breakheart pass ( film )
the breakheart pass is a location in nevada' s rocky mountains through which trains must pass .
charles bronson plays cards in a scene from the film' breakheart pass', 1975 .
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breakheart pass
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bullets were flying and men were dying in the world premiere of
breakheart pass
thursday night at lewiston' s liberty theater .
breakheart pass was indeed shot on the camas prarie. the locomotive is ex - great western # 75, now in operation in utah .
additional editing credits included “gaily, gaily, ””breakheart pass, ””across 110th street, ””prisoner of zenda, ””the greatest” and “it’s my turn. ”
breakheart pass is a slightly unfortunate film in that it was made in a pre - blockbuster world, but first appeared in american cinemas just over six months after jaws changed the world of movies forever .
the most dramatic moment in “breakheart pass” involves the uncoupling of three cars filled with 70 soldiers —actually mannequins—that plunge 200 feet off a mountain to crash on the valley floor .
a limited edition (3, 000 run) cd soundtrack of breakheart pass, highlighting the original music of jerry goldsmith, was released by la - la land records. it is out of print .
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breakheart pass is a pretty difficult film to categorise. it' s probably best described as a western mystery adventure, and it' s certainly one of the more offbeat films of charles bronson' s career, a career at the point of the release of this film that had more or less moved wholesale into the crime thrillers that he became best known for .
mr. gries, who some years ago directed “will penny, ” a very different kind of western that attempted to recreate a feel for frontier time and place, doesn' t permit these mystery‐story elements to slow down the film' s physical action. “breakheart pass” moves, therefore it is .
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a western mystery, taking place mostly on a train ,
breakheart pass
takes some time to heat up but generates some solid genre adventure. directed by tom gries and based on a novel by alistair macclean, the film stars charles bronson as an accused murderer who, like the train he rides, is not what he seems. the film is well - assembled and solidly engaging .
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for once, i find the norwegian title to be better than the original (man, i could give you some stupid examples there), but breakheart pass? really? it sounds like some kind of surgery, or at best a love story. no, this film is nothing but the train to fort humbolt. as simple as that .
the only extra on each blu - ray is the respective film' s theatrical trailer .
the film was shot on location in the netherlands and at shepperton studios. [ 5 ]
does anyone know the line that was used to film the movie breakheart pass staring charles bronson? the line looks like th camadas prarie line with all the high trestles but i am not sure. also does anyone know the history behind the 2 - 8 - 0 used in the movie? it is numbered 9 in the movie if that helps? tia
this year we have “breakheart pass, ” a western written by alistair maclean and directed by tom gries. in between there have been other forgettable items. though “breakheart pass” is not “the great train robbery, ” it' s highly efficient entertainment of the sort sometimes labeled escapist, a general use of the word that doesn' t recognize who' s doing the escaping or what' s being escaped from. for someone working in a manhattan laundry, the new york review of books could be a month in the country .
so whether film is being shot here, debuted here, or produced, edited & mastered here, the film industry is a thriving force in utah with plenty more on the way .
the monthly film bulletin called it a
singularly unappetising piece of work .
[ 7 ]
stuart galbraith iv is the kyoto - based film historian and publisher - editor of world cinema paradise. his credits include film history books, dvd and blu - ray audio commentaries and special features .
# 75 had her biggest role in the movie “breakheart pass. ” this is a classic, action - drama film that is centered entirely on the train the # 75 is pulling. the locomotive carries # 9, and i am unable to decipher what is written on the tender. in the film, the locomotive acquired a fake “balloon” smoke stack, and got ample amounts of colorful paint to brighten up the engine. the 1966 film is personally one of my favorites, and i highly recommend this movie to anyone, even if they are not a rail enthusiast like myself .
1. breakheart pass – main title 2. free ride / hot stove 3. medical supplies 4. the trestle 5. on the move / runaway 6. no word yet 7. night watch / help yourself 8. who are you? 9. the casket / box car fight 10. make up your mind / leaving the fort 11. a new friend 12. here they come part i 13. here they come part ii 14. raiding party 15. no entry 16. last battle 17. reunited / breakheart pass – end credits bonus tracks 18. here they come (film version) 19. four styles 20. end credits (alternate mix )
breakheart pass, directed by torn cries; screenplay by alistair maclean; produced by jerry gershwin; executive producer, elliot kastner; director of photography, lucien ballard; music, jerry goldsmith; editor, buzz brandt; distributed by united artists. running time: 95 minutes at the guild theater, 50th street west of fifth avenue, and other theaters. this film has been rated pg .
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secrets play a major role in
breakheart pass ,
with most of the players in the train game working with blurred motivations. the playful confusion extends to the appearance of a violent gang and a tribe of native americans, who both factor into the climax, expanding the picture beyond its rail - based journey. the effort devolves into dynamite blasts and shoot - outs, but for most of its run time ,
breakheart pass
works just fine as a hushed collection of clue - gathering, keeping to a steady display of untrustworthy characters slowly losing control of a puzzling scheme .
pass is an engaging adventure with a few surges of action, an unexpected commitment to brutality, and an irresistible collection of disasters to hold attention .
this is one of a string of charles bronson' s 1970s westerns. the others were chino (1973), soleil rouge (1971), chato' s land (1972), from noon till three (1976), breakheart pass (1975) and the white buffalo (1977) .
u. s. distributors kino lorber have revealed that they are preparing a blu - ray release of tom gries' western breakheart pass (1975), starring charles bronson, ben johnson, richard crenna, jill ireland, charles durning, ed lauter, and sally kirkland. the release ...
there are a few good things one can say about
breakheart pass
( bronson' s acting is effective, the music score is rousing), but, unfortunately, they are overshadowed by the bad things, like the murky script and the routine direction. the result is barely comprehensible, and barely entertaining .
nothing has quite been the same here in the bare brown idaho hills near lewiston since united artists moved in to shoot a mystery‐western, “breakheart pass, ” more than two months ago. the country was chosen partly for its concentration of 250 classic matchstick camas railroad trestles, some over 100 feet high, that span the snowy hills .
i have to say, though, as much as i agree with my friend scott tobias that this has been a good summer for blockbusters, right about now i could really go for a movie where charles bronson plays an old west secret agent fighting treasonous gun - smugglers on a train. breakheart pass wasn’t a b - picture, and it wasn’t a blockbuster. it was a modestly budgeted genre film of modest ambition—which today would make it an anomaly .
novel based on the screenplay of the classic film. published in the 1970s, 182 pages long in good condition .
he is survived by daughter anita brandt - burgoyne, a television and film editor; son greg and two grandchildren .
filming locations: filmed on the southern pacific railroad around santa susana pass (southern california) using gp20 # 4101 and gp9s # 3840 and # 3688, among others .
second unit direction was provided by veteran stuntman yakima canutt while his son joe was one of the film' s stuntmen .
gov. cecil d. andrus, who spent the day at lewiston, said he is working on the formation of a film commission for idaho. the commission' s purpose andrus said, would be to attract motion picture studios and television to the state. he noted that a walt disney documentary and a television show in addition to
breakheart pass
have been filmed in idaho during the last 18 months. a commission, he said, could attract more business to idaho .
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charles bronson is just cool. period. breakheart pass is a western mystery that takes place on a train. it moves s - l - o - w - l - y at first. not the train, the film. after a while, if one has patience, the pace picks up, bodies pile up, and things begin to explode. the scenery is beautiful, but of course you' d be a fool to pass up the opportunities of a steam engine going through the mountains. an all - star cast of character actors fill in the various roles. the mystery leaves a few loose ends and unanswered questions. however, charles bronson is just cool .
mr. gries, an exuberant man with a shaven head who directed another recently completed bronson film, “breakout, ” neatly set him, self up when he introduced mr. welle as a local antiques dealer who provided many of the western props for the film .
byron (buzz) brandt, film and television editor, died march 9 in los angeles of heart failure. he was 60 .
filming locations: nickel plate # 765 (built 24 years after the film' s setting) was filmed in thurmond, west virginia .
puppet on a chain monthly film bulletin; london vol. 38, iss. 444, (jan 1, 1971): 169 .
perhaps because of this deviation from the original story, and any resulting disagreements following its release, the film was later renamed nuclear terror .
good modern western film, ie 1970 's, which for hollywood is classed as a modern western flick, we now have the cd soundtrack, no vinyl out there as for as i know, plays just like the film and very jolly collection of music it is, if you watch the film first you can remember the action bits as cd is played, one for soundtrack collectors, a must have .
this is a very intriguing film. with some twists and mystery. bronson is cool as cool can be, but most of the supportings hold their own weight. to be corny, this film is just a fun effing train ride. with an incredible theme song by jerry goldsmith .
brandt, a native of nebraska, began his career in the film industry working in the shipping room at 20th century fox while attending usc .
breakheart pass
is what is known as an outdoor adventure, and in that respect it fills the bill. and it fills the bill as a mystery because it is hard to figure out just what is going on inside the cars pulled by engine no. 9. it chugs through the wilderness towards ft. humboldt while faling is tied in a chair and some evil men are plotting to hijack a gold shipment .
mr. majestyk (1974) / breakheart pass (1975). just how big a star was charles bronson in the 1970s? when time magazine opted to print a cover story about
hollywood' s honchos
burt reynolds and clint eastwood in january 1978, it made sure to include a sidebar on bronson and his string of hits. kino lorber has seen fit to release two of these efforts on blu - ray .
it' s generally considered to be the odd one out in the list of maclean' s books, but the film adaptation is reasonably worthwhile .
it' s a fun film that whips by and, a few moments of brief but bloody violence aside, is one for the whole family .
a great story well acted and very plausible. a must for any film buff who wants a diverse collection and a maclean does do that easily .
time and place require that “breakheart pass” be described as a western, though it also contains a few elements that might have been suggested by a close reading of “murder on the orient express. ” purists may object to this crossbreeding of genres, but the result is good fun with some spectacular action footage directed by yakima canutt, the hollywood stunt genius who is still playing with dynamite and rolling entire trains off trestles in his 81st year .
1. breakheart pass – main title (2: 33) 2. free ride / hot stove (5: 01) 3. medical supplies (3: 58) 4. the trestle (2: 55) 5. on the move / runaway (2: 47) 6. no word yet (0: 58) 7. night watch / help yourself (5: 39) 8. who are you? (0: 44) 9. the casket / box car fight (7: 11) 10. make up your mind / leaving the fort (1: 27) 11. a new friend (1: 47) 12. here they come (0: 59) 13. raiding party (3: 55) 14. no entry (1: 29) 15. reunited / breakheart pass – end credits (4: 05 )
this movie was first released about a year after agatha christie' s murder on the orient express (1974), a film it has been likened to .
there is a kp baggage car in that film and that car still exists today and was recently sold for $ 200, 000 dollars, sight unseen. upkpfan
“breakheart pass, ” which opened yesterday at the guild and other theaters, is a western that spends a lot of its time inside a train, a fine smoky antique snaking its way through the snowy mountains of utah to a date with a destiny that includes outlaws and angry indians. the time is the virtually mythical 1870' s (as someone once wrote, all westerns are set in 1870) and the maclean story is about gunrunning and a cache of gold .
one of bronsons better acting, and is very close to the book written by a. maclean a great film to have in the collection and will be viewed many times
there you have it! ! 82 movies made in utah. not too shabby a list. in fact, utah is famous for more than just being a one - of - a - kind filming location too - - the sundance film festival, hosted in park city, has become one of the largest independent film festivals in the world .
sharp said the film went on to make
a mint of money
and claimed in 2007 he was still getting royalties from it being shown on television. [ 3 ]
it really is a bit of a delight, this film. bronson is, well, bronson. he had hit on a winning formula years before this film was made for his roles and he doesn' t deviate much from his gruff tough guy mode here. the support cast is superb, however, with charles durning and ben johnson making recognisably excellent villainous turns, and, of course, jill ireland also pops in. but it' s the underrated ed lauter who probably comes out of the film best of all .
byron (buzz) brandt, film and television editor, died march 9 in los angeles of heart failure. he was 60. brandt, a native of nebraska, began his career in the film industry working in the shipping room at 20th century fox while attending usc. he worked his way up through a variety of jobs, eventually serving [ … ]
roy jenson, eddie little sky and john mitchum all previously appeared in paint your wagon (1969), but in neither that film nor this do any of them share any screen time .
the railroad cars that got wrecked were not models or special effects. they were actual railroad cars, purchased used from the burlington northern railroad specifically for the purpose of being destroyed in this film .
the complete score would not fit entirely on disc one, so the first three tracks of disc two are the concluding moments of mancini’s score. kamen’s music follows. a “bonus track” separates this “additional music” from the album presentation. it is the film version of “grandson of web” which features choir. randall larson provides an excellent essay about the film and its score. there is no track - by - track analysis however. the text is white on a black background filled with fine stills from the film. the cd case fits both discs in the same space as a single disc .
remake note: a remake of this film starring denzel washington (as lt. garber) and john travolta (as the lead hijacker) was released on dvd and blu - ray in november 2009 .
filming locations: sierra railroad # 3 was lettered as yosemite valley # 27 for the film. static scenes were shot at the railtown 1897 roundhouse, with some office scenes at the nevada northern railway .
the story was maclean' s 14th and the seventh film adaption of a maclean novel. the film' s signature boat chase (8 minutes of screen time) along the canals of amsterdam reportedly inspired the boat chase in the james bond movie live and let die two years later and in the 1988 thriller amsterdamned, which would also feature a long canal boat chase. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
at one point in the film, nathan pierce refers to major claremont as colonel, to which claremont replies
major .
in alistair maclean' s original novel, claremont' s rank is colonel .
the basic film plot follows that of the book for almost the entire story with only a few differences; for example, in the book captain bullen is wounded by gunfire during the taking of the' campari,' whilst in the film, bullen is shot dead. as the book character spent the remainder of the story incapacitated, the plot continued in much the same way without him. however a different ending was scripted for the film in order to increase plot tension and create something far more dramatic and spectacular. the concluding fifteen minutes of the screenplay led to an ending that bore little resemblance to the book plot .
the film industry in utah is much more active than most people imagine. whether all or in part, here is a list of 82 movies that have been filmed right here in the great state of utah .
an intriguing western and mystery wrapped in one, the film starts off quite strong, but it later spirals into run - of - the - mill action sequences that feel added in just for thrills, some of which are awkwardly silent. the directing works by clichés and the characters are all standard types, however in spite of all this it is quite watchable stuff. the film is supported by some appropriate bits of music and effective photography, which includes an extensive range of different camera angles and fitting use of distant shots. not a wonderful piece of cinema by any stretch, the film is nevertheless a decent one of its type .
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one of the more interesting films that # 75 starred in was the burt lancaster and lee marvin film “the professionals” and in the film, the locomotive was simply re - lettered to become nacionales de mexico # 903. what is interesting is, that there really is a ndem 2 - 8 - 0 # 903, and the real 903 is preserved in acambaro, guanajuato, mexico. unlike the real 903, the # 75 is bigger, since the real one was originally built for the smaller narrow gauge railroads. the locomotive is not a major star in the film, only being shown really good in an escape scene, but she is clearly gwr # 75
filming locations: filmed entirely on location in sri lanka (then ceylon). the 400 - foot wood bridge created for the film took more than six months to complete using 25 elephants and hundreds of native workers. the locomotive in the crash was built in the 1890s and operated in india prior to purchase for the film. a diesel engine was used at the rear of the train to ensure all four coaches followed the steam engine off the bridge .
filming locations: the film was shot at the keighley & worth valley railway, including many scenes at the oakworth station. great western pannier tank engine # 5775, now on display in oxenhope, was filmed hauling the train .
filming locations: the subway car used as the money train was a new york city subway r22 car modified by the film crew and coney island overhaul shops. an early scene of
wall street
was filmed at 14th st. - union square station but nearly all other station scenes were filmed on a 4000' long station platform and tunnel studio set in los angeles. fifteen subway cars were trucked to the set to film a range of action scenes .
synopsis: when an engaged woman falls in love with a handsome hobo, life gets complicated for the old railroad supervisor who is set on marrying her. wonderfully detailed, this film features several classic trains and railways from the 1920s .
puppet on a chain is a 1971 british thriller film directed by geoffrey reeve and starring sven - bertil taube, barbara parkins and alexander knox. [ 1 ] it is based on the novel puppet on a chain by alistair maclean .
synopsis: a courageous effort from noted french director rene clement who completed the film during the final months of wwii under extremely dangerous conditions. using a cast of non - professionals, clement tells the story of french railway workers who bravely battle the nazis on many fronts, aiding the allied invasion of 1944. legendary cameraman henri alekan (beauty and the beast), himself a resistance fighter who escaped nazi pow camps, shot the film in a gritty, semi - documentary style .
it packs in a lot to its 90 minutes running time, but it' s an entertaining and even thoughtful little film that only really lets itself down with its surely by 1975 outmoded whooping injun portrayal. a very pleasant surprise, though ,
alistair maclean has always been one of my favorite authors, dating back to my high - school days in the mid -' 60s. he has written many outstanding books, and many films have been made from them. too many times, however, the title is the only thing that remains the same. not in this case, however. either maclean himself was involved with this film, or the director actually read the book first before starting, as this film is faithful to the book. a rarity indeed .
blu - ray extras include two making - of featurettes; deleted scenes; an on - set documentary; an interview with philosopher slavoj žižek about the movie' s social and political themes; and carlos cuarón' s 2002 short film, you owe me one .
one of my early introductions to charles bronson was in death wish iii. i' m not sure if i' d seen the other two films yet, but it made no difference really in terms of me loving this overblown sequel. one thing i loved about it was seeing ed lauter as a hard - nosed cop who ends up teaming with bronson to fight a riot filled city full of scumbags. lauter and bronson had a great chemistry together there, but i had no idea they' d worked together before. a few times actually. breakheart was perhaps their first film together, followed by the white buffalo and death hunt prior to death wish iii .
the film' s title silver streak was inspired by the chicago, burlington & quincy (cb & q) railroad' s pioneer zephyr, nicknamed
silver streak
for its stainless steel construction and 13 hour and 5 minute speed record between denver and chicago in 1934 .
people come from all over to experience the sundance film festival, held annually in january. many of the biggest names in filmmaking got their breaks while debuting here in utah. sundance has made indies into blockbusters over night, and it all happens right here, every year .
one thing i neglected to mention is the music in the film. that' s nearly a travesty because the score was done by the great jerry goldsmith. it has an interesting western instrumentation to it and a rollicking adventurey vibe. check out the main title for a sample :
the affable johnson, who made many friends during the weeks at lewiston last year, was given a special honor when a film clip from
the last picture show ,
which won him an academy award for the best supporting actor, was run prior to the regular movie .
not that contacts here have been purely mercenary. in fact, many residents offered to work free as extras or assist in other ways just for the thrill of working on a movie. however, the film company says it has insisted on paying everyone something in accordance with union regulations .
the train station at the beginning of the film, identified as geneva, was actually filmed at basel, switzerland. exterior scenes of the train were filmed in italy, france, and switzerland with multiple electric and diesel locomotives. interior shots were filmed at a studio in rome, italy .
really, that description doesn' t come close to describing many of the things going on here. it really is a surprisingly intricately plotted film courtesy of the pen of alistair maclean that ends up being far more than just a train - based mystery thriller as well. in fact, the only thing that happens in the film that you would expect to happen is the obligatory train - top fight - but even during that bronson pulls out, and i' m not joking, a drop - kick that ricky' the dragon' steamboat would have been proud of in his prime .
filming locations: exterior scenes feature the 20th century limited (specifically car # 10006), though the interior shots of dining and sleeping cars were filmed at an mgm soundstage. station scenes include lasalle street station (chicago) and grand central station (new york city). the final scene was filmed at the west portal of southern pacific (now union pacific) tunnel # 26 in santa susana pass near los angeles .
synopsis: polish director krzysztof kieslowski weaves a fascinating tale of fate that draws the curtain back on life in communist poland circa 1980. the film plays out three possible life scenarios for a disillusioned young man named witek (boguslaw linda), all depending on whether he catches a certain train to warsaw .
bsx records presents here for the first time the complete lifeforce score. in this case, it means not only the score provided by henry mancini, but the additional music required after the film was truncated and re - edited. the latter was composed by michael kamen and appears hear apart from the film for the first time. the album, and subsequent cd release on varese sarabande attempted to arrange the score in segments like a large tone poem and was one of the most satisfying releases in varese’s catalogue. if you missed out, bsx has included that complete release at the end of disc two .
even now that the filming is all over with, things will never return to normal for marcia williams and peter mcwhorter. miss williams was working at the ponderosa lewis‐clark motor inn fax lewiston when mr. mcwhorter, the production crew caterer, arrived with the rest of the film company feb. 7 .
filming locations: the film was shot in british columbia, where a
lac des arcs
train station was built along the tracks specifically for the film. the train consisted of a british columbia railway (bc rail) sd40 - 2 diesel and 12 privately owned passenger cars, all painted in via rail canada livery to appear as the toronto - vancouver canadian. the private cars included one dormitory, one baggage car, three coaches (# 521, 524, 550), one dome car (# 555), one dining car (# 548), another coach (# 540), three sleepers (# 558, 564, 544), and a rear dome car (# 597). the primary compartments in the film are a6 in # 564, and later c6 in # 558. some of the distant exterior shots of the train (specifically two bridge crossings) were filmed using a model train .
in the course of the film, the governor, who is also traveling on the train in his own private railroad car—an actual restored 1880 kansas pacific wood coach now used by camas railroad officials —is exposed as a smuggler of arms to the indians while charles bronson also turns out to be other than what he seemed .
rental of the track along an 18‐mile stretch came to $ 1, 634, mr. gries said. “what we didn' t know, ” he said, “is it' s $ 1, 634 each time we traverse it. ” the film company used the track mainly on weekends when no regular trains run .
synopsis: sentimental yet down - to - earth and set in pre - world war ii england, the film follows british housewife laura jesson (celia johnson), who is on her way home, but catches a cinder in her eye. by chance, she meets dr. alec harvey (trevor howard), who removes it for her. the two talk for a few minutes and strike immediate sparks, but they end up catching different trains. however, both return to the station once a week to meet and, as the film progresses, they grow closer, sharing stories, hopes, and fears about their lives, marriages, and children .
synopsis: the story is the basic slasher film premise, remounted on a moving train. a college fraternity decides to hold a new year' s eve party on a train. but an uninvited guest, a disturbed ex - fraternity member, decides to take revenge on the partying students by killing them off one by one in increasingly grisly fashion .
as a result, it feels like a movie out of its time – a commercial western - thriller featuring a marquee film star in charles bronson – that was dated as soon as it crawled into the multiplex, like a slightly - too - old partygoer turning up to a nightclub as soon as it opens and wondering where everybody else has gone .
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synopsis: this winner of the best cinematography award at the sundance film festival tells the story of john lee (peter alexander), grandson to a chinese railroad laborer, who holds idealistic visions of saving the yosemite valley railroad from bankruptcy with help from long - time rail employees (michael stipe of r. e. m. and henry gibson of magnolia) .
the train wreck sequence was filmed using a mock - up engine and station at burbank airport. however, the approach to the crash was filmed using a hi - rail truck on track # 2 at north western station (now ogilvie transportation center) in chicago. inclusion of this scene caused amtrak to withdraw from the film, pushing much of the filming to canada .
this was by no stretch a great film, but it' s a very fun film on par with death hunt and many other bronson actioners. it' s lacking a bit of the humor and dazzle of the similar but superior emperor of the north, but as an action western with a bit of mystery, a bit of gun play, a bit of bodies plummeting from high bridges and tons of train porn, it does not disappoint. the cast is surprisingly stacked and the cinematography is more handsome than it has to be, capturing the snowy west beautifully. the title is hogwash and just silly to say aloud, but for bronson fans, 70s action fans, western completists, definitely seek it out. it' s on netflix .
however, mr. gibbs did have a bad moment recently. because his house appears in film shots, the movie company repaneled part of the exterior free of charge. the other day the local assessor dropped by to watch the filmmaking and mr. gibbs was terrified he would see the improvement and raise the farm' s taxes. the assessor, however, ignored it .
one thing at which film score collectors of a certain age will raise a wry smile is the little suspense motif that runs through some of the score - take a listen to
medical supplies
and see if you can spot a certain controversial composer' s signature four - note
danger motif
- it' s hard to avoid. well, i smiled, anyway .
the destruction of the bridge as depicted in the film is entirely fictional. in reality, two bridges were built - - a temporary wooden bridge and a permanent steel bridge a few months later. both bridges were used for two years until they were destroyed by allied warplanes in june 1945. after the war, the steel bridge was rebuilt by japan and is still in use today .
synopsis: the 1966 academy award winner for best foreign film ,
closely watched trains
is a charming look at the life of a young train conductor (václav neckár) during the german occupation of czechoslovakia. he is ineptly led into an erotic encounter with a beautiful girl and fails to perform. but this unlikely hero takes a stand when his village is threatened by the occupying german army .
synopsis: criminals have hidden a bomb on a shinkansen train barreling through the japanese countryside. the bomb is set to explode if the train’s speed drops below a certain level. with the end of the line somewhere ahead and a very large number of increasingly agitated passengers on board, somehow that bomb must be found and defused. this concept later served as the basis of the american action film speed .
ok, so i like these types of films from that period. they remind me of the time when i starting visiting the theaters on my own, during the film i even wondered if i had seen this one before. it might have happened. it could also be because i one summer read all of alistair maclean' s novels, they' re perfect holiday literature. and, some of them has…
synopsis: the budapest subway system, the world’s oldest, is a dark labyrinthine netherworld as vast and various as the city above. hordes of people pass through on their way to better, brighter places. but there are some who spend most of their lives underground - - the ticket inspectors or
controllers
who are assigned in teams to various sections of the system and whose thankless job is to ensure that no passengers ride without paying. deployed by those in control - unseen authority figures who monitor the trains and travelers on massive grids and screens - these inspector teams are a much - despised lot .
synopsis: detective tom gordon (tom mix) investigates a series of train robberies in this fast - paced, stunt - driven film. mix poses as a masked outlaw in order to infiltrate the outlaw gang behind the robberies, only to discover that their leader is the secretary (carl miller) to the railroad president (william walling). along the way, the hero falls in love with the president' s daughter (dorothy dwan) .
filming locations: the train was primarily filmed on location in france, featuring authentic train derailments, wrecks, and air attacks staged in
full scale
without models and with limited sets. period equipment was donated by french national railways (sncf) during their transition from steam to diesel, and full access was provided to seldom used routes and yards. as a result, the train is widely considered to have the most authentic railroad scenes in a feature film .
the film of alistair maclean' s novel did not disappoint, combining an intriguing mystery with some well - staged action. the entertainment value was enhanced by both the solid cast and - especially - jerry goldsmith' s score, at the heart of which is the rousing main theme that also appears later in different arrangements. the other tracks convey suspense, tension, danger and romance as needed to support what' s happening on the screen at the time. a highly recommended soundtrack .
this fellow, played by mr. bronson, seems already to have passed through his own time into history. the great physique is no longer young, but it is more powerful than ever, as if transfused by age with some kind of supervigor that affects brain as well as brawn. needless to say, he is the film' s hero‐figure, but how he assumes the role is the point of the screenplay' s twists that owe more to agatha christie than to zane grey .
synopsis: a group of four men assault a train station clerk, then rob a train where they take the money and shoot a passenger. once the clerk is discovered tied up at the station, the sheriff and his men begin a hunt for the bandits. this 1903 film uses simple editing techniques (each scene is a single shot) and the story is mostly linear (with only a few
meanwhile
moments) but it represents a significant step in movie making, being one of the first
narrative
movies .
sherman and a colleague arrive at a warehouse (run by morgenstern but without his partner mugenthaler who only appears in the book) where the drugs are being distributed. there he meets van gelder and his niece. he finds out that they are part of the trafficking gang and that trudi had been faking her mental disability. a shootout leaves trudi dead and sherman wounded. van gelder tries to escape, but is killed by sherman (again a discrepancy in that he falls to his death in the film but is skewered on a hook in the book) .
the recording here is a bit muddier than that for the mancini score and seems to have more source deterioration. it works less separately from the film, but oddly those familiar with the accompanying visuals will remember this music. while the re - edits may have destroyed mancini’s opening music, it is striking how well kamen’s contribution matched the segments for which it was provided. the music is somewhat connected by an ostinato pattern that shows up most in the later cues. looking back now, though, the sound of his music stands alongside other genre writing of the period .
synopsis: set in south yorkshire, the film opens with familiar british rail sign being replaced with a shiny new one reading
east midland infrastructure .
for a group of men working at a local train station, this subtle change ends up meaning that their lives have irrevocably changed. when they learn the grim details of this privatization, their chummy sense of community begins to splinter and fall apart. under the new regime, the customer comes first. while on paper this sounds great, in reality this new arrangement is implemented haphazardly, resulting in bitter fighting and political backstabbing .
synopsis: set during india' s battle for independence from britain, the film begins with victoria jones (gardner) returning to her native land after several years in england. her loyalties are put to the test by two men in her life: col. rodney savage (granger), whose job it is to prevent sabotage on the railway at bhowani junction, and patrick taylor (travers), another half - caste like victoria. when she is forced to kill in self - defense, victoria is given comfort by communist insurrectionist ghanshyam (illing), further dividing her fidelities .
synopsis: top billing is bestowed upon claudette colbert as kit, a best - selling novelist heading westward to oversee the film version of her latest novel. taking it upon herself to select the man who should portray the hero of her novel, kit chooses war hero rusty (john wayne), whom she meets during her train trip to hollywood. unaware of kit' s true identity, rusty and his pal dink (don defore) rail against the factual errors in her book. one thing leads to another, and before long kit, rusty, and dink have all been thrown off the train for annoying the other passengers .
i’m not big on the lament “you couldn’t get a picture like that made today, ” which i hear just about every time i watch a featurette or listen to a commentary track on a dvd or blu - ray of an older film. in my experience as a moviegoer, there is almost no kind of movie that was made in the 20th century that hasn’t also been made in the 21st. elements may change—there’s less racist comic relief in cinema now, for example—but i typically hear the “you couldn’t” argument applied to issue - driven melodramas, earnest romances, and quiet stories of everyday life, all of which are still very much around .
synopsis: jim vesser (o' brien) is responsible for building the denver & rio grande railroad across the rocky mountains in colorado. standing in his way is the ruthless mccabe (hayden) who' s trying to lay his canyon city & san juan railroad tracks first. the conflict between the men turns into guerilla warfare between the two railroads. filming locations: filmed on location at the denver & rio grande railroad (now durango & silverton narrow gauge railroad) between durango and silverton, colorado. d & rgw steam locomotives # 268, 319, and 345 (painted as a double for 268) were used in the film. the 319 and 345 were wrecked for the head - on crash scene .
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cast: burt lancaster, paul scofield, jeanne moreau, michel simon director: john frankenheimer (replaced arthur penn upon firing) format: english, black & white, mono runtime: 133 minutes imdb user rating: 7. 8 (of 10) urltoken dvd price: click here for current pricing
synopsis: with the allied army approaching paris in august 1944, german commander and art fanatic colonel von waldheim (paul scofield) steals a collection of paintings from the musée du jeu de paume and loads them on a train bound for berlin. labiche (burt lancaster), a railway inspector and member of the resistance, is at first more concerned with weapons than art. but when a friend is murdered trying to sabotage the colonel' s scheme, labiche vows to stop the art train at any cost. labiche and his fellow railway men unleash a torrent of devastation but must use skill and deception to protect the train' s prized cargo. the story was inspired by an actual art looting and france' s successful delay of the german train until the allies arrived.
breakheart pass is an american 1975 western adventure film that stars charles bronson , ben johnson , richard crenna , and jill ireland . the movie was based on the novel by alistair maclean of the same title , and was filmed in north central idaho . 
breakheart pass is an american 1975 western adventure film that stars charles bronson, ben johnson, richard crenna, and jill ireland. the movie was based on the novel by alistair maclean of the same title, and was filmed in north central idaho.
breakheart pass is an american 1975 western adventure film that stars charles bronson, ben johnson, richard crenna, and jill ireland. the movie was based on the novel by alistair maclean of the same title, and was filmed in north central idaho.