What is the song in Bridge Over the River Kwai?

Bridge On The River KwaiThe Bridge on the River Kwai / Soundtrack
English composer Malcolm Arnold added a counter-march, which he titled “The River Kwai March”, for the 1957 dramatic film The Bridge on the River Kwai, set during World War II. The two marches were recorded together by Mitch Miller as “March from the River Kwai – Colonel Bogey” and it reached #20 in the US in 1958.

Is Bridge Over the River Kwai based on a true story?

Although the film uses the historical setting of the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943, the plot and characters of Boulle’s novel and the screenplay are almost entirely fictional.

What song do they whistle in friends?

In the beginning of the episode the Friends are whistling “Colonel Bogey March” from Revealed: The Bridge Over the River Kwai (2003).

Was there a real Colonel Bogey?

Not a real one, at any rate. In 1914, an ex-military man and keen golfer, apparently nicknamed Colonel Bogey (after the golfing term for a one-above-par round) was out on the golf course and whistled two notes – a descending minor third interval.

Where was Bridge on the River Kwai filmed?

Sri Lanka
The movie, which depicts British prisoners of war forced by the Japanese to build a bridge on the Thailand-Burma railway, was filmed in Sri Lanka.

What song does Monica Strip to in Friends?

Let Me Blow Ya Mind
David Schwimmer directed the episode. When Monica strips for Chandler at the end of the episode, there is an uncensored swear word while the song “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” plays.

Where is Kwai River?

western Thailand
The River Kwai, more correctly ‘Khwae Noi’ (Thai: แควน้อย, English small tributary) or Khwae Sai Yok (แควไทรโยค), is a river in western Thailand, near, but not over the border with Myanmar. It begins at the confluence of Ranti, Songkalia and Bikhli Rivers.