Lithonia OperatorUnstoppable, with Denzel Washington, is very entertaining.
I'd have to agree. I recall following the original incident here. So after about the first 10 minutes of the movie I realized I was watching a dramatization based on the event I actually knew something about....making it all that much more enjoyable.
Unstoppable, with Denzel Washington, is very entertaining. It has the best cinematography of trains that I've ever seen, and I don't mean the chase scenes. I mean lots of very evocative shots which really convey the essence of railroading, done by top Hollywood film crews. Just lots of great scenes.
The story is a good one, a based on a true runway train incident, and I find Washington to be a very engaging actor. Now, tbh, some of the action is super far-fetched, way over the top to the point of laughable.
Still, I thinI any railroader or railfan would thoroughly enjoy it.
"Use enough dynamite there, Butch?" Classic!
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" had a few trains in it. One of the mail car recreations wound up at the Ridgeway (Colorado) rail museum.
Ever hear of "Last Train From Gun Hill?"
There's "train" in the title, and some nice run-bys and station shots, but not a train movie. A great Western none the less, with an almost "Greek tragedy" storyline for both the male leads, Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn. Even though the viewer pretty much knows it's going to end badly for one of them it keeps you hoping that somehow it won't, right up to the movies end.
Here's the trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_qXQQZ2wHs
I remember a long time ago Borgnine being interviewed on his many roles and "Shack" was his favorite since it didn't take much to get "in-character". Also this clip seems so real in Techno-Color as compared to today's layering of CGI. Gee you think you were there with real-live action actors.
While we are all here, I thought I'd mention two old English movies which are train movies but since are both available in full on Youtube so could each provide around 90 minutes of distraction.
These are :
Rome Express (1932) and
The Lady Vanishes (1938) (directed by Hitchcock)
These two movies used some of the same sets and some footage was shared.
Rome Express had very extensive sets built, including a complete full size, if foreshortened train in the station in Paris. As well as the usual small models, a 1/12 scale model of a PLM Pacific was built by Bassett-Lowke which was used for close ups of the locomotive, including the valve gear, at speed.
I think the same interior sets were used for The Lady Vanishes, as was the exterior locomotive mock up from the station scene when the passengers take over the train to escape from the foreign conspirators.
But anyone with around three hours to spare could check out the two movies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlbKFIhE-JI
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x239ehl
It can't be worse than the TV news...
Peter
Enh, there's only one Fugitive and that's David Janssen. There were a few railroad scenes in the orignal show which I think was pretty damned good.
LOL, I must have gotten my "Tommy Lee Jones" movies crossed up, I don't know why I remembered it being a crashed plane sitting on the train tracks.
I suspect I must have gotten confused thinking about the water at the dam that Kimble jumped off of, with the water that the plane ended up in from the other movie?
If I remember correctly that sequence was shot on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in North Carolina, and the hulks were left behind as an attraction on the scenic ride.
Overmod Convicted One And what about that improbable scene from the Harrison Ford remake of the Fugitive where the wrecked plane is sitting in the path of the train? You mean the one where he winds up crouching under the very recognizable axle and gear of a demotored truck?
Convicted One And what about that improbable scene from the Harrison Ford remake of the Fugitive where the wrecked plane is sitting in the path of the train?
You mean the one where he winds up crouching under the very recognizable axle and gear of a demotored truck?
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
Oh yeah, forgot about Shack. I wasn't too crazy about that movie- it's of the 1970s with the split-screen gimmick of which I've never seen the point. But he was scary as hell. He said his best scene in "Eternity" was when Pruitt stabbed him in the alley and he said, "You've killed me. What did you want to kill me for?" That scene was filmed and it was in the book but it was left out of the final film.
Actually, I think Ernie Borgnine's meanest role was as "Shack" the sadistic conductor in "Emperor Of The North." My God, he's so terrifying in that role I've only watched the movie once, and never again.
Shows just what a good actor Ernest Borgnine was, all those who knew him said he was an absolute prince and one of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet.
I need to see Bad Day again. Borgnine in his meanest role since Fatso Judson.
"You mean the one where he winds up crouching under the very recognizable axle and gear of a demotored truck?"
I always felt that the way the train plowed up dirt was just a little too "CGI ish" as well. But hey it's not a documentary, it's entertainment. Let's try to avoid the "that's not the way you connect brake lines" type rivet counting.
How about the train scenes in "Bad Day at Black Rock".
York1 John
I asked my doctor if I gave up delicious food and all alcohol, would I live longer? He said, "No, but it will seem longer."
Convicted OneAnd what about that improbable scene from the Harrison Ford remake of the Fugitive where the wrecked plane is sitting in the path of the train?
And what about that improbable scene from the Harrison Ford remake of the Fugitive where the wrecked plane is sitting in the path of the train? The scene where the derailed train pursues him over the bridge abutment always opens up my adrenaline ports.
And that Glen Ford movie "the Sheepmen"...although the involvement of trains is minimal, I've found the confrontation scene where they are unloading the sheep from the train to be enjoyable.
Speaking of John Wayne, I recall some interesting use of trains (and train depots) in the movie "Three Godfathers"
I just remembered this one, keeping with the theme of trains in movies that aren't train movies.
Anyone remember the John Wayne movie "The Sons Of Katie Elder?" The opening credits have some nice run-bys of a Durango and Silverton train running through the Animas River canyon. Actually, I think it was still the Denver & Rio Grande Western at the time, the movie was filmed in 1965.
Anyway, if you don't mind the credit overlays, here you go. Wait for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4KUMb41lqs
One of the best Western movie themes, EVER!
Becky,
Second picture is of the "Chloe" which is now on display in the Grizzly Flats Enginehouse (AKA Carbarn 7, also AKA Jimminy Cricket) of the Orange Empire Railway Museum. Spent most of my weekends 1991-92 assisting with the finishing of the building.
The Chloe is also the prototype of the LGB model.
Convicted OneAnd the CGI T-1 in the movie "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" was a pleasant yet unfortunately brief surprise.
Not unfortunately brief to the kids in the car, though...
Nice finds Becky, especially the Christmas card!
Ah look Natasha! Moos and Sqvirrel!!!
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
There's another veteran character actor in "Suddenly" named Paul Frees. You may not recognize the name but listen to him closely when he speaks and you might just recognize the voice.
Frees was one of Hollywood's favorite "go-to" guys when it came to voice-overs and characterizations, especially for animated features. His most famous voice?
Boris Badenov!
Nashes seemed to be the most used police cars in old films like Suddenly. Most any film noir set in L.A. in the late 40s and early 50s, the cops drove Nashes.
I think it was "Suddenly" where I first really tuned into Willis Bouchey as an actor. Prior to that I always just saw him as some bit actor I had seen play gruff authority figures dozens of times, but never really paid attention to because usually he was just tangential to the actual script.
But after I saw him in Suddenly, I started taking more notice when I would see him elsewhere.
Whole movie right here, free of charge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MBLJcr-dt0
Those old Nash squadcars are kina spiffy too.
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