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David Lean 1908-1991
Lawrence of
Arabia 1962
Video Original Trailer
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0IzV1q9g9Q
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
The Bridge
on the River Kwai 1957
video Original Trailer (HD)
Now on 4K Ultra HD
When British POWs build a vital railway bridge in
enemy-occupied Burma,
Allied commandos are assigned to destroy it in David Lean's
epic World War II adventure THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI.
Spectacularly produced,
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI captured the imagination of the
public
and won seven 1957 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture,
Best Actor (Alec Guinness), and Best Director.
Even its theme song, an old WWII whistling tune,
the Colonel Bogey March, became a massive hit.
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI continues today
as one of the most memorable cinematic experiences of all
time.
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5WlzJvBKQs
Tragic grandeur …
Celia Johnson and
Trevor Howard in
Brief
Encounter.
Photograph: ITV/Rex Shutterstock
Brief Encounter review
– 70th anniversary rerelease of David
Lean classic
The Guardian
Thursday 5
November 2015 21.45 GMT
Last modified
on Thursday 5 November 2015 21.46 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/05/
brief-encounter-review-70th-anniversary
David Lean UK 1908-1991
British
director of both intimate films
like "Brief
Encounter" and "Great Expectations"
and epics like "Bridge on the River Kwai"
and "Lawrence of Arabia"
(...)
Lean's films won 28 Academy Awards,
including seven
each for
"Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
and "Lawrence of
Arabia" (1962).
He received
best-director Oscars
for "River Kwai"
and "Lawrence,"
and both films
also won
the Academy Award as best movie.
(...)
Lean was a meticulous craftsman
noted for
technical wizardry,
subtle
manipulation of emotions,
superb
production values,
authenticity and taste.
He was one of
the very few director
who edited his own films,
and he also
adapted or co-adapted
half a dozen of them.
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obituaries/david-lean-film-director-dies-at-83.html
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movies/film-lean-s-passion-was-on-the-screen.html
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obituaries/david-lean-film-director-dies-at-83.html
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movies/the-screen-passage-to-india-by-david-lean.html
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arts/david-lean-films-a-famed-novel.html
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archives/thoroughly-romantic-rosythoroughly-romantic-rosy.html
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doctor-zhivago-approved-by-india-but-only-after-seven-cuts-to.html
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archives/the-screen-in-review.html
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