How about an entirely forgettable film? “Where the #@$& is that Gold”…starring, of all people Willie Nelson
Back to the Future III. Can’t forget Doc Brown’s flying 2-4-2. First flight, not too successful, but once he installed the flux capacitor…!!!
And Bridge on the River Kwai. Okay, so the train was only in the last ten minutes of the movie.
Spiderman II and The Warriors. Both made good use of subway/elevated rail.
And Chicago’s El makes many a cameo appearance on NBC’s ER.
Ghost
Ghostbusters
Mark
To me the greatest train crash ever on film was in the epic “How the West Was Won”. Breathtaking the first time on Cinerama.
Evonne(sp?) DeCarlo’s husband was a stunt man and was severely injured in the filming of the wreck.
Nobody mentioned “The Polar Express” or the “Harry Potter Series”. How about “The Man who Shot Liberty Valance”?
TV shows would have to include “Petticoat Junction” and “Casey Jones”.
Don’t forget that great British film, “The Railway Children”
Don’t know that one, Fred. Can you give me a short synopsis.
Children in England; live by RR track. Father is in jail for somthing he is not guilty of; Kids discover landslide onto RR tracks; save train. Old man who owns or is director of the RR befriends children; saves father…all live happily ever after. Also, during the movie the children save some poor bloke from being run over by a train.
Great scenery; well written/directed. Good movie. I think it was made on the BlueBell Railway. (I could be wrong. All steam and like new coaches.
The script and movie are very believeable.
This may not be a movie of modern chase scenes; blood and gore, or sex and stupidity. It doesn’t have war scenes, or any of the crap of modern stupidity. But, it is a movie that everyone can learn to like…well worth watching. You might even get a laugh out of it, and shed the odd tear of emotion, if you allow yourself the privlige.
The other movie that was mentioned; is an annual showing around here:
The Titfield Thunderbolt.
This is another British production. Again it is a wholsome, GREAT movie, that should be seen by everyone at least twice. You are bound to laugh right through it…
As a matter of trivia; our own Deryck Coleman, the fine Archie Bishop of Winchester, and Branch Railroadian fame was involved in the production of the Titfield Thunderbolt. He can tell tales of it’s production, and of a rather large bash the old museum piece of a loco got while filming. It still has the bash and is back in a museum over there in England.
The first one with Jenny Agutter as the daughter.
Was nt the Bluebell def. Might have been the north yorkshire moors railway. The bit the makes it is that split second pause just before she hugs her dad at the end.
Wonderful, the remake was nt a patch on it.
I have only viewed the original. I find that generally, “Remakes” never seem to give the same feelings for me. But I alway hope to be proven wrong.
Young Deryck Coleman is currently putting together a few memories of his involvement with the making of the movie, “The Titfield Thunderbolt”.
He is a bit under the weather and needs help to post the stories to the forum. Don’t go away…it will be well worth reading when it gets posted…
I agree with Fred on the Railway Children although I have only seen the version that has aired a few times on PBS, I assume this is the remake but don’t know. Another one I didn’t see listed is “Bound for Glory”, the Woody Guthery story. The movie itself is a tad too long and drags in a few places but the railroad footage is nice, I believe it was filmed on the Sierra Railroad if I remember correctly.
There is a Brit film starring Kenneth More , where an Indian Prince has to be rescued and carried by NG train to safety . A good story , lots of train and very believable .
Mike
Zentropa aka Europa
Netflix description:
Dogme director Lars von Trier’s bizarre yarn revolves around Leopold, a German American who becomes involved in a surreal nightmare in postwar Germany. Leopold’s uncle gets him a job as a sleeping-car conductor with a giant railway complex called Zentropa. On his first day, Katharina, a worker at Zentropa, seduces Leopold. He falls blindly for her, unaware that she’s about to draw him into a maze of intrigue involving pro-Nazi terrorists.
Ebay lister description:
Opening with a hypnotizing image of rolling train tracks and a somber voice-over by Max Von Sydow, ZENTROPA unfolds calculatedly and ambiguously. Von Trier employs a series of ingenious technical tricks, using rear projection as well as cutting between color and black and white, in order to give his film a dazzling visual presentation. The result is a mysterious thriller that will beg for a second viewing once the final credits have rolled.
Europa (retitled Zentropa for the American release) is an hallucinatory Danish film set in postwar Germany. Jean-Marc Barr plays a young German who aspires for a job as a street conductor. But this is no mere “Joe Job;” Barr’s adventures on the line are designed as a metaphor for the emergence of the “New Europe” following the war. Barbara Sukowa costars as the daughter of a railroad magnate–and possible Nazi sympathizer. Many of the special-effects sequences are computer enhanced, but even the “live” scenes have an unsettling, surreal quality to them (colors changing abruptly, backgrounds shifting without warning, etc.) This experimental film left some viewers confused, which may be why English-language prints of Zentropa are narrated by Max Von Sydow.
This is an independent movie, with great cinematography. Certainly worth a watch.
Unfortunately, it’s not yet available on DVD in the USA, but VHS copies can be found in the foreign section of video stores.
I know Butch Cassiey and Sundance blew up alot of mail Cars
I’m not into European trains, but the tunnel scenes are great. My pick is “Europa” aka “Zentropa” in the USA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(film)
John Gates
Santee, Ca
john reilly said:"Think ya used 'nough Dineemite there Butch?"
I know Butch Cassiey and Sundance blew up alot of mail Cars
I have to admit back in the day when I was a hormone filled teenager I had the major hots for Jenny Agutter after seeing “Logans Run” Huba-huba!
Victor Smith said:Victor, we don't need to know that. geezes
I have to admit back in the day when I was a hormone filled teenager I had the major hots for Jenny Agutter after seeing "Logans Run" Huba-huba!
Stand by me!
Ric Golding said:Oh come on Ric, I didnt bring up Jenny, all I said was that I had a crush on her as a teen. Whats next, can't comment that ALL of us guys of a *certain* age (or is that era) had *that* Farrah Fawcett swimsuit poster hanging on the doors to our bedrooms either? or had *that* Blind Faith album even if we didnt like the band just because of the cover, lets get real, were all adults here...well we are now anyway. Hehehe ;)Victor Smith said:Victor, we don't need to know that. geezes
I have to admit back in the day when I was a hormone filled teenager I had the major hots for Jenny Agutter after seeing "Logans Run" Huba-huba!
Mike Morgan said:
There is a Brit film starring Kenneth More , where an Indian Prince has to be rescued and carried by NG train to safety . A good story , lots of train and very believable .Mike
That was “Flame Over India” saw it on TV years ago, havent seen it on VHS or DVD since. Shame its one I’d like to have. The Prince is a child and Moore is helping his party flee rebels on a small train, good movie. Only remember the scene where the train is trying to cross a damaged bridge that had been hit on the rails by cannonfire, tense and beleivable.