<P> It was initially scripted by screenwriter Carl Foreman , who was later replaced by Michael Wilson . Both writers had to work in secret , as they were on the Hollywood blacklist and had fled to England in order to continue working . As a result , Boulle , who did not speak English , was credited and received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ; many years later , Foreman and Wilson posthumously received the Academy Award . </P>
<P> It was initially scripted by screenwriter Carl Foreman , who was later replaced by Michael Wilson . Both writers had to work in secret , as they were on the Hollywood blacklist and had fled to England in order to continue working . As a result , Boulle , who did not speak English , was credited and received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ; many years later , Foreman and Wilson posthumously received the Academy Award . </P>
who wrote the bridge over the river kwai
who wrote the bridge over the river kwai
Carl Foreman Michael Wilson
Carl Foreman Michael Wilson