Posts Tagged ‘railway’

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Steve Martin | John Candy | Laila Robins | Michael McKean | Kevin Bacon | Dylan Baker | Carol Bruce | Olivia Burnette | Diana Douglas | Martin Ferrero | Larry Hankin | Richard Herd | Susan Kellerman | Matthew Lawrence | Edie McClurg
Directors: John Hughes
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All that Neal Page wants to do is to get home for Thanksgiving. His flight has been cancelled due to bad weather, so he decides on other means of transport. As well as bad luck, Neal is blessed with the presence of Del Griffith, Shower Curtain Ring Salesman and all-around blabbermouth, who is never short of advice, conversation, bad jokes, or company. And when he decides that he is going the same direction as Neal....

4.50 from Paddington (1987)

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
4.50 from Paddington
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: UK
Actors: Joan Hickson | Juliette Mole | David Beames | Mona Bruce | Nicholas Blane | Katy Jarrett | Leslie Adams | David Horovitch | Ian Brimble | Rhoda Lewis | Jill Meager | Joanna David | Maurice Denham | Andrew Burt | Pamela Pitchford
Directors: Martyn Friend
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Elspeth McGillicuddy, an old friend of Miss Marple, is witness of a murder of strangulation in a temporary train by the window of his coach's compartment. When the Inspecteur de La Peu consciencieux police cannot find a body along footprints and doubt of the validity of history, Miss Marple and Elspeth find the region where the body was probably thrown of the train, the manor isolated from an old, a sour millionaire, Luther Crackenthorpe. The niece Lucy de Miss Marple is recruited to ask for a job on the state in the hopes of finding the body. When it thinks it in an ancient sarcophagus in an Egyptian of house of dependency and treasures is étrusques of art, the police and Miss Marple is made intercede. Of course somebody in the big home is involved, but who?. Elspeth McGillicuddy, un vieil ami de Mlle Marple, est témoin d'un meurtre de strangulation dans un train passager par la fenêtre de son compartiment d'entraîneur. Quand l'Inspecteur de La police Peu consciencieux ne peut pas trouver un corps le long des empreintes et doute de la validité de l'histoire, Mlle Marple et Elspeth trouvent la région où le corps a été probablement lancé du train, le manoir isolé d'un âgé, un millionnaire revêche, Luther Crackenthorpe. La nièce Lucy de Mlle Marple est recrutée pour demander un emploi sur l'état dans les espoirs de trouver le corps. Quand elle le trouve dans un sarcophage ancien dans un égyptien d'habitation de dépendance et des trésors étrusques d'art, la police et Mlle Marple sont faits intervenir. Évidemment quelqu'un dans la grande maison est impliqué, mais qui ?.

The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

Monday, April 21st, 2008
Ghost and the Darkness, The
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Michael Douglas | Val Kilmer | Tom Wilkinson | John Kani | Bernard Hill | Brian McCardie | Emily Mortimer | Om Puri | Henry Cele | Kurt Egelhof | Satchu Annamalai | Teddy Reddy | Raheem Khan | Jack Devnarain | Glen Gabela
Directors: Stephen Hopkins
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In 1896, a building engineer of the British army, J. H. Patterson (Kilmer) is sent to build a railway bridge about Tsavo of Uganda river for the British East African railway. Briefly after he comes, workers begin to disappear at night from her tents - to never be seen vividly again. The engineer soon unbosoms himself, that a pair of man essenden lions around the bridge and camping places anpirscht, the workers for food killing. He tries several different methods to get rid of them, but the beasts always seem to know what acts Patterson and avoid being shot. After 30 men the chief recruits have been killed by Patterson a hunter, Charles Remington (Douglas) to shoot and to destroy the lions. But the lions continue to kill the workers, until they flee from the camps, on the train jumping because it rolls by Tsavo. Now Remington, Patterson *amp have to go; his assistant (John Kani) this diamond still horrific monsters only in the face see. 1896, ein Gebäude-Ingenieur von der britischen Armee, J. H. Patterson (Kilmer) wird gesandt, um eine Eisenbahnbrücke über Ugandas Tsavo Fluss für die britische Ostafrikanische Eisenbahn zu bauen. Kurz nachdem er ankommt, beginnen Arbeiter, nachts von ihren Zelten zu verschwinden - um lebendig wieder nie gesehen zu werden. Der Ingenieur entdeckt bald, dass sich ein Paar von Mann essenden Löwen um die Brücke und Campingplätze anpirscht, die Arbeiter für das Essen tötend. Er versucht mehrere verschiedene Methoden, sie loszuwerden, aber die Biester scheinen immer zu wissen, was Patterson tut und vermeiden, geschossen zu werden. Nachdem 30 Männer die Chef-Rekruten von Patterson ein Jäger, Charles Remington (Douglas) getötet worden sind, um zu erlegen und die Löwen zu zerstören. Aber die Löwen setzen fort, die Arbeiter zu töten, bis sie aus den Lagern fliehen, auf den Zug springend, weil es durch Tsavo rollt. Jetzt müssen Remington, Patterson & sein Helfer (John Kani) diesen Brillant noch furchterregende Ungeheuer allein ins Gesicht sehen.

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Bridge on the River Kwai, The
Genres: Adventure | Drama | War
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: William Holden | Jack Hawkins | Alec Guinness | Sessue Hayakawa | James Donald | Geoffrey Horne | André Morell | Peter Williams | John Boxer | Percy Herbert | Harold Goodwin | Ann Sears | Heihachiro Okawa | Keiichiro Katsumoto | M.R.B. Chakrabandhu
Directors: David Lean
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The film is in charge of the situation of British prisoners of war during the Second World war who are ordered to construct a bridge to lodge the railway of Burma-Siam. Their instinct must sabotage the bridge, but, conducted by colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British morale, mind and respectability in the hostile circumstances. At the beginning, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he endures courageously torment rather than compromise his principles aimed at the Japanese commander Saito (Sessue Hayakawa). He is an arrogant but honorable man, who is slowly revealed to be obsessive one deceiving. It persuades himself that the bridge is a monument with British character, but a monument really belongs to him and her emphasis on its building becomes a subtle form of collaboration with the enemy. The unknown to him, the Allies sent a mission to the jungle, led by the Manager (Jack Hawkins) and an American, Tondages (William Holden), to exaggerate the bridge. Le film s'occupe de la situation de prisonniers de guerre britanniques pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale qui sont ordonnés de construire un pont pour loger le chemin de fer de Birmanie-Siam. Leur instinct doit saboter le pont, mais, sous la direction de Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), ils sont convaincus que le pont devrait être construit comme un symbole de moral britannique, esprit et dignité dans les circonstances hostiles. Au début, les prisonniers admirent Nicholson quand il endure courageusement la torture plutôt que le compromis ses principes à l'intention du commandant japonais Saito (Sessue Hayakawa). Il est un homme honorable mais arrogant, qui est lentement révélé pour être un obsessif trompé. Il se convainc que le pont est un monument au caractère britannique, mais est vraiment un monument à lui et son insistance sur sa construction devient une forme subtile de collaboration avec l'ennemi. Inconnu à lui, les Alliés ont envoyé une mission dans la jungle, menée par le Directeur (Jack Hawkins) et un américain, les Tondages (Guillaume Holden), exagérer le pont.

American Outlaws (2001)

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
American Outlaws
Genres: Action | Comedy | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Colin Farrell | Scott Caan | Ali Larter | Gabriel Macht | Gregory Smith | Harris Yulin | Kathy Bates | Timothy Dalton | Will McCormack | Ronny Cox | Terry O'Quinn | Nathaniel Arcand | Ty O'Neal | Joe Stevens | Barry Tubb
Directors: Les Mayfield
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When does a city of Western-average one learn that a corrupt baron of railroad captured the acts to his residences without his knowledge, a group of force of joining of young cooks to take behind what is legally his. In the course of his vendetta, them there will be the object of the biggest pursuit in the history of the Western Old man and, since his fame grows, so it does the legend of his leader, a young exile for the name of Jesse James. Quando uma cidade de Meio-oeste aprende que um barão de estrada de ferro corrupto capturou os feitos aos seus domicílios sem o seu conhecimento, um grupo de forças de junção de rancheiros jovens para tomar atrás o que é legalmente seu. No decorrer da sua vendeta, eles ficarão o objeto da perseguição mais grande na história do Velho Oeste e, como a sua fama cresce, assim faz a lenda do seu líder, um proscrito jovem pelo nome de Jesse James.

Bandidas (2006)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Bandidas
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Western
Countries: France | Mexico | USA
Actors: Penélope Cruz | Salma Hayek | Steve Zahn | Dwight Yoakam | Denis Arndt | Audra Blaser | Sam Shepard | Ismael 'East' Carlo | Gary Cervantes | José María Negri | Lenny Zundel | Edgar Vivar | Ernesto Gómez Cruz | Filiberto Estrella | Yomo Tlazotlalli
Directors: Joachim Roenning
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In 1848 a New York bank wants to put rails over Mexico, it buys up small banks around Santa Rita, Durango, and forces farmers on the suggested rail line to the clearing who owe money. The follower of the bank is murderous Jackson. He gets with two women, Mrz Ð and *189; during conflict a, the tough, but uneducated daughter of a farmer, and Saras, the daughter educated by the European of the owner of one of these banks. To feed the people now without property and revenge, Mrz Ð and *189; to look an and Sara become bank robbers, true redbreast's bonnets. But Jackson and his leasehold guns are after them. How is the women's options?. 1848 will eine New Yorker Bank eine Gleise über Mexiko stellen, so kauft es kleine Banken um Santa Rita, Durango auf, und zwingt Bauern auf der vorgeschlagenen Schiene-Linie zur Räumung, die Geld schulden. Der Gefolgsmann der Bank ist der mörderische Jackson. Er gerät mit zwei Frauen, Mrz Ð ½ in Konflikt a, die zähe, aber ungebildete Tochter eines Bauers, und Saras, der vom Europäer erzogenen Tochter des Eigentümers von einer dieser Banken. Die jetzt Leute ohne Grundbesitz zu füttern und Rache, Mrz Ð ½ zu suchen a und Sara werden Bankräuber, wahre Rotkehlchen-Motorhauben. Aber Jackson und seine gemieteten Pistolen sind nach ihnen. Wie ist die Frauenoptionen?.

The Railway Children (2000)

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
Railway Children, The
Genres: Family
Countries: UK
Actors: Jack Blumenau | Clare Thomas | Jemima Rooper | Jenny Agutter | Michael Kitchen | Valerie Minifie | Melanie Clark Pullen | Georgie Glen | Gregor Fisher | Amanda Walker | Clive Russell | Richard Attenborough | David Bamber | Jane Wood | Ian Gain
Directors: Catherine Morshead
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The film opens in a happy, comfortable upper middle class home in Victorian London. One night three children see her father two strangers in his study hineinführen. He departs for an argument with them and does not return. They and her mother's case on heavy times and move, in the end, to a cottage in the land. And, nevertheless, they maintain her minds and find ways to help others. Fascinated by the nearby rails they wave to the passengers faithfully every day, and her watchfulness and courage prevent an accident. Their goodness does friends of some important people who can help to solve the mystery of her missing father. Der Film öffnet in einer glücklichen, bequemen oberen Mittelschicht nach Hause im Viktorianer London. Eines Nachts sehen die drei Kinder ihren Vater zwei Fremden in seine Studie hineinführen. Nach einem Argument reist er mit ihnen ab und kehrt nicht zurück. Sie und ihr Mutter-Fall auf schweren Zeiten und bewegen sich schließlich zu einem Cottage im Land. Und doch sie erhalten ihre Geister aufrecht und finden Weisen, anderen zu helfen. Fasziniert durch die nahe gelegene Gleise winken sie den Passagieren treu jeden Tag, und ihre Wachsamkeit und Mut verhindern einen Unfall. Ihre Güte macht Freunde von einigen wichtigen Menschen, die helfen können, das Mysterium ihres fehlenden Vaters zu lösen.

007 Octopussy (1983)

Sunday, February 4th, 2007
007 Octopussy
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Roger Moore | Maud Adams | Louis Jourdan | Kristina Wayborn | Kabir Bedi | Steven Berkoff | David Meyer | Tony Meyer | Desmond Llewelyn | Robert Brown | Lois Maxwell | Michaela Clavell | Walter Gotell | Vijay Amritraj | Albert Moses
Directors: John Glen
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When *quot; one 00*quot; the agent is found the dead possession of an egg Faberge, the Britons are suspicious and they send James Bond to investigate. 007 discovers that an union between the inestimable egg, a complicated operation of contraband and a conspiracy for a Soviet renegade general instigates the World war Three. Cuando "un 00" el agente es encontrado la posesión muerta de un huevo Faberge, los británicos son sospechosos y envían a James Bond para investigar. 007 descubre que una unión entre el huevo inestimable, una operación de contrabando complicada y un complot por un general soviético renegado instiga la Guerra Mundial Tres.
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