 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957   N/R, 161 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: David Lean
Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, Andre Morell, Percy Herbert, Harold Goodwin, Peter Williams, John Boxer, Ann Sears
A Japanese colonel (Sessue Hayakawa) is in charge of building a bridge with a work force of British and American prisoners of war. Alec Guinness plays the proud Col. Nicholson who starts out proving British superiority and ends up devoted to the successful completion of "his" bridge. This great film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, David Lean won for Best Director, and Alec Guinness won for Best Actor. It won four other Oscars as well: Best Writing, Cinematography, Film Editing, and Musical Score. 1 User Review
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| | TREMENDOUS, BUT SECOND TO BRIDGES OVER TOYKO REA | DIAMONDQB 03/27/2007 | | |
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Gamera vs. Viras 1968  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
aka: Destroy All Planets
Director: Noriaki Yuasa
Cast: Kojiro Hongo, Toru Takatsuka, Carl Craig, Peter Williams, Michiko Yaegaki, Mari Atsumi, Junko Yashiro, Koji Fujiyama, Genzo Wakayama, Chikara Hashimoto, Carl Clay, Kenichiro Yamane, Kenji Go, Akira Natsuki, Ken Nakahara
Aliens invade Earth and take two Boy Scouts hostage in order to gain control of Gamera (because the now-nice Gamera would never hurt a child) in order to control Earth. But those aliens didn't count on the cleverness of the boys who are able to get Gamera back on the side of the good guys.
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Stargate: Continuum 2008  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
aka: Continuum
Director: Martin Wood
Cast: Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Claudia Black, Michael Shanks, Don S. Davis, Richard Dean Anderson, Beau Bridges, Cliff Simon, William Devane, Steve Bacic, Gary Jones, Peter Williams, Jacqueline Samuda, Darcy Cadman
In this direct to DVD continuation of the "Stargate SG-1" TV series, Earth's timeline has been altered by the alien Ba'al (Cliff Simon) in a plot to take over Earth. The SG-1 team–Col. Cameron Mitchell (Ben Browder), Col. Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping), and Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks)–lands in the alternate timeline created by Ba'al and must convince U.S. authorities of Ba'al's attempt to attack Earth and stop Ba'al from performing his evil deed.
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| 1. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
2. Gamera vs. Viras (1968)
aka: Destroy All Planets
3. Stargate: Continuum (2008)
aka: Continuum
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