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Release Date:
6 December 1985 (USA)
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Once it starts, nothing can stop it! more
Plot:
Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a train with no brakes and nobody driving. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 2 wins
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4 nominations
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(9 articles)
Eric Roberts: The Hollywood Interview
(From The Hollywood Interview. 2 November 2009, 10:23 AM, PST)
'Bruno' Star Sacha Baron Cohen Is Just One Of Hollywood's Top Cinematic Chameleons
(From MTV Movies Blog. 14 July 2009, 12:30 PM, PDT)
(From The Hollywood Interview. 2 November 2009, 10:23 AM, PST)
'Bruno' Star Sacha Baron Cohen Is Just One Of Hollywood's Top Cinematic Chameleons
(From MTV Movies Blog. 14 July 2009, 12:30 PM, PDT)
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Great predecessor to 1994's "SPEED"!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jon Voight | ... | Manny |
 | Eric Roberts | ... | Buck |
 | Rebecca De Mornay | ... | Sara |
 | Kyle T. Heffner | ... | Frank Barstow |
 | John P. Ryan | ... | Ranken |
| T.K. Carter | ... | Dave Prince |
| Kenneth McMillan | ... | Eddie MacDonald |
| Stacey Pickren | ... | Ruby |
| Walter Wyatt | ... | Conlan |
| Edward Bunker | ... | Jonah |
| Reid Cruickshanks | ... | Al Turner (as Reid Cruikshanks) |
| Dan Wray | ... | Fat Con |
| Michael Lee Gogin | ... | Short Con |
| John Bloom | ... | Tall Con |
 | Hank Worden | ... | Old Con (as Norton E. 'Hank' Warden) |
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111 min
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Colour (Rankcolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Canada:18A (Ontario) |
Iceland:16 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-18 |
Norway:16 (cut) |
Norway:18 |
South Korea:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16
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Eric Roberts worked out for several months prior to filming to put on 30 pounds of muscle.
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Revealing mistakes: The dead end branch to which the train is sent to derail is supposed to be unused. However, look ahead shots show fresh tracks in the snow, so there must have been another train shortly before.
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Movie Connections:
Edited into Con Express (2002) (V)
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'Gloria' in D Major by Vivaldi
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Oscar "Manny" Manheim (Jon Voight), a brutal lifelong criminal, escapes from a remote Alaskan prison with an annoying, talkative tag-along (Eric Roberts) and hops a train that goes on a long, dangerous, out-of-control ride when the engineer drops dead of a heart attack and falls off the train. Rebecca De Mornay plays a young train employee who shares their hopeless situation (she was asleep on the train when the heart attack happened) and John P. Ryan is the associate warden of the prison who is deadly determined to bring Manny down - no matter what he has to do.
One of the best action thrillers that I've ever seen! This is a gripping and compelling and, yes, thrilling movie that never lets up. It has all these nail-biting scenes and a superb performance by Voight. It has good photography and a good script (to that end, it is a refreshing change of pace from action movies that revel in their stupidity). You can't really go wrong with this movie - it even has a good villain, well performed by Ryan. Ranken (Ryan) and Manny really do make for good adversaries. It is a long movie but it did manage to hold my attention.
Features a memorable scene where Ranken forces railroad employee Frank Barstow's (Kyle T. Heffner) head into a toilet bowl AFTER HE HAS JUST PEED IN IT. How humiliating is that!
The screenplay was co-written by real-life criminal-turned-author Edward Bunker (based on a screenplay by legendary Japanese film-maker Akira Kurosawa), who appears in the movie as "Jonah".
Look for future film tough guys Danny Trejo (whom I know best from his roles in Robert Rodriguez movies) and Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr. in their film debuts.
10/10!!