Academy Vs Audience

1957: Bridge Over Troubled Kwai Waters

June 01, 2023 Claire Bolton, Dan Gibbins, and Erin Weir Season 3 Episode 10
1957: Bridge Over Troubled Kwai Waters
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Academy Vs Audience
1957: Bridge Over Troubled Kwai Waters
Jun 01, 2023 Season 3 Episode 10
Claire Bolton, Dan Gibbins, and Erin Weir

And we are back! It's 1957, and one film towers over some tough Oscar competition and... a lean year, box office-wise: The Bridge on the River Kwai. Claire, Erin, and Dan dig into the film's portrayal of cult-like devotion to duty, honour, and so-called principles via the film's main cast, led by our first appearance of Alec Guinness, as well as the modern feel, the criminally underrated (in one troubling way in particular) female supporting cast, and how in the 50s two hours and forty minutes feels like a "tight run time."

It's a mad world centered on one big bridge, and a top-tier Joint Champion, come crack it open with us.

Find all of our episodes and the rest of Writing Therapy Productions' various entertainments at www.writingtherapyproductions.com

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And we are back! It's 1957, and one film towers over some tough Oscar competition and... a lean year, box office-wise: The Bridge on the River Kwai. Claire, Erin, and Dan dig into the film's portrayal of cult-like devotion to duty, honour, and so-called principles via the film's main cast, led by our first appearance of Alec Guinness, as well as the modern feel, the criminally underrated (in one troubling way in particular) female supporting cast, and how in the 50s two hours and forty minutes feels like a "tight run time."

It's a mad world centered on one big bridge, and a top-tier Joint Champion, come crack it open with us.

Find all of our episodes and the rest of Writing Therapy Productions' various entertainments at www.writingtherapyproductions.com