{"id":89408,"date":"2022-03-30T17:10:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T17:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=89408"},"modified":"2022-03-30T17:11:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T17:11:45","slug":"kitulgala-and-the-classic-movie-bridge-on-the-river-kwai-by-michael-roberts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/kitulgala-and-the-classic-movie-bridge-on-the-river-kwai-by-michael-roberts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitulgala and the Classic Movie \u201cBridge on the River Kwai\u201d-by Michael Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Kitulgala and the Classic Movie \u201cBridge on the River Kwai\u201d-<span style=\"color: #333399;\">by Michael Roberts<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2021\/08\/02\/kitulgala-and-the-classic-movie-bridge-on-the-river-kwai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78100 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Michael-Roberts.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Roberts\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Nihal Rajapaksa has sent me three video clips[1] pertaining to that classic film \u201cThe Bridge on the River Kwai,\u201d starring actors William Holden (American), Alex Guinness (British) and Jack Hawkins (British) \u2013 a film that was directed by David Lean and was shot in Ceylon in 1957 \u2014 with local links aided by the collaboration of Chandran Rutnam among other locals. Whatever your age, these clips are a \u201cMust See\u201d category (three specific web-references afe served up below in RED).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89409\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bridge-on-the-River-Kwai.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"532\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Chandran Rutnam\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chandran_Rutnam\">Chandran Rutnam<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"William Holden\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Holden\">William Holden<\/a>\u00a0while shooting\u00a0The Bridge on the River Kwai.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>The Bridge On The River Kwai Film Location Sri Lanka\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hQkcDQd1nww\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>ONE:<\/strong>\u00a0The first clip is quite remarkable in depicting the Kitulgala arena today \u2013 a landscape that has returned to nature and swallowed the elaborate film-set constructed over several months by the British-American film production team \u2014 a set that included a railway bridge over the river\u00a0 [blown-up as part of the film sequel] and a travel lodge (out of sight) to house the actors and production crew. In this clip a grey-haired Sinhalese lady is deployed to clarify the scenario and disclose the remnants of the props and sets in broken English (a brilliant stroke this \u2014 thus amplifying the authenticity).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kitulgala-bridge.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-53666 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kitulgala-bridge.jpg?resize=441%2C255&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"255\" data-attachment-id=\"53666\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2021\/08\/02\/kitulgala-and-the-classic-movie-bridge-on-the-river-kwai\/kitulgala-bridge\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kitulgala-bridge.jpg?fit=289%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"289,167\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kitulgala-bridge\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kitulgala-bridge.jpg?fit=289%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kitulgala-bridge.jpg?fit=289%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The fictional\u00a0<em>Bridge on the River Kwai<\/em>\u00a0is a representation of an actual event during World War Two when a British commando team was marshalled and trained in the island of \u201cCeylon\u201d for a mission to destroy a strategic railway bridge that was being constructed over the Kwai river in Thailand by the Japanese war machine in 1942\/43 as a key link between Bangkok and Rangoon. Captured British, Dutch and American troops were part of the labour force utilized for this work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The commando team assigned for this far-reaching assignment was assembled and trained in Ceylon \u2014 a British colony which housed the HQ of the British HQ for the Asian theatre headed by Lord Mountbatten. These HQ included military buildings on the banks of the Mahaweli at Peradeniya in the area which later became part of Peradeniya University (which took over some of remaining military buildings). It is probable that the commandoes assembled for this venture undertook part of their training in the forested landscape which was a feature of the area then.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>The Bridge on the River Kwai\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong>is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time<\/strong>. It was\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1957_in_film\">the highest-grossing film of 1957\u00a0<\/a>and received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics.\u00a0<strong>The film won seven\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academy_Awards\">Academy Awards<\/a>\u00a0(including\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture\">Best Picture<\/a>) at the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/30th_Academy_Awards\">30th Academy Awards<\/a>. In 1997, the film was deemed \u201cculturally, historically, or aesthetically significant\u201d and selected for preservation in the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Film_Registry\">National Film Registry<\/a>\u00a0by the United States.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(Wikipedia \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/330px-The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_1958_US_poster_-_Style_B-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-53661 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/330px-The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_1958_US_poster_-_Style_B-1.jpg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/330px-The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_1958_US_poster_-_Style_B-1.jpg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/330px-The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_1958_US_poster_-_Style_B-1.jpg?w=330&amp;ssl=1 330w\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"53661\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2021\/08\/02\/kitulgala-and-the-classic-movie-bridge-on-the-river-kwai\/330px-the_bridge_on_the_river_kwai_1958_us_poster_-_style_b-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/330px-The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_1958_US_poster_-_Style_B-1.jpg?fit=330%2C513&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"330,513\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"330px-The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_(1958_US_poster_-_Style_B) (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/330px-The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_1958_US_poster_-_Style_B-1.jpg?fit=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/330px-The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_1958_US_poster_-_Style_B-1.jpg?fit=330%2C513&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/a><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/alex-guinness.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-53663 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/alex-guinness.jpg?resize=260%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/alex-guinness.jpg?resize=260%2C300&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/alex-guinness.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"53663\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2021\/08\/02\/kitulgala-and-the-classic-movie-bridge-on-the-river-kwai\/alex-guinness\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/alex-guinness.jpg?fit=300%2C346&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,346\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"alex guinness\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/alex-guinness.jpg?fit=260%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/alex-guinness.jpg?fit=300%2C346&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/jack-hawkins.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-53664 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/jack-hawkins.jpg?resize=237%2C213&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"213\" data-attachment-id=\"53664\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2021\/08\/02\/kitulgala-and-the-classic-movie-bridge-on-the-river-kwai\/jack-hawkins\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/jack-hawkins.jpg?fit=237%2C213&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"237,213\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jack hawkins\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/jack-hawkins.jpg?fit=237%2C213&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/jack-hawkins.jpg?fit=237%2C213&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>TWO:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Serendipity<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Michael Roberts is well-suited to deepen the coverage of the film itself and its sites. For those born after the 1950s, let me note the pertinent background facts supporting this outrageous claim on my part.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>For one,<\/strong>\u00a0as a young lad growing up in the 1950s, Michael Roberts nourished himself on war stories, both fictional and operational: (a) fictional through tales of \u201cBiggles,\u201d\u00a0<em>Cockleshell Heroes,<\/em>\u00a0<em>Guns of Navarone,<\/em>\u00a0et cetera with war films featuring Audie Murphy featuring as one of his exemplars; and (b) recorded actual tales via the accounts and pictorial illustrations in the\u00a0<em>London Illustrated News<\/em>\u00a0lodged in the library of St. Aloysius College \u2013 a source he poured over regularly during lunch breaks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">(b) Secondly, Michael Roberts has always had an eye for landscape and its potentialities in imagined military skirmishes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Secondly<\/strong>,\u00a0 Michael Roberts had lived in Peradeniya University and was quite familiar with the Faculty Club and the Economics Department \u2013 both buildings converted from the British HQ of the war years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Third:<\/strong>\u00a0 he had been captivated by the David Lean film\u00a0<em>Bridge on the River Kwai<\/em>\u00a0and was totally enamoured of its musical score\u00a0<em>Colonel Bogey March<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2021\/08\/02\/kitulgala-and-the-classic-movie-bridge-on-the-river-kwai\/#_edn2\" name=\"_ednref2\"><strong>[2]<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00ad<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014<\/em>\u00a0inclusive of the popular adaptation which converted the tune to this ditty<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u201dHitler \u2013 oh, Hitler had only one big ball<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>But Goebbles had no balls at all.\u201d<\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2021\/08\/02\/kitulgala-and-the-classic-movie-bridge-on-the-river-kwai\/#_edn3\" name=\"_ednref3\"><strong>[3]<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">(e)\u00a0<strong>Fourth:<\/strong>\u00a0he had, as happenchance would have it, visited the Kitulgala area once in the 1980s(?) and stayed overnight in the well-appointed rest-house there \u2013 a building constructed by the David Lean production team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">(f)\u00a0<strong>Finally,<\/strong>\u00a0and by further happenchance, he and his family had spent a few days at a hotel on pontoons on the river Kwai during the 1980s; while also taking care to visit a Thai museum in the locality which displayed items relating to the Japanese occupation and the specific railway building programme enforced by their war machine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_-_tourist_plaza.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53667 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_-_tourist_plaza.jpg?resize=465%2C310&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_-_tourist_plaza.jpg?w=465&amp;ssl=1 465w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_-_tourist_plaza.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"310\" data-attachment-id=\"53667\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2021\/08\/02\/kitulgala-and-the-classic-movie-bridge-on-the-river-kwai\/bridge_on_the_river_kwai_-_tourist_plaza\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_-_tourist_plaza.jpg?fit=465%2C310&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"465,310\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_-_tourist_plaza\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_-_tourist_plaza.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thuppahis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai_-_tourist_plaza.jpg?fit=465%2C310&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<em><strong>Kwai bridge in Thailand in recent times \u2014 The\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Khwae Noi River\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khwae_Noi_River\">River Kwai<\/a>\u00a0railroad bridge in 2017. 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color: #000000;\"><strong>Sho<\/strong><strong>na Roberts at the hotel on the River Kwai in the 1980s<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Bridge on the River Kwai | Kitulgala | Sri Lanka\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qJOJ8F7bxDI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3DqJOJ8F7bxDI&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1627912830704000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGQ4OVKq8S8L4iAhIV4PHDBoVlzWQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qJOJ8F7bxDI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Bridge on the River Kwai Colonel Bogey March Mitch Miller\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j507xJMSNR0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3Dj507xJMSNR0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1627912830704000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFWSI2eZ5IIKWXhxCuQnA6u2XWsKw\">https:\/\/www.<wbr \/>youtube.com\/watch?v=<wbr \/>j507xJMSNR0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>ALSO AT\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QuVYS4uw0as\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>END NOTES<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2021\/08\/02\/kitulgala-and-the-classic-movie-bridge-on-the-river-kwai\/#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\">[1]<\/a>\u00a0Sent to Nihal Rajapakse by one<strong>\u00a0Patrick Ranasinghe.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2021\/08\/02\/kitulgala-and-the-classic-movie-bridge-on-the-river-kwai\/#_ednref2\" name=\"_edn2\">[2]<\/a>\u00a0See\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colonel_Bogey_March\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colonel_Bogey_March<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2021\/08\/02\/kitulgala-and-the-classic-movie-bridge-on-the-river-kwai\/#_ednref3\" name=\"_edn3\">[3]<\/a>\u00a0Unconfirmed Sri Lankan folklore (still retained in the memory of one Michael Roberts) asserts that the choice of this score viz\u00a0<strong><em>Colonel Bogey\u2019s March<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0was not in David Lean\u2019s original\u00a0 scheme of things. It developed from an \u00e1ccident\u2019 in the course of filming. The extras cast as British POWs were mostly Burgher lads and one was a notorious street corner n\u00e9 er-do-well (let us call him BG) from Bambalapitiya. David Lean was disgusted at the first instance when the contingent of \u201cBritish POWs\u201d marched in \u2026 their marching had no verve or swing associated with military types. So, he asked for a re-run and shouted \u201cFor God\u2019s sake, sing as you march\u201c!!\u00a0<strong>BG responded by leading the group with the Hitler version of Colonel Bogey\u2019s March.\u00a0Ah! that had verve and swing.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Just watch the result in two of the video clips.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kitulgala and the Classic Movie \u201cBridge on the River Kwai\u201d-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Nihal Rajapaksa has sent me three video clips[1] pertaining to that classic film \u201cThe Bridge on the River Kwai,\u201d starring actors William Holden (American), Alex Guinness (British) and Jack Hawkins (British) \u2013 a film that was directed by David Lean and was 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