There were reportedly a total of 121 different edits (47 cuts, 43 audio changes, and 31 scenes with alternative footage).He became the only person to have won all three Best Director awards in a single year.Some interpreted Liza Minnelli""s win as ""compensation"" for the many Oscar losses that her mother, Judy Garland, experienced." Explaining that they now had the advantage with their silent caterpillar drive, he boasted: "We will leave our fleet behind.In reality, the actual bridge for the Burma Railway - depicted in the film - spanned the Mae Khlung River, not the Kwai River.