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A train arrives at La Ciotat station.A train arrives at La Ciotat station.A train arrives at La Ciotat station.
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- TriviaPopular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the audience fled in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.
- ConnectionsEdited into Louis Lumière (1968)
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I have little to add to other reviewers, except to say that this film took a sudden importance in my life last year. In 2002 I was travelling by train to my first ever Cannes Film Festival. At one point the train was moving slowly and I looked out of the window and found that we were pulling through La Ciotat, and the platform hadn't changed a bit. Sadly the train didn't stop, otherwise I would have been tempted to jump off for a moment, but given the purpose of my journey I felt a strange thrill at being there. Just a little personal anecdote, but perhaps it shows something of the power and importance of those early steps in film.
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- TyrconnellPictures
- Nov 16, 2003
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- The Arrival of the Mail Train
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- Runtime1 minute
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- 1.31 : 1
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By what name was The Arrival of a Train (1896) officially released in India in English?
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