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The Bridge on the River Kwai David Lean, US/UK, 1957, 161m “Lean established himself as one of the biggest money-making directors in the world with this epic entertainment.” – Elliott Stein, The Village Voice One of the most beloved films of its era, The Bridge on the River Kwai established the beginning of the epic phase in the career of its director David Lean, who is having his centenary year. Lean’s patient storytelling and majestic film form give ample scope, scale and depth to Pierre Boulle’s novel about a group of Allied prisoners of war forced by the Japanese to build the titular Burmese bridge, as well as the three-way psychological chess match that results between Alec Guinness’ punctilious British officer, Holden’s cocky American and Sessue Hayakawa’s Japanese commander. As in all of Lean’s great epics, the contrasts in scale are thrilling –– the vast scale of the bridge itself and its construction is constantly and dramatically set against the less tidy human scale and its sweaty, messy war of nerves. The famous score (composed in just ten days!) is by Malcolm Arnold, but its most famous tune, “The Colonel Bogey March,” dates back to World War I. See both these films for the price of one! Buy a ticket to one screening & see the following feature free. This offer may not be combined with the Series Pass. The Bridges at Toko-Ri Mark Robson, USA, 1954, 102m George Seaton and William Perlberg produced this excellent adaptation of James Michener’s novel about a Navy pilot in Korea coming to terms with his own impending death in combat, directed by Mark Robson. Holden’s Lt. Brubaker shares as much of his sudden realization of mortality as he can with his wife (Grace Kelly) and his sympathetic commander (Fredric March), but his knowledge is ultimately private and very lonely. Holden’s feeling for this character is never less than gripping, whether he’s in the cockpit, lying in bed with his wife and trying to explain the difficulty of the bombing run over the bridges at Toko-Ri, or walking out on deck and confronting his own non-being on the horizon. A powerful if painful film, beautifully rendered in Technicolor.

Buy Tickets THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI SAT JULY 5: 3:15 & 8:30 See both films for the price of one! THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI Sat JULY 5: 1:00 & 6:20