The Bridge on the River Kwai by the other prisoners. Julie Summers, in her book "The Colonel of Tamarkan", writes that Boulle, who had been a prisoner of war in Thailand, created the fictional Nicholson character as an amalgam of his memories of collaborating French officers. He strongly denied the claim that the book was anti-British, although many involved in the film itself (including Alec Guinness) felt otherwise. Ernest Gordon, a survivor of the railway construction and POW camps described in the novel/film, stated in a 1962 book, "Through the Valley of the Kwai": "In Pierre Boulle's book "The Bridge over the River Kwai" and the
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