Movies I Have Seen - September 2025 (1 movie)

 

2 Movies

The Bridge On The River Kwai. 1957, Starring 

• William Holden as "Commander" Shears, U.S. Navy (later Brevet Major, Force 316)
• Jack Hawkins as Major Warden, Force 316
• Alec Guinness as Colonel Nicholson, British commander
• Sessue Hayakawa as Colonel Saito, Japanese commander
• James Donald as Major Clipton, medical officer
• André Morell as Colonel Green
• Peter Williams as Captain Reeves
• John Boxer as Major Hughes
• Percy Herbert as Grogan
• Harold Goodwin as Baker
• Henry Okawa as Captain Kanematsu
• Keiichiro Katsumoto as Lieutenant Miura
• M.R.B. Chakrabandhu as Yai
• Geoffrey Horne as Lieutenant Joyce
• Vilaiwan Seeboonreaung, Ngamta Suphaphongs, Javanart Punynchoti and Kannikar Dowklee as Siamese Girls

Hollywood Suite, September 2, 2025, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "

• Colonel Bogey March
  (1914) (uncredited)
  Music by Kenneth Alford
  Arranged by Malcolm Arnold
  Whistlers trained by John Scott
  Whistled by Alec Guinness with British Prisoners of War
• For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
  (uncredited)
  Traditional
  Sung by the British Prisoners of War after Nicholson is put in the oven
• If You Were the Only Girl in the World
  (1916) (uncredited)
  Music by Nat Ayer
  Lyrics by Clifford Grey
  Performed by Percy Herbert and Harold Goodwin at the Entertainment
• God Save the King
  (1744) (uncredited)
  Written by Henry Carey
  Performed by the British Prisoners of War
• I Give My Heart To No One But You
  (uncredited)
  Music by Malcolm Arnold
  Lyrics by Dave Shand
• Radio Dance Music
  (uncredited)
  Music by Dave Shand
• Camp Concert Dance
  (uncredited)
  Written by Malcolm Arnold

Error: 

Towards the end of the movie before the bridge is blown up, the soldiers are seen marching across the bridge on their way to a new camp. From the long shot it is not clear that they are marching in step, but it is clear from the sound effects. It has been a widely used practice since 1850 that soldiers marching across bridges will break step so as not to cause any undue resonant stress on the bridge and may cause it to collapse. While this notion that a bridge will collapse is still under debate, it may be that the scene shot in the film proves the exception. It's also true that a suspension bridge is far more susceptible to this resonant stress than a wooden trestle bridge.

Anachronisms: 

When a Burmese woman spreads masking paint on Major Shears' legs, before they are to set charges onto the bridge, it's clear that William Holden is wearing 50's style loafers that not only do not fit the time, but don't fit the situation at all.

(at around 37 minutes) The calendar on Colonel Saito's office is correct for February 1943. However the pinup on that calendar was not drawn until 1955 by Gil Elvgren entitled "Waiting for You".

The movie is set in 1943, yet a 1946 Chrysler was shown as a military staff car. 

The roofs of some of the buildings in the hospital scene have television aerials on them. Since the film was set during WWII, the only countries which had television in any significant capacity were either in North America or Europe. There shouldn't have been any television aerials as was no need for them. 

Alarum. 2025, Starring 

• Scott Eastwood as Agent Joe Travers
• Sylvester Stallone as Agent Chester
• Willa Fitzgerald as Agent Lara Travers
• Mike Colter as Orlin
• Ísis Valverde as Bridgette
• D. W. Moffett as Director Burbridge
• Abigail Spear as Poppy
• Anton Narinsky as Krol
• La Monde Bynde as Splinter

Crave, September 2, 2025. Soundtrack: "

• Symphony No. 38 in D major, Prague, K. 504
  Performed by Prague Philharmonia - Jiri Belohlavek
  Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Courtesy of SUPRAPHON a.s.
• New World Symphony: 4th Movement
  Performed by Sofia Session Orchestra
  Written by Antonin Leopold Dvorak, Cornelius Oberhauser
  Courtesy of APM
• When Love Has Gone
  Performed by Steve Rice Combo
  Written by Stephen J. Rice, Ken Morrison
  Courtesy of SyncSource Music
• One More Drink
  Performed by Petr Wajsar
  Written by Petr Wajsar
  Courtesy of Soundsgate s.r.o.
• Drooziya
  Performed by Gary Gold
  Written by Gregory Gold, Igor Kisil
  Courtesy of LoveCat Music
  By arrangement with Munity Recordings
• Life for Life
  Performed by Night Brood
  Written by James Thacker and Mason Cooper
  Courtesy of Kazen Music Group
• Sky Without Clouds
  Performed by Vakis Parki
  Written by Zaza Khutsishvili
  Courtesy of NOMA Music
• Dark Dream
  Performed by Zuzana Michlerova
  Written by Zuzana Michlerova
  Courtesy of Soundsgate s.r.o.
• Dust Rust
  Performed by Dominik Svoboda
  Written by Dominik Svoboda
  Courtesy of Soundsgate s.r.o.
• The Edge
  Performed by Mark Rudin (Feat. David Davis)
  Written by Mark Curtis Smidt, David Michael Davis
  Courtesy of Kazen Music Group