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Kitulgala and the Classic Movie “Bridge on the River Kwai”-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Nihal Rajapaksa has sent me three video clips[1] pertaining to that classic film “The Bridge on the River Kwai,” starring actors William Holden (American), Alex Guinness (British) and Jack Hawkins (British) – a film that was directed by David Lean and was shot in Ceylon in 1957 — with local links aided by the collaboration of Chandran Rutnam among other locals. Whatever your age, these clips are a “Must See” category (three specific web-references afe served up below in RED).       Chandran Rutnam and William Holden while shooting The Bridge on the River Kwai. The Bridge On The River Kwai Film Location Sri Lanka     ONE: The first clip is quite remarkable in depicting the Kitulgala arena today – a landscape that has returned to nature and swallowed the elaborate film-set constructed over several months by the British-American film production ...