Bridge over the river Kwai.

LMWIS · Apr 14, 2015

Bought a copy of the movie yesterday.

As I was watching William Holden and his team hack their way through the jungle with machetes, I wondered why some enterprising soul never invented a tactical whipper snipper.

Just sayin'.

jlrhiner · Apr 14, 2015

I thought the machete was the "tactical whipper-snipper"?

soFlaNative · Apr 14, 2015

Something like this?
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2ZppzDcjBc[/ame]

LMWIS · Apr 14, 2015

Oh, and the movie theme rivals the one from 'A bridge too far.'

ATF · Apr 14, 2015

I have been there several times and it used to be fun watching the Brits and Japanese having punch ups in the cemetery but I think they're mostly dead now.. Over 5000 Indians and other nationalities were just thrown into an unmarked hole somewhere.

shouldazagged · Apr 14, 2015

soFlaNative said:
Something like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2ZppzDcjBc

I think I dated her a few times in college.

Kernel Crittenden · Apr 15, 2015

William Holden is awesome. I never get tired of watching him in Stalag 17, one of the best movies ever IMHO.

ATF · Apr 15, 2015

Kernel Crittenden said:
William Holden is awesome. I never get tired of watching him in Stalag 17, one of the best movies ever IMHO.

The Wild Bunch best Western ever

armenius · Apr 15, 2015

I recommend you read "Through the Valley of the Kwai" by Ernest Gordon to really get an understanding of how really horribly these men suffered at the hands of the Japanese.It was much worse than depicted in the movie.

bummer · Apr 15, 2015

I visited the area in the mid 80's and visited the memorial and cemetery at Kanchanaburi . As I understand it ,all Allied prisoners were buried in 3 cemetery's after the war. The natives from Thailand, Burma ,Malaysia etc. were just dumped along the rail line and left to rot

the ringo kid · Apr 15, 2015

ATF said:
The Wild Bunch best Western ever

Not the best but, certainly up there. Also--im very biased on the subject of westerns.

UncleEd · Apr 15, 2015

the ringo kid said:
Not the best but, certainly up there. Also--im very biased on the subject of westerns.

Oh, good thread drift and early on.

I think Burt Lancaster Westerns are often overlooked or forgotten about but among the best----

The Unforgiven (flip side of the coin for Alan LeMay's other oater The Searchers)

Ulzana's Raid (pretty near dead on about Apache wars)

The Professionals (just darn good fun!)

OK, back to the Kwai.

loknload · Apr 15, 2015

Looked at this post this morning and have not been able to get that River Kwai theme out of my head ,,,,

Good picture along with the,
Wild Bunch
Stalag 17
A Bridge too Far

soFlaNative · Apr 15, 2015

LMWIS said:
Oh, and the movie theme rivals the one from 'A bridge too far.'

Who was Colonel Bogey?

OK, just googled it.
Should have posted on a different thread, maybe?

timn8er · Apr 15, 2015

soFlaNative said:
Something like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2ZppzDcjBc

Well, I know MY luck. I'd be sitting in my tree stand, waiting for Mr Big Buck to come along, when they whip that puppy out to trim the exact tree Im sitting in!

soFlaNative · Apr 15, 2015

timn8er said:
Well, I know MY luck. I'd be sitting in my tree stand, waiting for Mr Big Buck to come along, when they whip that puppy out to trim the exact tree Im sitting in!

Shave AND a haircut!

the ringo kid · Apr 15, 2015

UncleEd said:
Oh, good thread drift and early on.

I think Burt Lancaster Westerns are often overlooked or forgotten about but among the best----

The Unforgiven (flip side of the coin for Alan LeMay's other oater The Searchers)

Ulzana's Raid (pretty near dead on about Apache wars)

The Professionals (just darn good fun!)

OK, back to the Kwai.

I cant help it.Im sitting in a public place using wifi and a pretty gal walks by.

the only Kwai thing I can contribute to--besides loving the movie-is months ago I posted the one and only original still I have for this movie. I cant repost it using a tablet but--it shows Alex Guiness standing on the bridge after completion and next to the sign saying it was built by British soldiers.

Eltioloco · Apr 15, 2015

The Smothers Brothers had a joke that the reason they whistled the song in the Bridge Over the River Kwai was that the words were dirty. I thought it was a joke.

Colonel Bogey March Sheet Music And Tin Whistle Notes - Irish folk songs

Rustyt1953 · Apr 15, 2015

Another one of my faves:

pppilot · Apr 15, 2015

The book "The Bridge Over the River Kwai" was based on was written by a Frenchman named Pierre Boulle. Boulle was a young engineer working for a French tire company in Indochina when WW2 started. He worked with French resistance fighters and at one point was captured by the Japs.
After the war ended he returned to France, refused to go back to work for Michelin and lived with his sister for many years. I have often wondered what his sister thought of Pierre living in her little home in Paris seemingly doing nothing.
All of a sudden he presents his masterpiece to a publisher. It is an instant best seller and a movie that will never be forgotten. Pierre is sort of forgotten as no one seems to know his name.
So, after the fame and fortune of his hit book and movie he tries to settle down to as normal a life as possible. During the rest of his lifetime he did write one more book-------Planet Of The Apes.
If you're just going to write two books in your life, well...

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