The Bridge on the River Kwai order to continue working. As a result, Boulle, who did not speak English, was credited and received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; many years later, Foreman and Wilson posthumously received the Academy Award. The film was widely praised, winning seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture) at the 30th Academy Awards. It used lush colour to bring out the British stiff upper lip of the colonel, played by Alec Guinness in an Oscar-winning performance. In 1997, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library
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