Friday Movie Matinee: The Bridge of the River Kwai

Join us for a free showing of The Bridge of the River Kwai.

During WW II, allied POWs in a Japanese internment camp are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge, but under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson they’re persuaded the bridge should be built to help morale, spirit. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of Japanese Commandant Colonel Saito, but soon they realize it’s a monument to Nicholson, himself, as well as a form of collaboration with the enemy. (IMBd)

This film is rated PG and runs for 2 hours 41 minutes.

This is a free event sponsored by the Elizabeth Walter Estate and the Friends of the Osterhout Free Library.