Daily Dialogue — September 25, 2016

“What have I done?”

— The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), screenplay by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson, novel by Pierre Boulle

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Military Moments, suggested by Will King.

Trivia: The bridge cost $250,000 to build; construction began before anyone had been cast.

Dialogue On Dialogue: The pivotal moment in the movie’s Final Struggle in which Nicholson (Alec Guinness) realizes he has undone the Allied plan to blow up the bridge, setting the stage for the dramatic finale.