nicholson would have been heavily decorated after the war for his efforts, but that pride would have remained gnawing at his soul, leaving him to question if his values were truly upheld. He had already put the lives of the allied forces at risk in his efforts. The fight at the end was simply the most obvious sign.
However, he redeemed himself in his final moments by consciously approaching and collapsing on the plunger, ending his life as well as his now renounced ambitions in the name of his kingdom.
Lieutenant Joyce’s struggle was with his personal misgivings about killing. They likely cost Warden his foot and possibly his life, but he was redeemed his past hesitation when he quickly killed Saito, an impressive feat considering his rank. Unfortunately, this struggle was pushed to its limit when he was forced to kill Nicholson, and that ultimately resulted in his untimely demise.
Commander Shears was in fact not named Shears at all, but rather impersonated an American officer for preferential treatment. His deception and later reluctance to help his fellow soldiers was “rewarded” by his forced integration into the force, and his subsequent heroics with Warden and in his final moments were his redemption.
Saito’s death is somewhat unlike the others, in that his redemption is caused by him being acted on. Much of his problems with the prisoners seem revolve around his inner struggle with his western education. While on the surface he rejected western values, he did not unleash the full brutality that the Japanese were capable of to achieve his goals. As it would appear, he was going to commit harakiri (despite finishing ahead of schedule) due to his humiliation at the hands of Nicholson. Instead, he died in battle, perhaps redeemed as a warrior for dying in battle.
How many of you guys knew this movie was shot in beautiful Sri Lanka. If you go to Kithulgala in Sri Lanka. You can still see this place. Remains of the train still lies there as I got to know. What a scene this is !
Or Ceylon as I still call it.
Yeah Sri Lanka is a naturally really beatiful place any movie shot there looks absolutely great on the big screen. One of the stars of the movie beside the great story great acting from all concerned was Sri Lanka's natural beauty of mother nature itself this really added to the great look feel and colourful eye pleasing atmosphere of the of the movie. Beatifully shot and captured by David Lean the Director.
no one cares
Just before the Sri Lanka Civil War
@@arrogantanaconda3405 only you don't douchbag
Alec Guinness is the GOAT
David Leans five epic films are the greatest movies ever made and he was definitely just as talented when creating small scale intimate cinema, like brief encounter and great expectations and oliver twist.
Anakin Skywalker said this in Revenge of the Sith after killing Mace Windu
What a Coincidence
Guiness' line, "What have I done?" remains the finest 5 seconds of film ever shot. The scene is iconic for a very good reason: in the history of film as a dramatic/story telling medium, no one ever produced anything better.
Ego, the Ego has been the downfall of so many...at :52 his realization of what he has done- the blank look in his eyes as he comes to finally realizes his error.
Breaking Bad anyone?
As I enter my final years and look back at what I finally realize has been a misspent life, this scene hits home with me: "What have I done?"
It follows a certain storytelling pattern: temptation, fall, anagnorisis, repentance.
When the woman stands up at 0:14 I think it's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
that brief moment is just perfect
I think David Lean started out as a film editor.
@@Finarphin That is an interesting and relevant point. Much else went into those two seconds besides the admirably well-chosen cuts, too. I most liked the work of the actress, the choice of where to put the camera, and the use of light. Impossible to improve upon, each of them. But _de gustibus..._
The same pride that made him seem so heroic earlier is also what destroyed him.
Alec Guiness' character learnt what should've known in the first place and what a horrible price that lesson cost him.
fun fact that was a real a real train and real bridge
Yeah but in another river entirely
+gavin goproactionvideos Funner fact, in the 50th anniversary edition George Lucas replaced Alec Guinness with a GCI Ewan McGregor.
+emptyhand777 -- oh why??
+gavin goproactionvideos Already knew that but thanks
Real dynamite too, I imagine... :)
This workplace has some obvious health and safety problems.
Fun fact: Lean made two films about a character who realizes too late that they've made a huge error based on delusional thinking: Colonel Nicholson in Bridge on the River Kwai and Miss Havisham in Great Expectations. In both cases, the character utters the same exact words to themselves at the moment of realization, "What have I done?" and then they end up dying moments later, Colonel Nicholson by gunfire and Miss Havisham when her dress catches fire.
I took a look at the Lean version of Great Expectations and Miss Havisham does not say that. Her dress catches fire and she simply screams! But she should have said that line!
@@Richard-hv5hh She does say that - maybe go back a little farther in the scene and you'll hear it. Here's how the scene plays out: Estella tells Pip that she's going to marry someone else after Pip declares his love for her, then she leaves. Miss Havisham has been watching this and realizes how heartbroken Pip is. She says, "What have I done?" Then Pip replies: "If you mean what have you done to me, Miss Havisham, let me answer. Estella has been part of my existence ever since I first came here, the rough, common boy whose heart she wounded even then." Pip's speech goes on a little longer then he exits. When he closes the door, a log rolls out of the fireplace and ignites Miss Havisham's dress and she dies in the ensuing fire.
Yes, and at this point I'm wondering if those lines were in their respective novels.
Had to review this for an ethics class in college What a difficult situation to be in ...
This film is based on the novel by French writer Pierre Boulle, who also wrote "Planet of the Apes".
"You men will then build for me a bridge- a bridge across the River Kwai. Be happy in your work."
-Colonel Saito.
If the truth be told, 110,000 allied prisoners of war died building the Bangkok to Rangoon railroad that crossed the River Kwai. Sadly, I don't suspect any of those poor souls were particularly happy in their line of work...
"Were you ever a prisoner of war, Mandrake?"
"Yes, Jack, if you must know. I was taken prisoner by the Japanese. Not a pretty story, actually."
"What happened?"
"Well, what happened was, they got me on the old Rangoon-Ichinaro railway. I was digging train lines for the bloody Japanese puff-puffs."
"Did they torture you?"
"Yes, Jack. Yes they did."
"Did you talk?"
"Well... no. Actually, I don't think they wanted me to talk. I don't think they wanted me to say anything. It was just their way of having a bit of fun, the swines. The thing is, they make such bloody good cameras."
--- Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)
@@LordZontar
"Where's Major Kong?!"
"You cut out the final "Madness!"."
Actually, there are *two* more utterances of "Madness!" after that one!
Madness...this is "blowing up dah bridge!!"
The greatest ending to any movie ever made. "Madness....madness."
This movie is a treasure. A masterpiece. Unforgettable in every respect. The greatest actor of all times - Sir Alec Guiness! What a fantastic movie.
Without a doubt one of the greatest climaxes in film history.
He realizes that high command wants the bridge destroyed. They don’t share in his dream that it stands for a 1000 yrs
The dark side of Obi Wan.
That’s exactly what his eventual pupil will say after betraying the Jedi order
And so the one person who sought to create the bridge is the one who destroys it. Irony is so beautiful.
0:52
“What have I done???”
My mom used to cry to this movie all the time. She said it was my grandpa Dean’s favorite. I’d cry during this scene thinking about my dad’s eventual death from alcoholism.
Sorry
It's interesting how we imagine family when we've never met them, my brothers tell me my grandpa looked like the Dad from dirty dancing. The potrayals always kinda morph the personality you imagine they had
*Oddball watching in the treeline*
It's still up!
(bridge gets blown up)
No it ain't... it looks like were gonna find ourselves another bridge...
Love how we see the Colonel as a paragon of strength and therefore assume he’s making the right decision until this scene when that notion gets disproved and shoved in your face.
Killed him and he became more powerful than they could have ever imagined
It's the "You .... You ..." that gets me.
I agree… That moment cuts to the bone..
Its the look in his eyes as the says what have i done...the horror is there
One of the best films of all time.
Filmed on location in kithulgala sri lanka.one hour drive from where i live.i am going to visit and video this place and remake events simply as it from the original locations.
Did you do it?
@1:10 trying to be so proper and dignified even in his last moments
The set-ups and pay-offs in this film are outstanding. Col. Nicholson realizing he was collaborating all along; Shears knowing that Nicholson's and Warden's bravado would get everyone killed. Even Lt. Joyce, who hesitated to use the knife during training, came through and stabbed Col. Saito with sang-froid. The climactic ending is made all the better by these satisfying yet tragic pay-offs.
Great actors Holden. Guiness and Hawkins and Asian ladies. Great ending to Great film by Great director Lean
All true, but don't overlook the Japanese colonel.
@@trapezemusic
Right ! Sessue Hayakawa !
He even earned an academy award nomination as best supporting actor.
Once Hayakawa had been the first Asian moviestar in Hollywood during the time of silent movies.
But during the thirties, when resentiments against Japan increased because of the Chinese-Japanese War, he had retired to Japan.
This movie was his big comeback in Hollywood.
Actually at first he was considerd too old for the role by many of the crew, since he was already nearly 70 years old at the time of shooting, but he managed to give a splendid and convincing performance inspite of his age.
I 'm from Sri Lanka.This movie shooted in Kitulgala of Sri Lanka. It almost have taken 2 years to complete. This rever called in the Sri Lanka Kelani river.If you come to Kitulgala in Sri Lanka you can see the train wreck in the river and some parts of the bridge.
Thanks for the information.
no one asked
@@arrogantanaconda3405 Stings doesnt it
@@Sparrows1121 india dogs
What an amazing scene. What a superb movie.. thanks for sharing. !!
You go through the entire film, and you think you're just watching a fairly good but ultimately ho-hum war film about delusions of legacy.
And then you see Shears and Nicholson meet, in that final scene, and about ten different thematic conflicts all hit their climax at once. Absolutely mind-blowing.
"You?!"
_"...You."_
Fun Fact, The Train From The Bridge On The River Kwai Has The Same Whistle Sound As Charlie From Thomas And Friends. Albeit In A Higher Pitch.
Writing this on 9 January 2023 after the shambles of Prince Harry's attacks on his family - I immediately thought of this scene - and forecast it's only a question of time before he has his "what have I done" moment.
Alec Guiness's behavior for the entire film is absurd. First, he demands the Japanese adhere to a Geneva Convention that Japan never signed. Then he demands that the British Army build a better bridge for the Japanese than they could have built for themselves. Clearly he would have been shot for treason had he not died falling on the explosive initiator.
Even this ending is a happy ending compared to the book. The books ending is brief and misserable
They've done a great job preserving this masterpiece.
Beautifully shot AND acted , the Directors eye for detail and filling a frame beautifully has to be admired and respected , perfect art , wonderfully made classic movie that never gets old all those contained within , immortal
Poor old Jamesir Bensonmum blew up the wrong bridge cause of his eyes 😂
He went native...but the other guys on the team made it happen and all he had to do is quit
I was only about 11 the first time I saw this movie. I only saw the last 40 minutes of the movie, but it was the most tense I've ever been when watching a movie. Easily one of my top 5 favorite movies.
I just saw this incredible movie for the the first time yesterday, the last few minutes had me on the edge of my seat, fantastic performances all around! I haven't added too many movies lately to my list of "all-time favorite films," but now I have the pleasure of adding Bridge on the River Kwai. This movie cleaned up at the Oscars, with Alec Guinness earning Best Actor (and I wonder if his collapse on the detonator was deliberate??)
I have seen this great film countless times. I sense that, if had not collapsed on the detonator, he would have intentionally pressed down on it because he realized "what he had done" and what he now had to do.
This move was shown to us multiple time in our MBA course to teach us what is called leadership.
Have seen this movie so many times that I have lost count. Still want to see it again.
This is my favourite war film, so much nuance, confliction, and things left open to interpretation. for 1957, it's an absolute masterpiece to this day.
Believe it or not, I really didn't want them to blow it up. I sorta saw the demolition group as the villains, and Nicholson as the twisted hero.
I don’t think any of them are heroes, and that’s kinda the point.. They’re all just regular schmucks who are thrown into this quagmire, forced to deal with and accept ridiculous scenarios, driven by circumstances out of their control, that inevitably is gonna lead to a lot of them dying.. And for what?!.. Something that makes little difference in the grand scheme..
In the book the bridge doesn't get blown up. Nicholson is killed by the mortar.
Hard to believe, but according to the Internet Movie Database, Alec Guinness was *not* present when they blew up the bridge - he had already left the location and was headed back to England. (When you study the way this scene is edited, you can see how that's entirely possible.)
Madness! No, in all seriousness I can't imagine they would blow up the bridge without knowing for absolute certain they had already gotten every single shot they could possibly have wanted.
All hail Sir David Lean.
Man Alec Guinness. Just greatness.
best ending of all time
Madness
All these years later and the tones of irony between Guinness’s accepting ideals and Britain’s current cultural troubles is almost overwhelming.
It’s over I have the high ground
Use the force Luke let go Luke
Although the movie is pure fiction, this is one helluva great WW II movie. A masterpiece of film making. The realism of the entire picture is remarkable; the acting is six stars on a five star scale!
One of my favorites growing up, when my brother & I would stuff a towel under our bedroom door & watch it late at night with the sound low, hoping my mom wouldn't catch us... years later I found out she knew exactly what my brother & I were up to every time! Bless her soul!
It's not all that realistic: the prisoners on the real railway were physical wrecks, undernourished and diseased, dying like flies from overwork. As with the "Great Escape" movie, the producers sidestepped the depiction of wartime reality to appease the former enemies who were going to feel good about themselves when they eagerly bought (lots of) tickets to see these politically-neutered movies.
@@johnhardman3 nothing to do with former enemies, no cinema audience would want to watch a film that realistic in the 50s and 60s. Most of the audience at that time were in that war (fighting or being bombed or imprisoned etc) and didn't need nor want reminding of the realism of war.
As time passed portrayals changed, people wanted the next generation to better understand what they went through.
My grandad would never talk about the war though. Too many nightmares. Bayonets in the knees for escaping from the POW camp twice was the least of it (he still got out though and got away the third time)
If you freeze frame at :53 you can almost see him say “I feel something terrible has happened”
He finally finds out at less than three minutes in the movie? What Have I done? I don’t know what the major malfunction of Colonel Nicholas was. I judge pretty harshly sometimes but me and he was a nut case.
I always loved this movie
I don’t ever wanna put a damper on a great movie. Colonel Nichols, “ what have I done?” He ended up helping to blow up the bridge. Did that make up for the other mistakes?
One of the best movies ever,just sayin'
I love this movie, but in real life the Japanese were brutal. They would have killed any captive who resisted them.
Ngl I was really hoping the bridge wouldn’t explode and the Brit guy would survive. Also it really sucks that there wasn’t text at the end saying what happened to the British soldiers
Pearls Before Swine brought me here.
Just googled it and wow a modern day bridge reference is awesome!
To be fair, that was a pretty cool bridge
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