The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers Watch on This vintage war epic follows a group of British prisoners of war who, under Japanese command, must build a bridge over Burma’s River Kwai—as the title makes clear. The story, which comes from a 195...
Starring original Obi-Wan Kenobi himself, Sir Alec Guinness, this inimitable epic by filmmaker David Lean has the dubious honor of being the film he made before Lawrence of Arabia, but that doesn’t stop The Bridge on the River Kwai from continuing its influence on things as wide ranging as...
Gianni Di Gregorio (one of the co-writers on the acclaimedGomorrah) wrote, directed and stars inMid-August Lunch(2008), a unique recipe, a bittersweet comedy/drama, with a dash of realism. Di Gregorio plays the middle-aged Gianni, who lives in Rome with his aged mother; when the August...
Gianni Di Gregorio (one of the co-writers on the acclaimedGomorrah) wrote, directed and stars inMid-August Lunch(2008), a unique recipe, a bittersweet comedy/drama, with a dash of realism. Di Gregorio plays the middle-aged Gianni, who lives in Rome with his aged mother; when ...
Director David Lean was in-between his intimate, black-and-white movies (Brief Encounter) and his massive, Oscar-friendly epics (The Bridge on the River Kwai) when he made the touching, bittersweet dramaSummertime(1955), a small story told on a wide canvas. Katharine Hepburn plays Jane Huds...