Episode 23 – The Bridge on the River Kwai

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This month, we began our new relationship with the Trylon microcinema in Minneapolis!  They have great popcorn!  For our first film, we watched David Lean’s epic masterpiece The Bridge on the River Kwai featuring Sir Alec Guiness and William Holden.  There was much whistling and a bridge was destroyed!  Nary a lightsaber was to be seen! We had great fun talking about this movie with the attendees of the film and you can hear how much fun if you only listen to the episode!

Our June 1st episode will feature guests Kelvin Hatle and Jerry Belich as we talk about the David Lynch’s failed epic, Dune!

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
	Rating: 8.2/10 (174,792 votes) Director: David Lean Writer: Pierre Boulle (novel), Carl Foreman (screenplay), Michael Wilson (screenplay) Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa Runtime: 161 min Rated: PG Genre: Adventure, Drama, War Released: 14 Dec 1957
Plot: After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.