wanton87
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Post by wanton87 on Mar 16, 2017 17:27:40 GMT
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Post by spiderwort on Mar 16, 2017 18:34:21 GMT
No, wanton, I've never heard of this guy. But what an interesting story! Someone should make a film about him. Thanks for the links.
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Mar 17, 2017 5:17:50 GMT
Yeah, I was going to say that North by Northwest strikes me as the definitive film in terms of projecting the train-riding experience to the screen. And how about the funny, poignant, and aptly titled Planes, Trains & Automobiles (John Hughes, 1987), starring John Candy and Steve Martin?
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Post by louise on Mar 17, 2017 7:19:45 GMT
Films i like set on trains include The Lady Vanishes Night train to Munich the Silver Streak
And the Thirty Nine Steps and North by Northwest have memorable train sequences.
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Post by politicidal on Mar 18, 2017 21:00:28 GMT
Von Ryan's Express with Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard is a pretty good WW2 flick.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on May 3, 2017 14:02:55 GMT
EDITED TO ADD PHOTOS
Narrow Margin (1990) Skyfall (2012) Throw Momma From the Train (1987) The Girl on the Train (2016) Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) Before Sunrise (1995) Octopussy (1983) It Happened One Night (1934) Lion (2016) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Spider-Man 2 (2004) Mission: Impossible (1996)
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Post by MrFurious on May 9, 2017 15:23:21 GMT
Really loved The Cassandra Crossing(76) growing up and Silver Streak too and remember some Shatner on top of a runaway train tv movie too. I love trains. Recently saw The Great Locomotive Chase(56) and wasn't expecting to love it so much. Great stunts.
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Post by koskiewicz on Jun 6, 2017 16:29:36 GMT
Kontroll - a film that takes place entirely in Hungary's underground rail system.
Twentieth Century w/John Barrymore
Runaway Train and Unstoppable (though probably previously mentioned)
A Pain in the Pullman and Hold That Lion - 2 - 3 Stooges shorts Hold That Lion actually had a cameo featuring Curly Howard in a farewell scene after he suffered his debilitating stroke
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Jun 6, 2017 16:38:01 GMT
This past Sunday, TCM did a stint of movies that featured railroad stations.
The first was Brief Encounter; the second was Indiscretion of an American Wife, and I do not remember the third.
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Post by gunshotwound on Jun 7, 2017 2:37:49 GMT
Bhowani Junction (1956) Bound for Glory (1976) Shanghai Express (1932) The Rare Breed (1966) Without Reservations (1946) The Wild Bunch (1969) The Wrong Box (1966) Since You Went Away (1944) Julia (1977)
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Post by mattgarth on Jun 7, 2017 2:43:44 GMT
Union Station East of Eden Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade The Great Escape Jesse James The Getaway Cat Ballou
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Post by fangirl1975 on Jun 8, 2017 17:58:54 GMT
Hitchcock's Strangers On A Train Hitchcock's Shadow Of A Doubt
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 8, 2017 23:49:12 GMT
A chance to say thanks for this wonderful recommendation from you spiderwort watched last night Mans Castle (1933)
The train whistles are a constant reminder to Bill our restless soul of other places, while they get on the nerves of Trina who fears Bill will journey off aboard one at any moment. He does attempt an escape aboard a freight train but jumps off as it pulls out of town . A beautiful scene sees the two embraced riding in a freight cart bound for new beginnings wherever that train may stop.
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Post by vegalyra on Jun 9, 2017 16:02:48 GMT
Not sure it was mentioned yet but I recently watched most of the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films.
Terror By Night (1946) takes place almost exclusively on a train. Quite a suspenseful little mystery as well.
The 39 Steps (1935) has a memorable train sequence.
A slightly obscure western is Denver and Rio Grande (1952) that is notable for destroying two real trains due for retirement in a head on collision (no second takes, the director had to nail it the first time!!!!)
The big one (unless I missed it) that seems to have escaped everyone is The Train (1964) with Burt Lancaster. What a tremendous film!
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Post by Jillian on Jun 9, 2017 19:05:26 GMT
Even though it has been mentioned, Before Sunrise is my choice as well. The first Harry Potter film crossed my mind, too.
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Post by vegalyra on Jun 12, 2017 12:51:55 GMT
Spiderwort:
If you haven't seen Denver and Rio Grande. Olive films released it in bluray and it's actually in quite nice condition for a Technicolor feature. It predates the widescreen formats (unfortunately) but it has beautiful color and the train collision is not to be missed. The main star is Edumun O'Brien, but Sterling Hayden and Dean Jagger appear as well. It's a minor little Western, but quite fun and it'll hold your interest.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jun 12, 2017 13:27:23 GMT
Terminus (1961) is a "documentary" (actually partially scripted) that lasts for around 33 minutes and is filmed entirely at a train station.
It's actually quite brilliant. It is one of many fine efforts by the prolific "British Transport Films" company.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jun 16, 2017 3:30:47 GMT
Has anyone mentioned Night Train to Munich, a favorite of mine that I've recently rewatched?
Another one that came to mind (and that I don't think anyone has mentioned) is Berlin Express, directed by the always-interesting Jacques Tourneur.
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Jun 21, 2017 7:59:56 GMT
Buster Keaton's "The General" Disney's "The Great Locomotive Chase" Disney's "The Journey of Natty Gann" "The Train" Burt Lancaster vs The Germans in France "The French Connection" playing catch me on the subway and racing under the elevated trains. "Lawrence of Arabia" especially that scene where he strides atop the train cars. "Stand By Me" suspense on the railway bridge. "The Greatest Show on Earth" The circus travels by train. "Some Like it Hot" Train platforms and berths."Sullivan's Travels" Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959) really uses a passenger train to suggest—and release—homosexual anxiety. Just as daringly, Jack Lemmon's character desperately tries to prevent himself from receiving an erection from the touch of Marilyn Monroe's character. Along with Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder may well have constituted the most daring and subversive of Golden Age A-list Hollywood directors, and in Some Like It Hot, he proved decades ahead of his time. In that film, he uses the intimacy of a passenger train to toy with notions of intimacy.
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Jun 21, 2017 8:02:50 GMT
So many wonderful ones, London. And thanks for reminding me that I (inadvertently) included subways - but I think that's okay. My favorites on your list (that I've seen): Reds (1981), Closely Observed Trains (1966), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), and The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957).
Once Upon a Time in the West is a film where trains represent more than just a mere mode of transportation. Instead, the movie's trains are deeply symbolic and central to the film's thematic concerns.
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