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Runaway Train

Runaway Train

Actor(s): Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, Kyle Heffner, John Ryan
Director(s): Andrei Konchalovsky
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity
Movie Release: 1985
DVD Release: 03/31/1998
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English, French
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 52 mins
Studio: MGM
Members Wishing: 6
Genres: Action, Action Thriller, Adventure Drama, Escape Film

DVD Synopsis

Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky's second American film may well be the only existential adventure flick in Hollywood history. Two prisoners, Manny (Jon Voight) and Buck (Eric Roberts), escape from a desolate Alaskan maximum-security facility. They hop aboard a speeding train, making a clean escape. But the engineer has suffered a heart attack, and the train goes out of control. To prevent a disastrous head-on collision, the railroad heads decide to derail the runaway train, killing its occupants to save the lives of hundreds of others. Once Manny catches on to what's happening, he tries to jump off the train, only to be talked out of such a foolhardy act by railroad employee Sara (Rebecca DeMornay). As doom approaches, Manny apparently goes mad, viciously preventing any attempts to stop the train or rescue its passengers: if he's to die, and if the others are to be saved, it will be on his terms, or no terms. Runaway Train was slated as a project for Akira Kurosawa in 1970, but for various creative and scheduling reasons, it remained on the back burner for 15 years. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Actors

Jon Voight - Manny
Eric Roberts - Buck
Rebecca De Mornay - Sara
Kyle Heffner - Frank Barstow
John Ryan - Ranken


Editorial Review of DVD

Andrei Konchalovsky's expert thriller Runaway Train comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and is vastly superior to the standard full-frame image. English and Spanish soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include the original theatrical trailer, production notes, and trivia. This is a decent disc from MGM/UA that is well-priced for what is on it. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

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