Bandaranaike, then Prime Minister of Ceylon, and a team of government dignitaries. The filming of the bridge explosion was to be done on March 10, 1957, in the presence of S.W.R.D. It is set in Thailand, but was filmed mostly near Kitulgala, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), with a few scenes shot in England.
The film was an international co-production between companies in the Britain and the United States. Lean nearly drowned when he was swept away by a river current during a break from filming Geoffrey Horne saved his life. He called his walk from the Oven to Saito's hut while being saluted by his men the "finest work I'd ever done". Thank God that I'm starting work tomorrow with an American actor (William Holden)".Īlec Guinness later said that he subconsciously based his walk while emerging from "the Oven" on that of his son Matthew when he was recovering from polio.
After Guinness was done with the scene, Lean said "Now you can all *beep* off and go home, you English actors. Lean filmed the scene from behind Guinness, and exploded in anger when Guinness asked him why he was doing this. On another occasion, Lean and Guinness argued over the scene where Nicholson reflects on his career in the army. Lean had a lengthy row with Guinness over how to play the role of Nicholson Guinness wanted to play the part with a sense of humour and sympathy, while Lean thought Nicholson should be "a bore". Lean clashed with his cast members on multiple occasions, particularly Alec Guinness and James Donald, who thought the novel was anti-British.
Producer Sam Spiegel later said that David Lean was chosen "in absence of anyone else." Many directors were considered for the project, among them John Ford, William Wyler, Howard Hawks, Fred Zinnemann and Orson Welles.
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