Bridge On the River Mae Klong

Rating: Null/10 (11 June 2006)

This film represents all that is wrong with Hollywood productions. I have seen this film on several occasions and found it to make good viewing. That was until I learned the true story that is so cleverly concealed behind Hollywood's plastic exterior.
Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Toosey (renamed Colonel Nickleson in the film) was a magnificent man, one of the best to serve under the British army. Nickleson, in the film, is portrayed as a mad man, obsessed with his mens mighty accomplishment. How anyone can 'bag' a man of such valor is beside me...
To Hollywood: If you want this film done right, hard and direct to the truth, let the English make it, after all, it was their war, not yours.
Unrelated facts: WWII is not America's war, mainly because they weren't there for the majority of it. Only when they were attacked did they provide assistance. Where were they in Africa, Eastern Europe or England itself when is was being torn down?