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Darjeeling Limited, The (2007)
IMDB rating: 8.10
Plot: Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other — to become brothers again like they used to be. Their “spiritual quest”, however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray), and they eventually find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert with eleven suitcases, a printer, and a laminating machine. At this moment, a new, unplanned journey suddenly begins.
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i find Darjeeling Limited, The for my iPod
Directors: Anderson Wes
Actors: Wilson Owen,Brody Adrien,Schwartzman Jason,Wolodarsky Wallace,Ahluwalia Waris,Khan Irfan,Schroeder Barbet,Murray Bill,Singh Mr. A.P.,Pallana Kumar,Singh Dalpat,Adventure,Comedy,Drama,
What are the greatest Train movies?
Can anyone supply me with some titles of movies that involve a train as a major plot point?
I’ve recently watched Strangers on a train, Murder on the Orient Express, Silver Streak, Runaway Train, Narrow Margin, The Darjeeling Limited, and Trans-Siberian.
I’ve been trying to look for lists of train movies on the net, but have had trouble finding a lot of results. So, does anyone have suggestions for me?
"Emperor of the North Pole," with Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine and David Carradine. It was re-released as "Emperor of the North."
Hobos (’A#1′, Lee Marvin and ‘Old Cigarette’ David Carradine) try to ride the "Shack’s" ( Ernest Borgnine) train to Portland. The Shack has never been beat by a ‘bo…
Set in the great depression, it is as close to a true representation of how the rails were run in that era as I have seen. Of course, as with all, there is some literary license taken to make for more interesting screen play, but in this offering it is held pretty much to a minimum and, even so, that which is there adds to the movie without being too far off the mark.
Borgnine and Marvin duke it out in the best fight scene ever to show on the silver screen, including the Kung Fu genre.
Definitely a must see for anyone who likes railroading and railroad lore and my hands down favorite…
Samurai Hoghead | Jun 13, 2009
An absolute must-see is Breakheart Pass with Charles Bronson.
ThomasF | Jun 13, 2009
The war movie with Frank Sinatra called ‘Von Ryan’s Express’ describing a prison camp escape using a train.There is another, called ‘The Train’, set in France describing how the resistance try to delay the Nazis from stealing French art treasures and taking them to Germany by rail. It stars Burt Lancaster. Will Hay’s comedy ‘Oh Mr Porter’ is amusing as is ‘The Titfield Thunderbolt’ describing how an English village tries to save its railway service.
rdenig_male | Jun 14, 2009
the taking of pelham 123.not the new that just came out.this one was done back in the 70’s.
wilk142ray | Jun 14, 2009
The Train, starring Burt Lancaster. based on the true story of how the Germans tried to smuggle a trainload of art treasures out of France during World War 2 and how the French Resistance foiled them.
The Night Mail, documentary made in the UK in 1936 by The London Midland and Scottish Railway Co. and Royal Mail, about the night mail train from London to Aberdeen, featuring the poem by W.H. Auden.
The General – silent film about a train hijack during the American Civil War, starring Buster Keaton.
The Titfield Thunderbolt – British film comedy about a rural community and their struggles to save their ailing branch line.
The Great St Trinian’s Train Robbery – British film comedy in which the schoolgirls foil a bunch of robbers.
Bhowani Junction – drama set during the last years of the British Raj in India.
Oh, Mr Porter! – classic British Will Hay comedy about a station master on a rural branch line in Ireland.
elwood blues | Jun 14, 2009
add to ‘elwood blues’ list,the railway children
d@dz | Jun 14, 2009
Under Siege 2
Casey Ryback has now retired from the Navy, and is now a chef at the Mile High Cafe in Denver, Colorado. Ryback is taking his niece Sarah Ryback on a trip to Los Angeles to visit the grave of Ryback’s brother, who was Sarah’s father. They board a train traveling through the Rocky Mountains from Denver to Los Angeles.
As the train proceeds through the Rockies, two people wave down the train on the track. The driver and an engineer step out to consult with the two people and are shot dead. It is then that a group of mercenaries led by computer genius Travis Dane and mercenary leader Penn hijack the train. Dane is a satellite programming expert who had worked on a top secret satellite laser weapon called "Grazer One". Dane had been fired because of his eccentric ego and then faked his death. They herd all the passengers and remaining staff into the last two cars and cut all the train’s phone lines. Two of his former DoD colleagues are on board the train heading to Los Angeles to hide their romantic relationship which goes against DoD regulations. Dane has them brought to him and mentions that it is against DoD regulations for two employees to be romantically involved with each other. When one asks if that is what the whole thing is about, Dane replies with "Yeah, I faked my own death and hijacked a passenger train because I care about who you’re fucking". He threatens to have one of his mercenaries insert a burning needle into their eye, causing it to explode, unless they give him the codes needed to take over Grazer One. They give him the codes and Dane says they are no longer needed, after which the first one is tossed out of the train and shot at. The other one is pushed off the train when it is crossing a bridge about 100 feet over a river. Both of them die.
Dane is hooked up with Middle Eastern terrorists who have offered him one billion dollars to use the satellite to destroy the Eastern seaboard by targeting a nuclear reactor that is under the Pentagon. Dane uses Grazer One to blow up a Chinese chemical plant in order to demonstrate Grazer One’s capabilities to his investors and, after one investor offers 100 million dollars, Dane destroys an airliner carrying the investor’s ex-wife.
The US government cannot stop Dane because they cannot locate his headquarters and cannot target Grazer 1 because Dane creates fifty "ghost satellites" to hide the location of the real Grazer 1. When officials destroy what they think is Grazer 1, it turns out that they really destroyed the NSA’s best intelligence satellite. As long as the train keeps moving, his location cannot be fixed . Casey Ryback, who has discovered the plot, decides to take matters into his own hands. Ryback enlists a porter named Bobby Zachs to help him go after Dane. He also manages to send a message to the owner of the restaurant he works at and his good friend. From here on, Ryback kills the mercenaries one by one as he confronts each of them in various stages of the film, using various guns, melee weapons, and even a homemade firebomb.
After Penn takes Sarah as bait for Ryback, Ryback confronts Penn, who is aware of Ryback’s military past. A lethal knife fight ensues between them. Ryback disarms and kills Penn by breaking his neck, afterward quoting, "No one beats me in the kitchen." He then finds Dane who is about to depart in a chopper hovering over the train. When Dane informs Ryback that there is no way to stop the satellite from destroying Washington, Ryback shoots him, the bullet destroying his computer and knocks Dane out a window, causing Dane to say "Didn’t think of that" before falling out of the train. Dane seemingly dies after falling from the train off of a bridge. The control of the satellite is restored at the Pentagon where it is destroyed by remote control, one second before it would have carried out the Pentagon targeting.
Meanwhile, the train collides with an approaching freight train (carrying several gasoline tank cars) head on, resulting in a massive collision and explosion. Ryback manages to escape from the train by grabbing a rope ladder hanging from the chopper above. Sarah and the porter, who have taken control of the chopper, reel Ryback in. Dane, who is revealed to have survived the gunshot, the fall, and the collision, has also caught the ladder and attempts to climb onto the helicopter while yelling that he and Ryback should join forces. Ryback barely looks at him before he slides the door shut, severing Dane’s fingers and causing Dane to fall into the explosion below to his death. Ryback then informs Pentagon that the passengers are safe as he had previously detached the passenger section from the rest of the train.
The film ends with Ryback and Sarah paying their final respects at her father’s gravestone.
dankohner1 | Jun 15, 2009
The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
The Train (1964)
Denver and Rio Grande (1952)
Santa Fe (1951)
Tough Guys (1986)
Rock Island Trail (1950)
Scalplock (1966)
and while it’s not a movie the Gunsmoke episode "snow train" [2 part] (1970) is a favorite of mine!
Hope this list helps you out!
Kevin H | Jun 17, 2009
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