Runaway Train (1985) ( Run away Train )

Runaway Train (1985) (Blu-Ray) (*)

$22.99

Alternate Title: Run away Train
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Mono )
French ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
111 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1985 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Andrey Konchalovskiy

Written By:
Djordje Milicevic
Paul Zindel

Actors:
Jon Voight ..... Oscar 'Manny' Manheim
Eric Roberts ..... Buck McGeehy
Rebecca De Mornay ..... Sara
Kyle T. Heffner ..... Frank Barstow
John P. Ryan ..... Warden Ranken
T.K. Carter ..... Dave Prince
Kenneth McMillan ..... Eddie MacDonald
Stacey Pickren ..... Ruby
Walter Wyatt ..... Conlan
Edward Bunker ..... Jonah
Reid Cruickshanks ..... Al Turner (as Reid Cruikshanks)
Dan Wray ..... Fat Con
Michael Lee Gogin ..... Short Con
John Bloom ..... Tall Con
Hank Worden ..... Old Con (as Norton E. 'Hank' Warden)

Synopsis:

Two convicts break out of Stonehaven Prison in the dead of winter, boarding a freight train with the intention of getting as far away as possible before their notoriously sadistic warden finds out. But the brakes fail and the driver has a heart attack, sending hundreds of tons of metal hurtling through the snowy Alaskan wastes at terrifying and unstoppable speed. Based on a script by Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai), with hardboiled prison slang added by real-life ex-con Edward Bunker (Mr Blue in Reservoir Dogs), this riveting thriller also boasts Oscar-nominated performances from Jon Voight and Eric Roberts - with Voight playing spectacularly against type as a criminal so vicious that he served much of his sentence welded into his cell. Combining electrifying action with constant psychological tension (the only surviving member of the train crew is a young, inexperienced woman), Runaway Train is one of cinema's great thrill-rides.

Manny is the 'boss' of the convicts in an Alaskan high security prison. Renken, the heartless prison's administrator wants to kill him, so Manny escapes with the help of another young prisoner, Buck, who follows him. The two fugitives manage to get to a rail depot and get onboard a train. The problem is, the engineer has died and the the train is totally out of control, and nothing can stop it. So, leaving the prison, Manny and Buck find themselves aboard something that is both their freedom and their death...

Manny is the toughest convict in a remote Alaskan prison who, along with fellow inmate Buck, makes a daring breakout. Hopping abroad a freight train, they head full-steam for freedom, but when the engineer dies of a heart attack, they find themselves trapped, alone and speeding toward certain disaster without an engineer and the barrels are out of control. Until, that is, they discover a third passenger, a beautiful railroad worker who's just as desperate and just as determined to survive as they are.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 08 December, 2020.