David Lean in scale and more extensively released internationally. "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957) was based on a novel by Pierre Boulle recounting the story of British and American prisoners of war trying to survive in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War. The film stars William Holden and Alec Guinness and became the highest-grossing film of 1957 in the United States. It won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Alec Guinness, who had battled with Lean to give more depth to his role as an obsessively correct British commander who is
The Boy Who Turned Yellow some of their old colleagues from "The Archers", such as cinematographer Christopher Challis and actor Esmond Knight. Location shooting took place at sites around London: The film won a "Chiffy" award from the Children's Film Foundation. The "Chiffy" award was voted for by the children themselves. The Boy Who Turned Yellow The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972) is the last film collaboration by the British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and the last theatrical film directed by Michael Powell. The film was made for the Children's Film Foundation. John (Mark Dightam) loses one of his pet mice, Alice, whilst