Top cast:Jessie Buckley,Rory Kinnear,Paapa Essiedu
Director:William H. Clifford&Thomas H. Ince
Genre:War
Region:Germany
Year:1999
Storyline:..I will not stand for anything hat""s crooked or unfairI""m strictly on the up and upSo everyone bewareIf anyone""s caught taking graftAnd I don""t get my shareWe stand ""em up against the wallAnd pop goes the weasel.With a production budget of $150 million, and box-office gross receipts of almost $180 million (domestic) and $373 million (worldwide).It was also the first film to feature the killer "Jason" in his signature plastic, grimy hockey mask (a Detroit Red Wings goalie mask) - previously in the second film, he covered his face with a one-eyed pillow-case.You British prisoners have been chosen to build a bridge across the River Kwai.It will be pleasant work requiring skill, and officers will work as well as men.The Japanese Army cannot have idle mouths to feed.If you work hard, you will be treated well.But if you do not work hard, you will be punished!A word to you about escape.There is no barbed wire, no stockade, no watchtower.They are not necessary.We are an island in the jungle.Escape is impossible.You would die.Today you rest.Tomorrow you will begin.Let me remind you of General Yamashita""s motto: ""Be happy in your work."" Dismissed!In brief cutaways to Shears from the side, the chief ""know-it-all"" gravedigger watches with a mixture of amusement and disgust.His guest for the evening arrives by gondola, lounging back like Cleopatra in her Nile barge and wearing a shimmering evening gown.