Original Film Posters

Unframed: 31 x 40 in. (78.7 x 102 cm) Framed: 36 1/8 x 46 in. (91.5 x 117 cm) Original British posters on this classic British war film are highly sought-after, and do not surface very often. The British film director David Lean, who directed Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1949) is perhaps best known for his epic films, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Dr. Zhivago (1966).

View 1 of Lot 123: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), style A poster, British

the bridge on the river kwai (1957), style a poster, british

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award for Best Supporting Actor in Star Wars, 1977, as voted "By the People of the United States and Canada Your Choice for the Oscars"); an award given at the 1958 Venice Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica) "...Per la migliore 'Interpretatione Maschlde' (probably for The Bridge Over the River Kwai); the Gala Tribute Award presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York (saluting Alec Guinness, 27 April 1987); the Honorary Golden Bear Award for Guinness's "Contribution to the Art of Film", presented at the Berlin International  Film Festival 1988;  a "The Special Award" presented at the Laurence Olivier Awards 1988; a "Lifetime Achievement Award" presented by the European Film Academy in Berlin on 8 November 1996; the New York Film Critics award for "The Best Performance of 1957" (Bridge over the River Kwai); the Broadcasting Press Guild Television Award for Best Actor, 1979 (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) and the  Hollywood Foreign Press Association Certificate of Nomination for Award for Best Supporting Actor (Star Wars, 1977)

collection of nine awards and certificates (in gold and other metals, together with plaques, laminated sheets etc) given to guinness by various academies, comprising

Results for "The Bridge on the River Kwai"