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  Runaway Train (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Runaway Train is a 1985 film which tells the story of two escaped convicts and a female train worker who are stuck on a runaway train as it barrels through snowy desolate Alaska.
The dispatchers soon learn that the train is not unmanned when a railroad worker who they have just instructed to switch the train to a dead-end reports that someone on the train (Sara) is blowing the whistle.
The powerlessness that the train dispatchers experience in their attempts to bring the train to a controlled stop is the same powerlessness that Manny feels about his own inability to become a normal member of society.
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 Runaway Train
Runaway Train (1985) is perhaps their best effort, a film of such high artistic integrity that one would wonder how Golan-Globus could have had anything to do with it.
When Renken learns that his escaped prisoners are on the train, he sweeps aside all notions of practicality to go on revenge-driven quest to dispose of the one prisoner he couldn't control.
Runaway Train is an exemplary action film with running themes concerning the nature of man and what he's capable of in the harshest conditions.
www.geocities.com /moviecritic.geo/reviews/r/runawaytrain.html   (1083 words)

  
 Runaway Train The Movie
In every scene when they were trying to get the train stopped, they would hack at the ice covered cable and it would eventually come apart in the middle along with the sound of the prime mover on the loco throttling down.
Movie writers usually don;t know jack about trains and even if the guy that wrote Runaway Train knew every function on a locomotive, he took creative liecense so the movie wouldn;t be 3 minutes long.
Life imitated art when there was a real runaway train earlier this year, and the train was stopped by being chased by an engine which coupled into it and slowed it enough so that someone could climb aboard the unmanned engine.
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 JoBlo reviews the movie "Runaway Train"
Besides the fact that it has trains in it, it was an excellent movie.
The speeding train was a character unto itself.
This movie was superb, Eric Roberts was simply brilliant and it stands the test of time.
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 Runaway Train
Runaway Train is one of those underrated gems that seems to disappear in the blur of its own out of control vehicle.
Somehow they survive the frigid ice of Alaska and find their way onto a train, but something goes awry and the train vaults out of control, leaving the prisoners on board a train heading for destruction.
The snowy weather and the racing train are a video challenge and the transfer and compression succeed in delivering a good picture.
www.filmsondisc.com /DVDpages/runaway_train.htm   (459 words)

  
 Runaway Train
The train is out of control and rushing down the tracks towards a collision with destiny." In an effort to slow and possibly stop the train, the trio tries to disconnect the lines between the locomotives.
He is a train crew member with the horrible line in which he refers to his "caboose man." instead of "conductor" (or "rear brakeman" or something a little more like a real railroad position).
The spur where the runaway eventually crashes is referred to as "The Elkins Steel Mine", a disused mine at the end of a out-of-use siding.
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The plot of the movie (Sinatra tries to kill the President of the US when he arrives in town via special train, Hayden is the local sheriff) is pretty bad, but there are some good train scenes.
I haven't seen the movie but people at the museum said there was a scene where she is in an upper berth in one of the Sections (It might have been Section #1, but Im trying to find a copy of the movie so I can find out).
The train in the Indiana Jones movie was either on the Cumbres and Toltec or the Silverton (both ex DRGW narrow guage).
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 theStudioTour.com - Universal Studios Hollywood - Runaway Train   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The runaway train haunts what was once a peaceful western town on Universal's back lot.
For a particularly terrifying period, the train conductor was dressed as Mr T from The A Team during a park-wide promotion.
The train (no longer runaway) can still be seen parked in Denver Street, presumably awaiting the return of the GlamorTram before menacing the public again.
www.theatrecrafts.com /studiotour/ush/studiotour/runawaytrain.html   (303 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Runaway Train at Epinions.com
While Runaway Train is undeniably a good film, and certainly in the top 10% of all American films, there were several aspects of it that I had problems with.
Later, once it is clear that the train will soon derail with the prisoners certain to perish, Ranken is willing to risk his life and that of others to kill Manny first.
The real problem is that she seems little disturbed that she is trapped on a death train with two escaped prisoners until the pair begin a fight amongst themselves.
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 Runaway Train review (1985) Jon Voight - Qwipster's Movie Reviews
Runaway Train was originally an Akira Kurosawa project called back in the mid-1960s, which would have been an American production for the famous Japanese filmmaker.
At its heart, Runaway Train is a b-movie premise that manages to rise up into a respectable thriller, mostly due to the grittiness of the developments, and the interesting performances by the leads.
Runaway Train is a good "bad" movie -- a movie that should have been bad, but which is elevated a tick because of the eccentric performances and inherently engaging plot.
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 Movie Info for Runaway Train on MSN Movies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
To prevent a disastrous head-on collision, the railroad heads decide to derail the runaway train, killing its occupants to save the lives of hundreds of others.
As doom approaches, Manny apparently goes mad, viciously preventing any attempts to stop the train or rescue its passengers: if he's to die, and if the others are to be saved, it will be on his terms, or no terms.
Runaway Train was slated as a project for Akira Kurosawa in 1970, but for various creative and scheduling reasons, it remained on the back burner for 15 years.
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 Runaway Train movie Review at The Z Review UK movie review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
But the train which would be the key to freedom becomes instead a death-trap.
Owing to this elements is "Runaway Train" appeal to a very broad audience.
This site has no intention to infringe on the rights of the film owners of Runaway Train and intellectual copyright holders of the movies mentioned herein and hold copyright over the movie, characters, merchandise and storyline.
www.thezreview.co.uk /reviews/r/runawaytrain.htm   (476 words)

  
 Runaway Jury - Movie Review
'Runaway Jury' is, like 'The Firm', 'The Pelican Brief', 'The Client' and 'The Rainmaker', a dependable, workmanlike film adaptation of a John Grisham novel, perfectly suited to make intercontinental flights seem shorter, if only you could make out the dialogue over the roar of the plane's engines.
With a plot that combines courtroom drama with corporate misdeeds and confidence trickery, it rattles along like a runaway train - and though you can see from early on where it is heading, it still makes for a thrilling enough ride.
The film's screenplay is really no more than efficient, but is greatly elevated by having such high-calibre actors utter its lines, as though to prove that, in cinema as much as in a courtroom, success depends less on the merits of the case than on the quality of the advocates hired to present it.
www.movie-gazette.com /cinereviews/604   (712 words)

  
 The Command Post - Op-Ed - Runaway Train, Existentialism And The War On Terror
The dialogue is not very good -- the screenplay was translated from Japanese and the movie has a Russian director who apparently doesn't have an ear for English dialogue.
The movie even suggests as much when the Voight character is called an animal and he says no, he's worse: he's human.
The larger message of the movie, and the context in which that quote takes on a different meaning, is existential.
www.command-post.org /oped/2_archives/010348.html   (2546 words)

  
 Runaway Train (1985)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Originally, the character played by Jon Voight was a convicted killer, but writer and ex-con Edward Bunker changed him to a safe cracker because he felt the other prisoners would not respect a killer.
"Runaway Train" is not a perfect film, some of the minor supporting performances are really awful and some viewers may find Eric Roberts to be irritating, but the sheer kineticism, among the other stronger elements, makes it worthwhile.
The simplicity of its metaphors doesn't dull the impact of "Runaway Train" as a sensory experience, though, because it's still pretty potent stuff.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0089941   (450 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Runaway Train: DVD: Jon Voight,Eric Roberts,Rebecca De Mornay,Kyle T. Heffner,John P. Ryan,T.K. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
In the end, after all of the incredible stunt work and amazing train work, after all of the violence and emotion, it comes down to two big men (Manny and Rankin) finally confronting each other, in one final test to prove which is the stronger.
The last scene of RUNAWAY TRAIN is a lyrical masterpiece worthy to be compared to the most visionary works of german director Werner Herzog or to the silent films of King Vidor.
A lot in the picture doesn't make sense, such as why the train, which is barreling along at 90 mph, doesn't simply derail after plowing through snowdrifts and crashing into the caboose of a sidetracked train.
www.amazon.com /Runaway-Train-Jon-Voight/dp/0792838424   (1511 words)

  
 Runaway Train corrections
As Al the Engineer falls off the train, two switch yard workers are standing beside a tank car.
When Barstow gives the signal maintainer at Jordan orders to derail the runaway train, there is a shot of him crossing the track to get to the manual switch.
The second one he crosses, with the switch beside it, is the main track for the runaway.
www.moviemistakes.com /film1105/corrections   (411 words)

  
 Runaway Train (2007) Movie Review - RopeofSilicon.com
Runaway Train is a 20th Century Fox release and will be released in 2007.
Inspired by true events the film follows a rail company's frantic efforts to stop an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train carrying enough combustible liquids and poisonous gas to wipe out a nearby city.
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 Death Train - Moviefone
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 AlterNet: Movie Mix: Runaway Train: The True Story of the U.S. Patriot Act
The film views the Patriot Act as a runaway train: unexpected, terrifying, and completely out of control.
In between personal testimonies, legal explanations, and evidence of the act's misapplication, the film packs a large amount of information into one hour, leaving at least this viewer dizzy from the intensity.
Movie Mix: A new documentary that looks at the people most affected by the Israeli-Palestinian divide reminds us that lasting peace will come from popular movements, not political leaders.
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 Runaway Train (1985) - Moviefone
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 West Coast Railway Association - Movie Locations
The West Coast Railway Heritage Park has a number of movie and commercial shoot credits, including Bye Bye Birdie starring Jason Alexander, Vanessa Williams, Tyne Daly (ABC 1996), Runaway Train (1998) and The Secret of Giving starring Reba McIntyre (CBS 1999).
Note that some pieces of the collection are not released for operating movie work on account of their fragile nature or extreme historical significance.
BC Rail is a movie friendly railway with a high quality mainline, stunning variety of scenery, and a significant collection of rolling stock of its own.
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 DVD Review - Runaway Train
For as much suffering as he had to endure in prison, it's nothing compared to being trapped on a train with such annoying comrades.
There are some great external shots of the train that are awe-inspiring, and make me long for the days when the blue screen wasn't used as much.
The menus have animated snow, which is a cute touch and is appropriate considering how cold and bleak the movie is. And when you make a menu selection, it gives the sound and illusion of a train coming right at you.
www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews2/runawaytrain.html   (983 words)

  
 One Way Track
This fanlisting, One Way Track, is for Soul Asylum's song "Runaway Train" from their album "Grave Dancer's Union." This song was one of the first songs to ever have a lot of meaning for me because I was thisclose to being a runaway.
Looking back, I'm very glad I didn't run away but the pain was very real at the time (and still is, to an extent).
If you have a fanlisting related to Soul Asylum or any of their songs or albums and would like to become affiliates, please email me at stephanie@infanity.org.
infanity.org /runaway   (370 words)

  
 Runaway Train - Rent on DVD at QwikFliks.com Online DVD Movie Rentals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Tearing up the tracks at 100 miles-per-hour, Runaway Train features "hair rasing footage" and spectacular, Oscar performances By Jon Voight and Eric Roberts.
Manny is the toughest convict in a remote Alaskan prison who, along with fellow inmate Buck, makes a daring breakout.
Hopping a freight train, they head full steam for freedom, but when the engineer dies of a heart attack, they find themselves trapped, alone and speeding towards certain disaster, Until, that is, they discover a third passenger, beautiful railroad worker who's just as desperate - and just as determined to survive - as they are!
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 Runaway Train VHS prices at Smarter.com
Two convicts in an Alaskan prison escape their inhumane jailers, trek across the icy Northeast wilderness, and board a speeding freight train.
Unfortunately, the train's conductor dies suddenly of a heart attack, and the convicts face certain death unless they can find some way to stop it.
When the engineer is killed, the convicts find themselves aboard a runaway train hurtling through the frozen Alaskan wilderness.
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 Runaway DVD at Video Universe
Gene Simmons, leader of the rock group KISS, made his feature-film acting debut with this movie.
This is a really cool movie, with Gene Simmons of [KISS] in it, wich I think he gives a outstanding performance as an actor playing a bad guy, this is truly a awsome sicence fiction movie, of course I can't forget about tom, he is really good too.
Finally available on DVD this 1984 Crichton classic,with cops Tom Selleck and Cynthia Rhodes on the trail of arch villain and kiss bassist Gene Simmons who along with his rogue robots are intent on reaping havoc.
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 The Nitpickers Site: Movie Nitpick - Runaway Train - 1985Nitpickers.com - Movie Mistakes - Post and review nitpicks on ...
After Manny jumps and falls beneath the train.
The shots show that manny is hanging on to the front of the train and he can be seen from behind the wheels.
The truth is all locomotives have scrapers that hang only inches from the track, they are used to scrape light snow and some debris off the tracks.
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