a fighting man is a 2014 drama sport film written and directed by damian lee .

it stars dominic purcell , james caan , louis gossett jr. , and famke janssen .

it was released in canada on 25 april 2014 .

a fighting man

a fighting man
is not just a great sports movie , it ' s a great movie .
dominic purcell stars as a boxer opposite james caan and famke janssen in
a fighting man .
psychology for the fighting man : prepared for the fighting man himself / by a committee of the national research council , with the collaboration of science service as a contribution to the war effort .
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because you would have felt better with a fighting man as a companion , whereas now you feel that you have only a burden .
as the man approached i noticed him more particularly than i had previously . he was well built , with clear cut features and that air which definitely bespeaks the fighting man .
purcell steps in the ring for ' a fighting man ' dominic purcell joins the likes of robert de niro , sylvester stallone and russell crowe as the latest actor to throw on a pair of gloves and play a punch - drunk palooka in
a fighting man .
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purcell plays boxer sailor o’connor in a fighting man , which also stars james caan , famke janssen and canadians like kim coates and adam beach .
toronto — dominic purcell is in no hurry to return to sudbury , ont . , where he made the boxing drama a fighting man last year .
the former prison break star plays a washed - up boxer haunted by , of all things , an undefeated streak in the drama a fighting man , available on dvd and digital june 17 .
the man views his son as a holy object , something sacred . the boy is a source of light for the man and the man believes that if there is any proof of god , the boy is it .
dominic purcell joins the likes of robert de niro , sylvester stallone and russell crowe as the latest actor to throw on a pair of gloves and play a punch - drunk palooka in
a fighting man .
the exclusive trailer for the boxing drama
a fighting man ,
out june 17 on dvd and starring dominic purcell , james caan , louis gossett jr . and famke janssen .
despite being low - key , mccarthy said to put a plug in for a fighter man .
he was a slim , dead , almost dainty young man of about twenty .
i am a warrior of the city guard ,
replied the man feebly .
editor ' s note : this story by carol mulligan appeared in the sudbury star on april 22 , 2013 . a fighting man was filmed in sudbury . to view the trailer , click here .
lee has drawn nicely underplayed performances from everyone , and there ' s probably an affecting movie somewhere in all its stories . as it is , a fighting man is a boxing film with a particular problem : it can ' t fill its broad canvas .
- what else can i do besides sing ? the song itself is the only thing that has to do with street fighting .
later , adam winfield said during his videotaped interview , gibbs told him he was a made man .
this is the shocking moment a man live - streaming a brutal punch - up between two girls on facebook was shot .
upon barsoom those two words , spoken by man to maid , have a peculiar and unalterable significance , for no man speaks thus to any woman that he does not wish for wife .
a fighting man tells the story of two men who meet head - to - head in the ring for a fight that will change their lives . one man fights for redemption and forgiveness while the other fights for hope and change . in the end , win or lose , they realize they need each other to make it through .
eric references spider - man when red asks him how he learned to beat up a fan . topher grace would go on to appear in spider - man 3 as eddie brock / venom .
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this trail appears to have been made by man ,
said nur an .
i kind of can ' t get over the fact that i just watched a sports movie . i normally don ' t watch them because i ' m definitely not a sports fan at all but i watched boxing flick
a fighting man
and it was a fantastic film that was better than
rocky
.
certainly ,
he said .
there could be but one decision for a man of honor .
“the man i killed” begins with a list of physical attributes and possible characteristics of the man whom o’brien killed with a grenade in my khe . o’brien describes the wounds that he inflicted . the man’s jaw was in his throat , he says , and his upper lip and teeth were missing . one eye was shut , and the other looked like a star - shaped hole . o’brien imagines that the man he killed was born in
for friendship , tavia ,
i replied ;
for the best friend that a man ever had .
the man stitches up his leg and they press on . the man grows weaker , his cough worsening and becoming even bloodier than before . the man ' s dreams soften and he knows he ' s going to die . they make camp and the man tells the boy not to cover him because he wants to see the sky . the boy brings his father water , and the man sees a light surrounding the boy . the man tells the boy to go on , to leave him , but the boy refuses . eventually , the man dies . the boy stays with his father ' s body for three days , then a man with a shotgun finds him . the man invites the boy to come along with them . the man says that he ' s one of the good guys and that he ' s carrying the fire , too . he also says that they ' ve got a little boy with them and a little girl , too . eventually , the boy decides to go , but not before he says goodbye to his father . the boy leaves his father covered in a blanket .
heigh - oo ! then you hate him , too ,
exclaimed the old man .
the old city , where pockets of fighting continues , was the final holdout for islamic state of iraq and the levant ( isil ) fighters and their . . .
while the boy sleeps , the man reflects upon one of his dreams of a creature with dead eyes . the man ' s dreams play a large role throughout the novel ; the man tells both himself and the boy that good dreams are to be feared because they indicate a form of acceptance , and that death would inevitably be near . bad dreams , on the other hand , are reassuring because they demonstrate that the man and boy are still persevering in the world they inhabit .
we are in your hands , phao ,
said nur an .
if there is to be fighting , though , i should like to accompany hadron .
they walk through another barren town , and the man gets shot in the leg by an arrow . he shoots a flare through the window from which the arrow came and hits the man who shot him . it ' s unclear whether he kills the man , but when the boy asks , his father tells him that the arrow shooter lived .
he returns to town to find the thief and the woman who was with the man with the bow .
another guest to share the hospitality of tjanath ,
said a voice that came from the blurred figure beside me . it was a clear voice—the voice of a man—and there was a quality to its timbre that i liked .
the man ' s interest in her story , which had seemed wholly perfunctory , seemed suddenly altered and galvanized .
a slave dispatched into the palace returned with stimulants , and when some of these had been forced between his lips , the man revived slightly .
from the shore , the man and boy see a boat in the water . the man swam to the boat and explores it , finding supplies , including some food , a first - aid kit , and a flare gun . he and the boy make their camp close to the beach , plundering the ship each day to see what else they can find . the man ' s cough worsens and then the boy gets sick , too . the man believes the boy will die and he is terrified and enraged . the boy , though , recovers .
the man , too , is all the boy has . when the boy wakes , they set out on the road yet again , making their way through a
nuclear winter
that follows them from start to finish as they make their way south to the coast , hoping to find a better life there , although the man knows there ' s no reason for him to hope that things will be different for them there . they have a grocery cart with them , filled with their belongings and supplies for their journey . they are running low on food , and the man is fighting a bad cough , one that sprays blood on the gray snow .
such creatures we have to put up with in times of peace , but when war comes and the great warlord takes command it is the fighting men who rank and riches do not count .
from the start , it ' s clear that the boy is all the man worries about . he is all the man has , and the man believes that he ' s been entrusted by god to protect the boy . he keeps a pistol with him at all times , unless he goes inside a house . then he gives the pistol to the boy . the pistol , though , only has two bullets .
never before had i seen a woman fight and i should have thought that i should have been chagrined to have one fighting at my side , but instead i felt a strange thrill that was partly pride and partly something else that i could not analyze .
the boy asks his father about the sea . he wants to know if it ' s blue . the man says it used to be . the man has a fever , which causes the two to camp in the woods for over four days . the boy is afraid his father is going to die , and the man ' s dreams turn to dead relatives and better times in his life . the boy ' s dreams continue to be bad , and the man encourages him , saying that his bad dreams mean he hasn ' t given up . the man says he won ' t let his son give up .
she looked tired and that worried me , but i think she was suffering more from the nervous strain of the eternal stalking than from physical fatigue . i know that it affected me and how much more might it affect a young girl than a trained fighting man . she lay very close to me , as though she felt safer thus and was soon asleep , while i watched .
heigh - oo !
cackled the old man in a high falsetto .
who cometh from the high heavens who knows old phor tak ?
confine the woman in the east tower ,
he said ,
and send the man to the pits .
the man and boy decide to leave their camp on the beach , and they pare down their food stores so that the cart is more manageable . they hike up and down the shore , and when they return to their camp they see that all of their belongings have been stolen . they take off after the thief and find him . the man makes the thief take off all of his clothes , leaving him there for dead , which is what the man tells the boy the thief did to them . the boy begs his father not to hurt the man , and when they leave the boy cries and convinces his father to take the man ' s clothes back to him . they can ' t find the man , but leave his clothes in the road . the boy tell the man that they ' re responsible for that other man , that they killed him , and it makes the boy question their role as the good guys . he says they should be helping people .
in one grocery store , the man finds a pop machine that has a single coca - cola in it . he retrieves it for the boy and lets him drink it . the man likes to offer whatever he can to his son to make his world a bit more pleasant and to give him glimpses into the world that existed before him .
by the time they come upon a once grand house , the boy and man are starving . there are suspicious items in the house , such as piles of blankets and clothes and shoes and a bell attached to a string , but the man these . he finds a door in the floor of a pantry , and breaks the lock . the boy becomes frightened and repeatedly asks if they can leave . in the basement , the man and boy find naked people who are being kept alive for others to eat . the man and boy flee just as the roadagents return . they hide in the woods through the freezing night , the man feeling certain that this is the day when he ' s going to have to kill his son . but they survive the night and go undiscovered .
we were to have little time , however , for sentimental regrets , for almost immediately a head appeared through a small opening in the roof upon which we stood . the head was followed by the body of a man , whose harness was so scant as to leave him almost nude . he was an old man with a finely shaped head , covered with scant , gray locks .
man has but one life ,
i replied ;
if he is permitted to give it in a good cause , he should not complain .
as they walk , they keep track of their location on a worn and tattered map that they must piece together like a puzzle each time they use it . while on the road , they come upon a man who ' s been struck by lightning . they pass the burnt man and the boy wants to help him , but his father says they ' ve got nothing to give him . the boy cries for the man , showing his kind heart and his compassionate nature in a world where very little humanity exists .
she laughed .
i ran away from the richest man in the world ,
she said .
at least i guess he must have been the richest man in the world , for who could be richer than tul axtar , jeddak of jahar ?
featured on the beggars ' banquet album , “street fighting man” was in part inspired by the riots on the left bank in paris of 1968 . “sleepy london town” was jagger commenting how paris upheaval and the u . s . presence in vietnam , made london seem sleepy in comparison . ironically , the song came about after jagger witnessed a massive anti - war protest in grosvenor square .
with the desperation of caged animals nur an and i were fighting for our lives . there could be no question here of the scrupulous observance of the niceties of combat . it was his life or ours . realizing this , nur an snatched the short sword from the corpse of the fallen warrior and an instant later the second man was lying in a pool of his own blood .
don ' t be a fool ,
snarled the man .
haj osis has given you to me . you will lead a better life as my slave than most free women live .
the boy whose head was bleeding is believed to have been hit repeatedly with the butt of the gun , while a bullet grazed the back of the older man filming .
a truck full of roadagents comes upon the man and the boy , who hide in the woods . the truck breaks down and one of the bad men finds them in the woods . the bad man grabs the boy , and the boy ' s father shoots the man in the head and both escape into the woods . now the pistol has only one bullet left , and the man knows that this bullet is for his son should the time come . the boy wants to know if they are still the good guys , despite his father ' s committing a murder . his father assures him that they are .
a moment later tul axtar entered the room , followed by half a dozen of his female courtiers . he was a gross man with repulsive features , which reflected a combination of strength and weakness , of haughty arrogance , of pride and of doubt—an innate questioning of his own ability .
it is a one - man flier ,
she replied ,
but it will carry both of us , though both its speed and altitude will be reduced .
the picture of grace , mccarthy said she ' s been in sudbury a week working on the damien lee film a fighter man . it stars james caan , kim coates , lou gossett jr . and mccarthy .
it is a mad plan ,
said the girl ,
but is a brave one . if we are discovered , there will be fighting and i am unarmed . give me your short sword , warrior , that we may at least make the best account of ourselves that is possible .
the scene that met my gaze sent the hot fighting blood surging through my frame . in the center of the room a young warrior in rich trappings had tavia in his grasp and was dragging her across the room toward the doorway . tavia struggled , striking at him .
when they set out again , the man is even weaker than before . they come upon numerous burned bodies and melted roads that have reset in warped shapes . there are people following them : three men and a pregnant woman . the man and boy hide and let the group pass . later , the man and boy come upon their camp and discover the baby skewered over a fire . the boy doesn ' t speak for over a day . then , he asks about the baby ; he doesn ' t understand where it came from .
a door at one side of the throne opened and a file of warriors entered . at first i was surprised because tavia had told me that no men other than tul axtar ever were permitted upon this level , but presently i saw that the warriors were women dressed in the harness of men , their hair cut and their faces painted , after the fashion of the fighting men of barsoom . after they had taken their places on either side of the throne , a courtier entered by the same door—another woman masquerading as a man .
no ,
i said ,
that makes no difference . i myself , am only a poor padwar , not rich enough to afford a slave . perhaps you are the one to be sorry that you were not rescued by a rich man .
from below came the sounds of renewed fighting . if the mob broke through i knew that we should all be lost . there was but one hope for even temporary safety and that was the slender tower above the women ' s quarters .
give us a light ,
cried a voice , and a moment later ,
that is better .
it is not because of you ,
i said quickly .
it is the other conditions which no man of honor could accept .
the dear girl , as quick to seize upon the fortuitous opportunities as any trained fighting man , did not pause to question , but swung herself upward to the deck with the agility of an athlete , and as i seized the mooring ring and drew myself upward she lay flat upon her belly and reaching down assisted me ; nor was the strength in that slender frame unequal to the task .
[ * note : a karad is equivalent to a degree of longitude . ]
for years the best minds of jahar labored with the problem until at last one of our most eminent scientists , an old man named phor tak , developed a rifle of amazing properties .
they continue their journey , exhausted and still starving . the man leaves the boy to sleep while he explores , and he finds an old apple orchard with some dried out apples . he continues to the house that ' s adjacent to the orchard , where he finds a tank of water . the man fills some jars with water , gathers the dried apples , and takes them back to the boy . the man also found a dried drink mix , grape flavored , which he gives the boy . the boy enjoys the drink and their spirits are lifted for a moment .
sanoma tora and phao had been sent at once to a cabin by the warlord , for the deck of a man - of - war on duty is no place for women . i was about to depart when a messenger came saying that sanoma tora wished to see me .
i waited but a moment , and then i , too , entered the apartment . it was a gloomy room without windows . upon its walls hung keys of every imaginable size and shape . behind a large desk sat a coarse - looking man , who looked up quickly and scowled at the interruption as i entered .
totally forgot about this project ! ! another variety show with your favorite stars in the mix , up and ready to jump over obstacles thrown at them ! boran jing , nick wang kai , jackson wang , bai jing ting , jam hsiao , and yang shuo are the members for the latest jiangsu variety show called fighting man ( 我们战斗吧 ) . this is something i’ll watch purely for the bromance . lol .
you will need help ,
i could hear the other man say in a pleading tone .
i can give you help ; you shall have every ship of my great fleet .
a thousand times since then have i given thanks to my first ancestors that i did not follow my natural impulse , for , in response to my admonition a voice whispered :
do not thrust , red man ; i am of your own race and a prisoner ,
and the voice was that of a girl .
as i paused at the top of the spiral ramp i felt quickly of my weapons to see that each was in its place . john carter had fitted me out anew . once more i stood in the leather and metal of helium , with a full complement of weapons such as belong to a fighting man of barsoom . my long sword was of the best steel , for it was one of john carter ' s own . beside this , i carried a short sword and a dagger , and once again a heavy radium pistol hung at my hip . i loosened the latter in its holster as i started down the spiral ramp .
as they continue moving south , the man and boy run into other towns and landscapes that act as skeletons of the old world , both literally and metaphorically . they see bones of creatures and humans alike , as well as empty houses , barns , and vehicles . they find a train in the woods , and the man shows the boy how to play conductor .
as i walked around the edge of the building hurriedly , looking for some means of descent to the roof below , i saw something one level below me that instantly charged my attention . it was a man ' s leg protruding from a window , as though he had thrown one limb across the sill . a moment later i saw an arm emerge , and the top of a man ' s head and his shoulders were visible as he leaned out . he reached down and up and i saw something appear directly beneath him that had not been there before , and at the same instant i caught a glimpse of a girl , lying a few feet further down , and then i saw the man slide over the sill quickly and drop down and disappear , and all that lay below me was the flagging of a courtyard .
they press on , enduring more cold , rain , and hunger . nearing death , the man ' s dreams turned to happy thoughts of his wife . they come upon another house , and the man feels something strange under his feet as he walks from the house to the shed . he digs and finds a plywood door in the ground . the boy is terrified and begs his father not to open it . after some time , the man tells the boy that the good guys keep trying , so they have to open the door and find out what ' s down there . what they discover is a bunker , full of supplies and canned food , cots to sleep on , water , and a chemical toilet . it is a brief sanctuary from the world above . the man realizes that he ' d been ready to die , but they would live . this is hard for the man to accept . the man and boy stay in the bunker for days , eating and sleeping . the boy wishes he could thank the people who left these things . he ' s sorry that they ' re dead , but hopes they ' re safe in heaven .
by the end of the fight and the movie . . . . . we get to really know and like both boxers . we know why they are fighting . we know what the outcome will mean to each boxer . the movie does such a good job of showing both boxers . . . . that i…
we had traversed about two - thirds of this long corridor when a man stepped into it from a doorway a couple of hundred feet ahead of us . he was an officer , apparently a padwar of the guard . he halted in the middle of the corridor as a file of warriors emerged from the same doorway , and , forming in a column of twos , marched in our direction , the officer bringing up the rear .
all the balance of the night we traveled steadily at the rate of about six hundred haads per zode—a slow speed when compared with that of the good one - man flier that i had brought out of helium .
we had thought that our light , compact , powerful radium motors never could be improved upon and that man never would travel , either safely or economically , at a speed greater than that attained by our swift one - man scout fliers—about eleven hundred haads per zode , [ * ] when a virtually unknown padwar in the navy of helium announced that he had perfected a motor that , with one - half the weight of our present motors , would develop twice the speed .
a man ' s knee was upon my chest , pressing me heavily against the deck and one of his hands clutched me by the throat . in the dim light of the cabin i saw that it was tul axtar and that his other hand held a dagger .
what a mighty river ,
he added after a moment ' s silence .
could it be a tributary of iss ?
but whatever musing upon the flora of this strange land i may have been indulging in was brought to a sudden termination as we rounded the shoulder of a jutting promontory and came face to face with as hideous a creature as ever i had laid my eyes upon . it was a great white lizard with gaping jaws large enough to engulf a man at a single swallow . at sight of us it emitted an angry hiss and advanced menacingly toward us .
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the second man had evidently discovered this simultaneously , for he , too , shrank aside , and with whirling propeller i shot upward from the royal hangar of the jed of tjanath .
the man and boy come upon the house where the man grew up . the boy is scared of this house , as he is of many of the houses . the boy worries they ' ll run into someone , like the roadagents or bad guys who eat people in order to survive . the man has decided , too , that should roadagents find them , that he will kill the boy so that they cannot torture him , but he often wonders to himself if he would be able to do it if the time should ever come .
even though you were a thousand times less than a slave ,
i told her .
answer to their problems when she meets a salesman . carol cassidy deals with a pregnant teenager .
this is the scoundrel ,
replied the younger man .
he took me by surprise and would have stabbed me in the back had i not managed to outwit him .
the man then grabs his phone and runs to his car , telling the camera :
oh jesus , i got shot in the * * * * * back , bro .
jahar must be , indeed , an unhappy country ,
i said ,
ruled over , as she is , by such a man as tul axtar . recently i have heard much of him , but as yet i have not heard him credited with a single virtue .
i had hunted these creatures in thark as a guest of the great green jeddak , tars tarkas , and i knew something of their cunning and resourcefulness as well as of their ferocity . extremely man - like in conformation , they also approach man more closely than any other of the lower orders in the size and development of their brain . occasionally these creatures are captured when young and trained to perform , and so intelligent are they that they can be taught to do almost anything that man can do that lies within the range of their limited reasoning capacity . man has , however , never been able to subdue their ferocious nature and they are always the most dangerous of animals to handle , which probably accounts more even than their intelligence for the interest displayed by the large audiences that they unfailingly attract .
presently , as my eyes became more accustomed to the dim light in my cell , i saw the figure of what appeared to be a man crouching against the wall near me . again i heard a sound as he moved and this time it was accompanied by the rattle of a chain , and then i saw a face turn toward me , but i could not distinguish the features .
knife crime man ' stabbed multiple times by five people ' near tesco in manchester a local resident at the scene , who only gave her name as susan , said : “it’s somebody’s kid that . it’s the last thing you want to hear”
angry shouting alerts the men resting on their machines to a throng of soldiers storming past - a man , stripped down to a pair of baggy trousers and his hands tied , is being pushed along . one soldier holds him by the hair , as another kicks him from behind . the captive pleads for mercy as soldiers crowd around him .
if you are lost , i shall not live . i swear it ,
she said ,
so if you can trust me to do the work of a man , let me go with you instead of one of those .
instantly she was the target for a hundred guns , a barrage of shells was bursting about her and then there must have been a dozen hits simultaneously , for the cruiser simply disappeared—a mass of flying debris .
o’brien describes the reaction of his platoon - mates—insensitive azar compares the young man to oatmeal , shredded wheat , and rice krispies , while kiowa rationalizes o’brien’s actions and urges him to take his time coming to terms with the death . all the while , o’brien reflects on the boy’s life , cut short . he looks at the boy’s sunken chest and delicate fingers and wonders if he was a scholar . he imagines that the other boys at school might have teased this boy because he may have had a woman’s walk and a love for mathematics . a butterfly lands on the corpse’s cheek , which causes o’brien to notice the undamaged nose . despite kiowa’s urging to pull himself together , to talk about it , and to stop staring at the body , o’brien cannot do so . kiowa confesses that maybe he doesn’t understand what o’brien is going through , but he rationalizes that the young man was carrying a weapon and that they are fighting a war . he asks if o’brien would rather trade places with him . o’brien doesn’t respond to kiowa .
one of the earliest investigations into u . s . war crimes took place in 1902 , when a senate committee agreed to examine mounting allegations of misconduct in the philippine - american war . the conflict cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians , and though many of these deaths were from disease , veterans testified at congressional hearings about rampant brutality by american soldiers . years later , the ongoing violence in the philippines would inspire a young george c . marshall , on his first assignment fresh out of military school , to tell a fellow officer : “once an army is involved in war , there is a beast in every fighting man which begins tugging at its chains . and a good officer must learn early on how to keep the beast under control , both in his men and himself . ”
before us lay a long vaulted corridor at the far end of which i could discern a moonlit archway , through which we presently passed onto a broad avenue .
she forced a smile to her beautiful lips , but i thought that a shudder ran through her frame .
it was not the apartment of a jeddara ; it was little better than the cell of a slave .
) . dog man doesn’t play by the rules , whether it’s the rules about being housebroken or the ones about not giving the police chief slobbery dog kisses . but desperate times require maverick behavior : petey the cat , one of the loopiest villains in children literature , has four chapters’ worth of evil plots aimed at taking dog man down—from destroying all books to make the world “supa dumb” ( a tactic that will be familiar to those who read pilkey’s contribution to
this man has not changed his metal ,
said tavia .
he is not from jahar ; he is from hastor , one of the cities of helium . i am from jahar .
o’brien notices that the young man’s head is lying by tiny blue flowers and that his cheek is peeled back in three ragged strips . he imagines that the boy began studying at the university in saigon in
we moved cautiously along the winding trail , not knowing at what moment we might be confronted by some new menace in the form of man or beast . presently we saw ahead of us what appeared to be an opening in the forest and a moment later we emerged into a clearing . looming in front of us at a distance of perhaps less than a haad was a towering pile of masonry . it was a gloomy pile , apparently built of black volcanic rock . for some thirty feet above the ground there was a blank wall , pierced by but a single opening—a small doorway almost directly in front of us . this part of the structure appeared to be a wall , beyond it rose buildings of weird and grotesque outlines and dominating all was a lofty tower , from the summit of which a wisp of smoke curled upward into the quiet air .
the boy is very concerned with making sure they are
carrying the fire ,
assuring himself that he and his father are the good guys as opposed to the bad guys ( who eat dogs and other people ) . the man tells the boy stories of justice and courage from the old world in the hopes that such stories will keep the fire alive in the boy . the man hopes for a future that might again also harbor courage , justice , and humanity .
what could i have done under like circumstances burdened with sanoma tora ? i doubt that she could have walked a dozen haads , while tavia swung along at my side with the lithe grace of perfect health and strength . it takes a good man to keep up with me on a march , but tavia never lagged ; nor did she show signs of fatigue more quickly than i .
i am a slave girl ,
she said ;
just a slave girl who has run away from her master . perhaps that will make a difference ,
she added a little sadly .
perhaps you will be sorry that you have defended just a slave girl .
i am tan hadron of hastor , my father is had urtur , odwar of the 1st umak of the troops of hastor . he commands the largest ship of war that hastor has ever contributed to the navy of helium , accommodating as it does the entire ten thousand men of the 1st umak , together with five hundred lesser fighting ships and all the paraphernalia of war . my mother is a princess of gathol .
men had been searching the grounds of tor hatan and that portion of the city adjacent to his palace , and now several approached bearing a man , whom they laid upon the sward at our feet . his broken and mangled body was entirely naked , and as he lay there gasping feebly for breath , he was a pitiful spectacle .
i was upon the point of springing the catch and opening the panel when my attention was attracted by voices from the room beyond . i heard a man ' s voice and that of a woman , but i could understand no words . cautiously , i opened the panel sufficiently to permit me to view the interior of the apartment .
as we emerged from the ravine at its upper end i glanced back , and again i saw the creature looking at us and once again he tried to hide himself from us . as we moved on i kept glancing back and occasionally i would see him—one of the hunting men of u - gor . he was stalking us as the wild beast stalks its prey . the very thought of it filled me with disgust . had he been a fighting man stalking us merely to kill , i should not have felt as i did , but the thought that he was stealthily trailing us because he desired to devour us was repellent—it was horrifying .
if we succeed there will be no fighting ,
replied the girl . she stepped quickly across the room to a door , which she opened , revealing a large closet .
here , nur an ,
she said ,
is where you must remain until we return . there is no reason why anyone should open this door , and in so far as i know , it never has been opened since i have occupied these quarters , except by me .
a fine mouth spread into a smile that revealed strong , white teeth .
i am ,
she said .
for a second i thought they were all in a drama together . lol . i blame the decaf coffee . xd
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where was tavia ? where was nur an ? perhaps this man alone knew where tavia was and phor tak was about to destroy him . with a cry of warning i leaped into the room . tul axtar and phor tak looked at me quickly , surprise large upon their countenances .
it is all right ,
she said presently , and simultaneously she pushed a wooden panel ajar and in the opening i saw a portion of the interior of a circular apartment with narrow windows heavily barred . opposite the opening , upon a pile of sleeping silks and furs , i saw a woman reclining . only a bare shoulder , a tiny ear and a head of tousled hair were visible . at the first glance i knew that they were tavia ' s .
the man and boy are cold and starving , as they are for most of the novel . as they travel , they are on a constant lookout for food , clothing , shoes , supplies , and roadagents . in one town , the boy thinks he sees a dog and a little boy and tries to chase after them . he worries about the other little boy for the rest of the novel .
an officer approached tor hatan excitedly .
my men have just found six more bodies close to the point at which we discovered this man ,
he said .
they are all naked and similarly broken and mangled .
it is all a plot ,
cried sil vagis .
do you take the word of a slave , tor hatan , against that of a noble of helium ?
they come upon towns and cities that are mere shells of what they once were . remnants of the old world often — like houses , billboards , and hotels — clash with the reality of the new world , reminding the man of the life he once lived . the man remembers an evening spent on the lake with his uncle . and he remembers his wife — who left him and the boy , presumably to kill herself and escape this horrible new world .
they come upon a waterfall and the man and boy swim together , the man teaching the boy how to float . it ' s a tender moment that suggests lessons that fathers would have taught their sons in the old world . throughout the novel there are moments like this one at the waterfall , scenes that prove the bond between fathers and sons still exist in this new world . it exists , in many ways , just as it did before . the father cares for his son , and teaches his son , and worries about his son ' s future under such uncertain circumstances .
this is not such a depressing place as you thought ,
i said in a low voice to nur an .
we were now close above the outer wall of the city and our conversation was interrupted by the appearance of a flier , evidently a patrol , bearing down upon us . she was sounding an alarm—the shrill screaming of her horn shattering the silence of the early morning . almost immediately the warning was taken up by gongs and shrieking sirens throughout the city . the patrol boat changed her course and rose swiftly above us , while from landing stages all about rose scores of fighting planes until we were entirely surrounded .
the man has flashbacks about leaving his billfold behind earlier in the journey , after his wife left him and the boy . he recalls that he also left behind his only picture of his wife , and ponders whether he could have convinced her to stay alive with them . the man remembers the night that his son was born , after the clocks all stopped , how he ' d delivered the baby himself , marking the beginning of their intense father / son bond .
the 22 - year - old recorded around a dozen people getting into a massive brawl at a shell , but around three minutes into the clip , someone yelled :
gun
.
idling in the guard room , the warriors then off duty were engaged in various pursuits . some where cleaning their harness and polishing their metal ; two were playing at jetan , while others were rolling tiny numbered spheres at a group of numbered holes—a fascinating game of chance , called yano , which is , i presume , almost as old as barsoomian civilization . the room was filled with the laughter and oaths of fighting men . how alike are warriors the world over ! but for their harness and their metal they might have been a detachment of the palace guard at helium .
on may 2 , during the mission to the small village of qualaday , winfield was told he would be going in with gibbs . while first lt . stefan moye met with a local resident , gibbs led a team on a search of the surrounding area . ( by this time , ligsay had been transferred to a staff position at headquarters . ) shortly after separating from the rest of the platoon , winfield and morlock both claim , they found an unarmed man inside a compound . gibbs asked them if they wanted to kill him , and they agreed .
portions of many of these ancient , deserted cities are inhabited by the great white apes of barsoom , which are in many respects more to be feared than the green warriors themselves , for not only are these man - like creatures endowed with enormous strength and characterized by intense ferocity , but they are also voracious man - eaters . so terrible are they that it is said that they are the only living creatures that can instill fear within the breasts of the green men of barsoom .
nur an came toward us , with a firm step , his head high and a glance of haughty contempt for our captors .
again i felt above me . by issus , there was something there ! my fingers passed over a smooth surface—a familiar surface .
the hangar guards sought to detain and question me . i do not recall what i told them ; i know that i must have lied to them , for they let me run out a swift one - man flier and an instant later i was racing through the night toward the palace of tor hatan .


railway platform is a 1955 indian film about a love triangle between a princess , a poor man and his lover at a train station .

the film marked the debut of sunil dutt , who was a popular announcer for radio ceylon before he made his breakthrough in mother india ( 1957 ) .

railway platform ( film )

railway platform is a hindi movie album . it contains 1 tracks sung by lata mangeshkar . below are the tracks of railway platform album by their singer name respectively .
basti basti parbat parbat - sad - mohammed rafi - railway platform - sunil dutt , nalini jaywant .
filming locations : train and platform scenes were filmed at the railway station in carnforth , lancashire , uk , then a junction on the london , midland & scottish railway .
passengers from all backgrounds get stranded on an isolated railway platform when a natural disaster delays their train for 24 hours .
filming locations : filmed on the british columbia railway ( bc rail ) near vancouver .
filming locations : train scenes filmed at the longmoor military railway in hampshire , uk .
don ' t talk rubbish . there is no platform nine and three - quarters .
yes , must be . though this was one of the earlier films of another actor – jagdeep . he appears in railway platform as a wayward teenager who tries to steal the princess’s purse .
filming locations : filmed at the longmoor military railway in england and the lahore & northwestern railway in pakistan . the train crash scene was shot at longmoor with a locomotive made of plywood .
carnforth railway station was opened in 1846 by the lancaster and carlisle railway company and was originally just a single platform . in 1856 , a small station was built following the connection of the furness and midland railway lines . a year later a new station and small engine shed were constructed . on 1st august , 1880 , the station was rebuilt at a cost of £40 , 000 .
no , harvey , i didn’t see dharmendra anywhere in this film . from what i’ve heard , dharmendra’s first film was dil bhi tera hum bhi tere :
chand madhyam hai . . lata _ sahir _ madan mohan _ railway platform1955 . . a tribute
in stations unless under a platform possession when extra consideration needs to be given to the use and length .
all these people’s lives intersect when their train is stalled , indefinitely , at a small station on the border of andher nagri * . railway platform is the story of these passengers in the next 24 hours , with the action taking place at a small village near the railway platform . its the closest village to the station , and the only place where the stranded passengers can find food , and shelter of sorts .
filming locations : mostly filmed in ireland , including the railway line between mullingar and athlone . j15 class 0 - 6 - 0 steam locomotives # 184 & # 186 were used from the railway preservation society of ireland .
he won filmfare lifetime achievement award in 1995 for his contribution to the indian film industry .
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 .
or flash photography on our platforms or beside a railway line as it may cause a distraction to train drivers .
cranes or jibs in our stations unless under a platform possession when extra consideration needs to be given to working at height .
i heard that time in burma when this film was released character played by johney walker objected by community for portrating in objective taste . the evergreen songs penned by sahir ludhyanvi saab will be lingered decades to come , still looking forward to get good picture quality dvd of film “railway platform” . we used to do farmaish for basti basti……… . song on radio cylon programme hamenshan jawan geeton ka ranga rang programme . one of my favourite movie
platform nine and three - quarters is the train platform from which students board the hogwarts express , the scarlet steam engine that brings students to and from hogwarts . it can be accessed by walking straight through the apparently solid barrier between platforms nine and ten .
still , that’s a minor niggle . when considered against the rest of the film , it’s forgivable .
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 .
if you wish to film on a platform with a train pulling in , leaving , or stationary , you will need to obtain permission from the train operating company ( toc ) before you apply to film . to find out which tocs operate from network rail managed stations , see our website . for all other stations , see national rail enquiries website .
wow . that sounds very interesting ! someone could do a really hard - hitting film based on that .
he launched his son sanjay dutt with the 1981 film rocky , which became a hit at the box - office . however , shortly before the film’s release , his wife , nargis , died of pancreatic cancer .
( 1956 ) , marked the start of a seven - film long association with b r chopra . but dutt had only a winning cameo in the film as meena kumari ' s husband whose death puts her in jeopardy .
i ' d love to see this film . sunil dutt , trains , johny walker and a big cast .
yes , shashi is right . railway platform on many internet sites is listed as dharmendra ' s debut movie . he ' d have been 19 - 20 then . anyway he first shows up ( and very nicely too ) in arjun hingorani ' s dil bhi tera hum bhi tere .
in order for someone to get onto platform nine and three - quarters , they must walk directly at the apparently solid metal ticket box dividing platforms nine and ten . [ 1 ] there is a guard stationed just outside the entrance , in order to regulate entries and exits from the platform . [ 2 ]
, starring his son sanjay , hit the screens . subsequently , dutt threw himself into an emotional film about cancer called
in the film adaptions the platform 9¾ scenes were filmed between platforms 4 and 5 at kings cross station in london . a fake replica cover was used to cover the original wall to increase its width and prevent damage to the victorian structure from the impact of the luggage trolley .
> it’s interesting that while the film is leftist this story actually shows the negative side of non - discrimination of policies .
harry and the weasleys returned to the platform on 1 september 1996 , where they were joined by two grim - faced , bearded aurors in dark muggle suits for harry ' s protection . on the platform , harry had a quick word with arthur weasley about his suspicions that draco malfoy was now a death eater . [ 27 ]
i love your opening lines - they ' re so true . i kinda of miss those
what move will dd show this week
days . there ' s a certain freedom in not having to select the movie you ' re going to watch ! : - ) as for
railway platform
, i loved johnny walker in it . i believe it ' s one of his earliest roles and he does such a fine job as the villian that i ' m surprised he didn ' t get typecast as one . as lovely as the music of railway platform is , i was very sad to find that the best song ( imho ) ,
chand maddham hai aasman chhup hai
had once again been cut from the film . : - (
what i meant was the film was perhaps trying ta balance and so tried to show that discrimation is to be intelligently applied .
in the books , the barrier that leads to the platform is described as being made of metal . in the films , however , the barrier is a brick wall .
ladderpods or stepladders ( inc . two / three - step ) in our stations unless under a platform possession when extra consideration needs to be given to working at height .
though the platform is normally only used six days a year ( round trips for the beginning and end of term , as well as the christmas and easter holidays ) , the platform on those days is awash with activity . steam from the scarlet engine floods the platform as cats wind their way around the wizards’ legs and owls hoot to each other [ 9 ] , as hoardes of students and parents move around through the steam “like dark ghosts” [ 10 ] , their voices carrying through the mist . [ 11 ]
filming locations : filmed at kamloops , british columbia , canada , including canadian national 2 - 8 - 0 steam locomotive # 2141 on the kamloops heritage railway .
( 1964 ) , where he was the only character in the film , however , was found to be too esoteric by most .
the brainchild of minister evangeline orpington in the 1850s , platform nine and three - quarters was the first of the concealed wizarding platforms at king ' s cross . [ 16 ]
filming locations : nickel plate # 765 ( built 24 years after the film ' s setting ) was filmed in thurmond , west virginia .
he created a record by directing and starring in the 1964 film yadein in which he was the only actor / actress in the cast .
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 .
in june 1992 , at the end of the school year , harry and his classmates returned to their homes via the platform . harry was picked up by vernon dursley . [ 2 ]
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through this barrier , of course , lies platform nine and three - quarters , home of the famous hogwarts express . there a look back at the barrier reveals it is instead a wrought - iron archway with the words “platform nine and three - quarters , ” and over the scarlet steam train billowing smoke , a sign announces that the hogwarts express departs at eleven o’clock . [ 7 ] the platform also has a distinct smell — one which lifts the spirits of young wizards who , like harry potter , look forward each summer to the start of term . [ 8 ]
the station was completely rebuilt in 1937 by the london midland and scottish railway company , financed by over £53 , 000 of government - funded money . a 890 ft long platform was added for the furness trains , and the longest unsupported single piece concrete roof in britain was erected . carnforth developed into a bustling junction linking stations across the north west from cumberland through to leeds .
railway platform is an interesting , and unabashedly socialistic , film . unlike a lot of its more famous counterparts ( especially the films of raj kapoor , or do bigha zameen or neecha nagar ) , this one starts off seeming like just another social drama . as the film progresses , however , it changes . it takes on leftist tones , to the point where , looking at three women—naina , bimla , and the princess—standing together , the poet tells them : “vidhaata ne toh tum teenon ko ek jaisa banaaya hai . ameer - gareeb toh insaan ne banaaya hai . ” ( “god has made all three of you equal . your poverty or wealth is created by man . ” )
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 .
the train journey comes to an abrupt halt at a small railway station [ ironically enough , there is little evidence of a platform , though there is a station master’s office ] . the passengers spill out of their compartments and arrive at his office in twos and threes . this is where we get to see a glimpse of the cross - sections of society travelling in this train .
finally , at 11 : 00 , a whistle sounds announcing the train’s departure [ 12 ] , and the hiss of the pistons fills the platform as the train begins to move [ 13 ] , creaking out of the station as family members stand on the platform and wave their children off to school . [ 14 ] nobody returns to the platform , then , for months — until the end of term , when it once again fills with wizards and a wizened old guard sits by the archway back to the muggle world , making sure everyone gets home without attracting too much attention . [ 15 ]
harry potter first used platform 9¾ on 1 september 1991 . not knowing how to get into it , and recognising the weasley family as a family of wizards , he asked molly weasley how to access it . as harry crossed the platform , he passed by a round - faced boy telling his grandmother he had lost his toad and a boy with dreadlocks showing a tarantula to his peers . [ 1 ]
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in case you are batting for naina , do not despair . she is living in the most eventful 24 hours on earth ! in these 24 hours , relationships are made and broken , fortunes are made and lost , and everybody leaves that railway station a changed man / woman . so one cannot really predict what is going to happen - unless , of course , one is a seasoned film - viewer and can foretell the future of a hero / heroine after the first 30 minutes of the film !
synopsis : this canada / china co - production miniseries chronicles the chinese laborers of the canadian pacific railway during the 1880s . a poor but feisty chinese woman ( sun li ) , disguised as a boy , joins a railway crew in the rocky mountains . while searching for her long - lost father , she falls in love with the son of the railroad tycoon ( luke macfarlane ) .
the ‘they’ and ‘us’ in railway platform are a little too clear - cut . true , some of the main characters—ram , and the princess in particular—do have some shades of grey , but the others , especially the wealthy , are all the same . all selfish , conceited , frivolous drunks who can only spend their free time dancing and singing and flirting . a sweeping generalization that i couldn’t quite swallow .
but this one is really good . do watch – and the idealism is well expressed , tongue - in - cheek and satirical through most of the film .
( 1957 ) . his portrayal of birju , nargis ' rebellious younger son with a king - sized chip on his shoulders , was filled with a raw , urgent energy . after the film ' s release , dutt married nargis and the film ' s cult status ensured that he would be very busy in the studios .
the plot , which is coherent , fast - paced , and packs in a lot . the direction ( by ramesh saigal , who also wrote the story , screenplay and dialogue for this film ) . and the fact that the film manages to convey its message ( s ) without descending into the very depths of misery for its characters .
i would love to see 19 - 20 year old dharam onscreen ! hope he is in the film and does show up on a re - watch . : - )
on 1 september 1971 , eileen snape took her eleven - year - old son , severus snape , to board the hogwarts express via this platform . mr . and mrs evans also took their witch daughter , lily evans , there along with her muggle sister , petunia . while the parents ( both of them muggles ) looked around the platform with an air of wholehearted enjoyment , the two sisters argued and petunia called her sister a freak . [ 18 ]
once i spent a couple of days with dutt saab when he talked about his debut film , railway platform . the shy young man from punjab , who regarded all women as his mothers or sisters , had to kneel in front of actress sheila ramani in a cabaret scene and embrace her bare knees .
i froze , i sweated ,
recalled dutt saab with a chuckle .
i bungled shot after shot despite sheila ramaniís comforting words that it was all make - believe . the director was furious and threatened to sack me . well , we did nearly 40 takes before everything was okayed .
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in 1993 , the weasleys took harry to the platform again . arthur weasley hoped to talk to harry about sirius black , but harry had already overheard arthur talking about it to his wife . [ 21 ] once the school year ended , harry and his classmates returned to the platform , where he told vernon dursley about his godfather ,
a convicted murderer , but he ' s broken out of wizard prison and he ' s on the run
. [ 22 ]
in choosing the number of the concealed platform that would take young witches and wizards to boarding school , i decided that it would have to be a number between those of the muggle platforms - therefore , it was clearly a fraction .
synopsis : vinod verma , an employee of the indian railways , has a dream of building the fastest train in india . when the railway board finally approves his prototype for the super express , an embittered colleague seeks revenge .
i’m just weakly emerging from another bout with fever ; this time it attacked the spouse as well , so we lay groaning on separate couches in the living room , too sick to even watch a film . so , coming late to this review , yes , it was a good film , though young sunil dutt was a tad bit too earnest , i thought . : ) lovely songs…
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 .
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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 .
we welcome visitors from all over the world , who come to enjoy the nostalgia of the station , which has been restored to it’s 1940s glory when the refreshment room was used as the setting for david lean’s film “brief encounter” .
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 .
thanks , bollyviewer , for a wonderful review of what sounds like a totally charming film . and c ' mon : all social problems can be resolved in 24 hours with enough tight slaps , romantic triangles , and madan mohan songs !
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 .
filming locations : filmed on the camas prairie railroad ( lewiston , idaho ) , using great western railway 2 - 8 - 0 consolidated steam locomotive # 75 . this engine later pulled excursion trains at the heber valley railroad in heber city , utah , where it is now undergoing restoration .
the indian railways was the second largest network in the world and bollywood made the highest number of films in the world . like indian railways , bollywood was truly national where no one bothered about caste , creed , language and religion . both reflected every single aspect of human life in the country . take an average hindi movie . boy meets girl in the train or on the railway platform and the seeds of romance are sown . boy quarrels with girl on some pretext and they travel in different directions , again by train . boy and girl decide to come together , this is achieved , courtesy railways .
in northwestern london lies kings cross station , a muggle railway station that is one of the busiest in the city . it’s a perfectly ordinary station , with big plastic numbers over each track and guards who have never heard of hogwarts school . [ 3 ] however , every september 1 , as the clock overhead approaches eleven o’clock [ 4 ] and the intercity 125 pulls into platform nine [ 5 ] , a strange crowd turns the occasional muggle head . the crowd is wizarding children , bearing enormous trunks and caged owls , making their way toward — and then through — the solid metal barrier between platforms nine and ten . [ 6 ]
synopsis : a federal agent ( henry victor ) is sent to a small town to bust up a counterfeiting ring headquartered in the local railway station . the counterfeiters have framed the manager ( helen holmes ) and she must work with the agent to clear her name and get the goods on the real crooks .
on 1 september of the following year , the weasleys and harry travelled to king ' s cross station via muggle taxis . [ 23 ] once the hogwarts express arrived at platform 9 ¾ , harry potter gave his triwizard earnings to fred and george weasley , before crossing the magical barrier , and being picked up by vernon dursley . [ 24 ]
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 .
s unil dutt , my best friend in the hindi film industry , was always marching - to bring peace to the bleeding punjab of the 1980s , to halt the spread of nuclear weapons , to commemorate the dandi march , to protest against any kind of injustice .
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 .
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synopsis : titfield thunderbolt takes place in a tiny british village serviced by a branch railway line . when the government plans to close the line down , the locals are in a panic , except for a group intending to set up an expensive bus service . the local vicar ( george relph ) concocts a scheme with the town ' s wealthiest man ( stanley holloway ) for the villagers to run the rail line themselves ; in this way they hope to prove to the railway inspectors that their branch is still worth keeping . when the bus interests attempt to sabotage this undertaking , the villagers respond by stealing a stray locomotive—and when this proves cumbersome , they reactivate a 19th century locomotive from the local museum .
nice synopsis ! “basti - basti parbat - parbat gaata jaaye banjaara” is my favorite song since childhood days ! i had a cassette which had songs and bhajans by mohd rafi . i particularly liked this song , but was unaware to which film it belonged . now i come to know that it was composed by madan mohan : ) . nalini jaywant seemed to get unconventional roles which gave her more scope as compared to other actresses of her time . and johnny walker playing a corrupt businessman ! does he get reformed ? a must watch film ! thanks for providing the link : )
saw this film on youtube last year , and thought it was well made and unusual . agree with everything you’ve said about it . a special mention of johny walker . from a lovable comedian to this , he made me dislike him so much . he was sooo baaad . : - )
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 .
i just love such idealistic films ! ! ! ! i would love to watch it ! nalini jaywant , sheila ramani and sunil dutt look so damn beautiful ! some eye - candy that ! there are rumours that this is also dharmendra’s debut film . did you by any chance see him anywhere there ?
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 .
synopsis : on a train trip west to become a mail order bride , susan bradley ( judy garland ) meets a cheery crew of young women . they ' re traveling west to open a harvey house restaurant at a remote whistle stop to provide good cooking and wholesome company for railway travelers . when susan and her bashful suitor find romance daunting , susan joins the harvey girls instead .
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 .
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 .
filming locations : filmed in the los angeles metro rail subway , including the los angeles city college station ( santa monica & vermont ) and 7th street / metro center station ( 7th & flower ) . a san pedro warehouse with an old train platform was filmed as the deserted subway station beneath the meat plant . two full - size train cars were brought on stage in sun valley and placed on a rocking gimbal to simulate train movement .
synopsis : tom stark ( kevin bacon ) , a train engineer , is unable to face his wife’s ( marcia gay harden ) illness . then a terrifying railway collision leaves a little boy orphaned . tom takes the boy into his home and – step by step , strength by strength – learns how to bond with the wife he adores by opening his heart to a boy who needs the security of a devoted family .
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 .
on 1 september 1992 , dobby , the house elf , blocked the magical barrier dividing platforms nine and ten in order to prevent harry potter and ron weasley from attending school . consequently , they decided the only way to get to hogwarts was to steal arthur weasley ' s flying ford anglia and fly it to the school . [ 19 ] when the school year ended , the students returned to the muggle world via the magical gateway in the platform . [ 20 ]
the station master ( nana palsikar ) tells them . it turns out that floods have washed away a bridge further along the railway line . it’ll take at least 24 hours to get the bridge fixed [ is this india we’re talking about ? i’d think 24 weeks would be a more realistic estimate ] . till then , the train will have to stay here . and the passengers will have to make shift as best as they can .
synopsis : when andrews ( fess parker ) , a union spy , leads a team of soldiers into the south to demolish the railway system , things don ' t go as planned . the train conductor catches on to the plan , and does everything he can to stop them . based on the true civil war story of andrews ' raiders , who captured a confederate railroad train during the civil war and were then pursued by another confederate locomotive .
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 .
synopsis : dinah sheridan plays the mother of three children who must live in reduced circumstances when her husband ( ian cuthbertson ) , a government official , is arrested on a false charge of treason . the kids adapt rather well to their new environment , a community located on the edges of a railway . they befriend a kindly porter ( bernard cribbins ) and a wealthy gent ( william mervyn ) , both of whom strive to prove their father ' s innocence .
synopsis : in this remarkable autobiography , eric lomax ( firth ) is a british army officer who is captured by the japanese during wwii and sent to a pow camp where he is tormented and forced to work on the thai - burma railway . decades later , still suffering the trauma of his wartime experiences , lomax and his wife patti ( kidman ) discover that the japanese interpreter responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and set out to confront him .
it’s interesting that while the film is leftist this story actually shows the negative side of non - discrimination of policies . it is actually a play written around the middle / end of 19th century . there are various forms of it , and used as a satire , as a criticism of the government etc . especially when india plunged into darkness – critics used the literal meaning : - d
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 .
if you are filming in a station , or near a working railway line , network rail will need to be informed of your filming activity and all of your filming equipment - including props - in advance . this , along with a site specific method statement and risk assessment , will need to be approved before your shoot can go ahead . booms and tracking are generally not permitted on platforms , and lighting positions must be agreed in advance . view the full information on filming in stations .
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 .
filming locations : exterior shots were filmed using canadian pacific railway fp7 diesel locomotives # 4070 and # 4067 and a collection of canadian pacific passenger cars ( most now used on via rail ' s toronto - vancouver canadian train ) at locations around calgary and toronto . although a fictional railroad name
amroad
appears on the train , original color schemes as well as car names and numbers were not changed . interior train shots , including sleeping compartments , were filmed on a soundstage using near - accurate replicas .
memsaab , cant wait to hear what you think of it ! hope you enjoy it . sunheriyaadein , thank you ! i hope that wont put you off actually watching the film ! ! young dharam looked . . . well . . . very young even in dil bhi tera hum bhi tere - guess some people just bloom a bit later in life ! : - ) nasir , i know all about bollywood ' s filmi conventions and star system , but even then , i was surprised that saira fell for rajendra kumar in that film ! thankfully bollywood mein der hai andher nahin . ; d sophy , is it even possible to compile dharam ' s top ten gorgeous moments ? he was gorgeous from early 60s right up to early 70s ( i dont care for his long hair , after that ) - and that encompasses tons of films and countless gorgeous moments !
i loved how the film didn’t go for over - the - top villains . the bad guys weren’t unreasonably bad – naubat was the worst , and he was only a businessman making a quick buck . even the good guys weren’t all good . naina , for all her virtue and goodness , avenged the slap to her babuji by giving indira a good drubbing ! and ram , the idealist , was easily dazzled by dreams of money .
synopsis : in victorian england , a performing dog escapes from his mean master and ends up at a small country railway station . named
jim
by station porter bob , the little dog quickly becomes a favorite of the local orphanage children , especially sad young henry ( thomas sangster ) , who daily waits for the train that will take him home . when a wicked businessman plots to close the orphanage forever , bob and the children fight back in a struggle threatened by bribery , dognapping and even an assassin who wants to kill the queen !
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 .
synopsis : paul newman plays the legendary outlaw butch cassidy as an eternal optimist and self - styled visionary , conjuring dreams of banks just ripe for the picking all over the world . robert redford is his more levelheaded partner , the sharpshooting sundance kid . the film basically begins as a freewheeling story about robbing trains but soon becomes a chase as a relentless posse - always seen at a great distance like some remote authority - forces butch and sundance into the hills and , finally , bolivia .
filmbuff , i remember watching satyakaam years ago and not liking it much . dharam ' s character in that film has this unbending , rigid idealism that i equate more with fanaticism than true goodness , and which i find more than ordinarily off - putting . if i happen to watch it again , i will definitely write it up . at the moment though , i ' d much rather re - watch devar ( and its soap - opera - ish tragedy ) for dharmila goodness . : - )
synopsis : who killed showgirl mida king ( dane ) in a private railway car in new york ' s grand central station ? the suspect list is plenty : marc , the rich boy who loved her ? his spurned fiancée ? her gangster ex - boyfriend turk ? in this witty and fun mystery , it is up to private eye
rocky
custer ( heflin ) to piece together the puzzle of who went far enough in their anger to murder mida . while waiting for the coroner to release the exact cause of her death , the story unfolds in a series of flashbacks to reveal a complex and intriguing web .
with more than 100 films as an actor and eight or 10 as director , dutt saabís contribution to bollywood was considerable . as a producer and director , he was way ahead of his times . imagine making a one - actor film like yaadein in the 1950s . reshma aur shera , in glorious colour , was poetry in celluloid . socially significant films produced by dutt did not click commercially and left the family with serious financial problems .
if young producers do not experiment , who else will ?
he argued .
bollywooddeewana , this one is on dvd , but my copy is not subtitled . ek hi raasta sounds close enough in time to this to have been his debut - it may have been the first film he shot for , while this was the first one released ? he is billed as
introducing
sunil dutt , in this one . max , your
beloved badruddin as a baddie
is fun to watch ( though not quite as alliterative ) ! : - ) hope you get to see this , soon .
i believe chaand madham hai aasmaan chup hai was eventually not included in the film ( or was removed , i’ve no idea ) . it was certainly not there in the youtube version i watched ( so i have you to thank for telling me about it ! i didn’t even know it existed ) . and all the other youtube videos i’ve come across are basically just the audio files merged with either a series of stills from other films , or with the picturisation of another song of similar mood ( one was with chaand phir niklaa .
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 .
i actually didn’t interpret the film as being a literal interpretation of the original play as you’ve outlined it . to me , it seemed more as if the essence of the phrase ‘ andher nagari , chaupat raja ‘ was used , to show that because the raja of andher nagari is so money - minded and autocratic and cunning , that is reflected in his kingdom ( to some extent ) . ironically enough , of course , the chaos in this instance is caused largely by naseeb chand , who is actually just a passenger through andher nagari .
synopsis : the great comic genius of the silent era still shines in these two programs .
buster keaton rides again
( 55 min . ) is a documentary filmed while keaton was making
the railrodder .
the 1965 documentary provides an absorbing portrait of keaton relaxing , telling yarns and plotting the next day ' s action with considerable flair . in
the railrodder
( 25 min . ) , keaton travels across canada aboard an open railway trackspeeder . perched on his seat , this endearing traveler chugs nonchalantly past some of canada ' s most spectacular landmarks . these programs are a memorable and intimate view of one of the most indestructible of slapstick comics .
the princess is keeping her identity under wraps , but she can’t help but be a little apprehensive when she discovers that the stalled train is still in andher nagari territory . this means that it’s not difficult for her father to haul her back if he finds her . [ though it is somewhat forced , the name ‘andher nagari’ for this stretch of land turns out to be , as the film progresses , singularly prophetic . not because it’s barren or mosquito - infested , but because the rot here is deep and widespread—and starts at the top , with the maharaja himself ] .
synopsis : this horror science - fiction thriller , a cult favorite , takes place in 1907 . professor caxton ( christopher lee ) , a fossil - hunter has discovered some sort of pre - human creature frozen in ancient manchurian ice . he is traveling to london with his find on the trans - siberian railway and is horrified to discover that his frozen man is missing , and corpses and zombies are appearing all over the train . it turns out that the frozen specimen is an alien with some unusual powers . the combined forces of professor caxton , his rival dr . wells ( peter cushing ) , and a cossack captain ( telly savalas ) are needed to save the world from this monstrous being .
it starts with a song , basti - basti parbat - parbat gaata jaaye banjaara , lip - synched by a philosopher and poet ( manmohan krishna ) as he rides in a crowded train compartment . this man , only referred to as ‘ kavi ’ ( poet ) throughout the film , acts as a sort of sutradhar . not strictly the holder of the puppet strings , not always a narrator , but a voice of reason , of conscience , of dissent . his favourite saying is that “two and two do not always make four ; they sometimes make twenty - two . ”
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 .
sophy , sunil dutt was very thin and looked like the gangly 22 year old that he was playing ! i like him better in the 60s after he had filled out a bit . inspite of that , i must admit that thin sunil dutt is better than no sunil dutt ! : - ) nasir , thank you so much ! i cant believe you haven ' t seen this one yet - run to your nearest dvd shop . : - ) the film had some lovely songs ( madan mohan composed and sahir wrote ) , but basti basti parvat parvat was by far the best .
synopsis : the railway children follows the fortunes of three resourceful children in turn - of - the - century england . an affluent family , the waterburys fall upon difficult times when mr . waterbury ( michael kitchen ) is hauled away by the police for reasons not readily apparent . forced to move to a small village , the family is held together by mrs . waterbury ( jenny agutter ) , who ekes out a living by selling her stories to magazines . the three waterbury siblings — bobbie ( jemima rooper ) , peter ( jack blumenau ) , and phyllis ( clare thomas ) — try to help their mother make ends meet and take to spending time by the railroad , where they meet a host of eccentric acquaintances .