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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792840473
ISBN: 079284047X
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 23, 1999
Running Time: 133 minutes
Sales Rank: 3201
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: March 07, 1965
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This tense 1964 action drama from John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate) stars Burt Lancaster as a member of the French Resistance trying to prevent Nazi looters from taking valuable art treasures out of the country. A great ride all the way withFrankenheimer at his inimitable best. This is a true human-scale action movie of the sort we used to think of before 'action' meant blowing up asteroids in space. Kinetic butalmost rueful in tone the films chases and fights are not just eye candy but rather encourage audience involvement in moral stakes. Crisp and serious performances all around from Lancaster and 1960s icons Paul Scofield and Jeanne Moreau. System Requirements:Starring: Burt Lancaster et al.Director: John FrankenheimerFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: UPC: 027616753922 Manufacturer No: M110330
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This is one of John Frankenheimer's breathless gems--all marvelousaction that never lets up. Burt Lancaster plays a French train engineer during the waning days of the German occupation who tries to prevent Nazi colonel Paul Scofield from transporting a precious art collection back to Germany. Utilizing sabotage and cunning deception, Lancaster and his Resistance colleagues stall for time with the Allies on their way. It's a brilliantly made film, showing off Lancaster's acrobatic skills (he performed all of his own stunts) and Frankenheimer's sense of pacing and brilliant use of space. It's choreographed with the utmost precision (those are real explosions during the pivotal strafing sequence) and extremely authentic in its details. Lancaster is in rare minimalist form, and Scofield manages to extract intelligence and sympathy. A firecracker action film shot in crisp black and white, with yet another telling audio commentary by the always instructive director. --Bill Desowitz
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Rating:  - A First-Rate WW2 Action/Thriller
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Directed by John Frankenheimer, THE TRAIN (1964) is a nail-biting thriller starring Burt Lancaster as the leader of the French Resistance who, with his small group of men, must stop a Nazi train that is removing France's most valuable art treasures to Germany as the Allies approach Paris.
Paul Scofield plays the fanatic Nazi Colonel who has devised the plan to steal these great works of art, arguing to his superiors back ... Read More
Rating: - Comments on supply of DVDs "The Train" & "Breakheart Pass"
Both DVDs ordered arrived in good condition. However I had expected (apparently erroneously) that your company,as a supplier to the world market, would supply DVDs suitable to the region from which the order originated. This was not the case. Obviously the DVDs were for the North American region as they could not be played on eqipment in the Australian region. To play them, I had to purchase another DVD player capable of being configured to multiple-region operation. This has enabled me to play "The ... Read More
Rating: - Im a rail fan
Born in 59 I was just getting my impressions of the world in the 60s. My Father saw that I was very fastinated by trains, So he took me to some movies that were out in the 60s that featured trains. "Von Ryans Express"was a great one "How The West Was Won " had some dynamic railroad scenes. But It was "The Train" that showed me the most about how the steam engine operates and the sounds and the visuals lots of Steam railroad action, and wrecks and sabatoge. Then after only a few decades I saw the movie ... Read More
Rating: - Riveting action and suspense as the French Resistance attempts to stop a Nazi train full of looted artwork
If "The Train" isn't Burt Lancaster's finest film, it must certainly be included in the top two or three.Lancaster gives an outstanding performance as Paul Labiche, a resourceful French station master working with the Resistance to prevent the retreating German army from stealing the national patrimony of art masterpieces.There are plenty of heart-stopping moments in this suspenseful action film.In addition, the 52 year-old actor is showing no sign of slowing down his usual, impressive athletic performance. ... Read More
Rating: - I THOUGHT WE JUST PASSED THAT TOWN!!
It's 1944 and WWII is in its last days. The Nazis are trying to take anything they can out of the rich art treasures in France. There is a warehouse in Paris full of Van Goghs, Picassos, etc. A German Colonel loads them on to a train for Germany. The French Resistance learns of this and goes into action to sabotage the train and save the treasures. Paul Labiche (Lancaster), a French train engineer is not interested at first (he is counting on the Allies to show up at any moment and save Paris) but when he sees the ... Read More
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