The Canon Podcast | ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ (1957)

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Happy Wednesday Screenagers! The Canon: An Essential Movies Watchlist is back with more movie magic. This week is all about The Bridge on the River Kwai.

Happy listening, screenagers!


Episode 86: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

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This episode is madness! Madness! ScreenAge Wasteland contributor Bob Cram is back to join in on the madness. Bob shares his experience watching The Bridge on the River Kwai with his grandfather who fought in WW2. David Lean goes epic, Alec Guinness and Sessue Hayakawa have a brilliant power struggle, and William Holden is also here. Plus: did Raf fart in an elevator with Anna Wintour?

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