DAVID LEAN | UK | 1957 | 161 MIN | PG | ENGLISH, JAPANESE, THAI | 4K
David Lean’s rousing and poetic epic of cunning survival pits British POWs, led by the never-better Alec Guinness, against their Japanese captors during World War II as they navigate the construction and sabotage of the Burma Railway.
Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa
PFS Member 50 | #43
PFS Members were asked to select their top 5 films not included in the Sight and Sound 100 series. These are those films.
After an unforgettable year showcasing the greatest films of all time in our Sight and Sound 100 series, we asked PFS Members to chime in with their own picks for top five films not included in the countdown. Throughout 2024 we will reveal and screen PFS Members’ picks across our monthly programs and limited series.
Part of the Philadelphia Film Society's FILM ESSENTIALS series.
With Film Essentials at the Philadelphia Film Center, PFS is giving audiences the chance to experience some of cinema’s greatest treasures as they were meant to be seen!