Rebecca murray is editorinchief for and has been an approved film and television critic for rotten tomatoes since 2002. Chapter 27 travis blakely had a comfortable existence. Nov 11, 2010 the rail company and true story behind unstoppable. The train was stopped just southeast of kenton, ohio, before reaching the gp402. Since it is an action movie with embellishments by hollywood, they claim the movie was inspired by true events. Among the movies first attempts to stop the runaway is the dispatch of another trains locomotives to pull out ahead of it, let it catch up, and then brake enough to allow a combatveteran.
A runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals puts an engineer and his conductor in a race against time. Movie based on reallife train drama wbns10tv columbus. The rail company and true story behind unstoppable. National runaway safeline also uses that figure as a baseline. May 15, 2011 this was the infamous csx runaway incident on the toledo branch that covered 66 miles from stanley yard in toledo to just south of kenton, ohio. This all leads to an inevitable battle in the engine room between the movies heroic prisoner on the run and the vindictive prison official. Is the movie unstoppable starring denzel washington and chris pine, and directed by tony scott based on true events. Real life train engineer jess knowlton served as a technical advisor to denzel washington. Ten secrets behind the making of unstoppable garrett on.
The video for runaway train was accompanied by advertisements about missing children serving a powerful public service. All the actors in this one, did an amazing job pulling you into the movie. Staring denzel washington, the movie tells the story of an unmanned runaway train and the attempts made to stop it. The movie unstoppable was based on the reallife csx 8888, also known as the crazy eights, occurrence. This was the infamous csx runaway incident on the toledo branch that covered 66 miles from stanley yard in toledo to just south of kenton, ohio. The film is inspired by the crazy eights unmanned train incident in 2001. The crew was instructed to uncouple their single locomotive unit from their train and wait until the runaway passed their location. It was, though the movie was not realistic in its representation of what happened. The film was the last film tony scott directed before his death. The screenplay by djordje milicevic, paul zindel and edward bunker was based on an original screenplay by akira kurosawa, with uncredited contributions by frequent kurosawa.
Denzel washington in a new train movie unstoppable. Locomotive breath by jethro tull seems to take place on a runaway train, though, similar to the roseanne cash example, its metaphorically used to describe a man having a nervous breakdown. The csx 8888 incident, also known as the crazy eights incident, was a runaway train event involving a csx transportation freight train in the u. While many return home after a short time, allen knew it was the kids who had been gone a while that were at greater risk for harm. Nov 16, 2010 one id argue belongs on this list, perhaps in the place of one of the borderline runaway train movies youve included in order to get your 10, is a now nearly forgotten 1973 tv movie runaway. One id argue belongs on this list, perhaps in the place of one of the borderline runaway train movies youve included in order to get your 10, is a now nearly forgotten 1973 tv movie runaway. Read the true story of the incident unstoppable was based on.
After colliding with the tail end of the freight train, manny looks forward along the right side of the runaway train and announces that all the hand rails are gone torn off in the collision, yet for the rest of the film, all the hand rails on the right side of the locomotives are present and undamaged. Will unstoppable be unstoppable at the box office this weekend. A runaway freight train that barreled through 66 miles of northwestern ohio with no one aboard was halted safely tuesday by a railroad worker who. One of those days was actually immortalized in the movie unstoppable. Runaway teenager slowly reveals tale of horrors while away. Unstoppable movie clips and new images starring chris pine and. New york central runaway story trains magazine trains. Is a movie about a train with no one on it exciting. And it is also true of this tale of two desperate convicts on a train that is hurtling through the snows of alaska.
This is the true story of the movie called unstoppable the runaway train that many people know as triple seven. Nov 14, 2010 the movie unstoppable is inspired by a truelife event, and although a good bit of it is historically accurate, the movie does often get factually derailed. Arrow films has knocked it out of the park again with this release. This event was the basis for the movie unstoppable. It is loosely based on the reallife csx 8888 incident, telling the story of a runaway freight train and the two men who attempt to stop it. Denzel washington plays a railway veteran assigned to. Awesome set featuring a great booklet with some very interesting onset photos, interviews, and a reprint of the original runaway train story from the 1940s. It was finally halted by a railroad crew in a second locomotive, which caught the runaway and coupled to the rear car. She said she hoped her story would help other girls in her. Once the runaway had slowed to 11 miles per hour 18 kmh, csx trainmaster jon hosfeld ran alongside the train, climbed aboard, and shut down the engine. In the film, the runaway train reaches speeds of 80 miles per hour and becomes a media sensation, though in real life the train was much slower and the actual incident was over before it became a major news story.
It is loosely based on the reallife csx 8888 incident, telling the story of a runaway freight train and. Theres a few creative liberties taken in the film, but they stayed remarkably true. Nov 01, 2016 national runaway safeline also uses that figure as a baseline. May 15, 2001 a runaway freight train that barreled through 66 miles of northwestern ohio with no one aboard was halted safely tuesday by a railroad worker who jumped onto the moving train and pulled its brake. Mar 18, 2017 rebecca murray is editorinchief for and has been an approved film and television critic for rotten tomatoes since 2002. His reps leaked the lesbian stories and, given the fact that i am often seen with them, they grew a bit of traction in the media. Rogers in cinemas now, but some of the true story has been changed for the film.
Thirteen years after money train, woody harrelson got back on board the train movie phenom with this entry. Oct 06, 2009 the person had made a comment that the movie sounded like a retake of the 1985 movie runaway train. The 2001 incident upon which the movie is based involved a runaway csx transportation engine, which sported the number 8888 not 777, as in the movie. Meanwhile, the two cons, along with a female love interest the only railway worker left on the train, are being pursued by the prisons administrator. Runaway train 1985 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Twentieth century fox denzel washington, right, and chris pine play engineers trying to halt a runaway train in the new film unstoppable, based on a true incident that occurred in ohio in 2001. This all leads to an inevitable battle in the engine room between the movies heroic prisoner on the. What happened to the train engineers in real life if it was. The high point has to be the interviews with director andrey k. This movie with this out of control train carrying chemicals had me on the edge of my seat. Though often criticized for producing cheap rubbish, the cannon group, in fact, also produced many fine films including this, 52 pickup and marias lovers also konchalovsky. Unstoppable is a 2010 american action thriller film directed and produced by tony scott and starring denzel washington and chris pine. Thats the story behind a lot of stupid things ive done.
Denzel washington and director tony scott teamed up for the fifth and last time for the action thriller about a runaway train loaded with dangerous cargo. Nov 03, 2010 the unstoppable heroism of denzel washington oh no. Marysville man was inspiration for runaway train movie. This friday is the premiere of the movie unstoppable. The movie unstoppable is inspired by a truelife event, and although a good bit of it is historically accurate, the movie does often get factually derailed. Jan 06, 2006 may 16, 2001 a veteran engineer accidentally triggered the release of a runaway freight train loaded with dangerous chemicals in ohio, the train s owners said today. The unstoppable heroism of denzel washington oh no. A beautiful day in the neighbourhood is the new movie starring tom hanks as mr. Manny has recently spent three years locked in solitary confinement. Denzel washington plays a railway veteran assigned to show the new guy on the job pine the ropes. Heffner the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 51 min, and received a score of 67 out of. The final image is as powerful as cinema gets and marks runaway train as a modest masterpiece.
Runaway train is a reminder that the great adventures are great because they happen to people we care about. The unstoppable heroism of denzel washington film the. Theyre chasing the runaway train in a separate locomotive and need to bring it under control before it derails on a curve and causes a toxic spill that. Theyre chasing the runaway train in a separate locomotive and need to bring it under control before it derails on a curve and causes a toxic spill that will decimate a town. A runaway train is heading straight towards some sort of builtup area and 150 adorable schoolchildren and a horse. Much of the film was shot in the buckeye state, 10tvs angela an reported on wednesday. Unstoppable 2010 film alchetron, the free social encyclopedia robert duffy unstoppable spot welders runaway train tv tropes. The person had made a comment that the movie sounded like a retake of the 1985 movie runaway train.
Inspiration behind unstoppable weighs in on crash youtube. Id always thought that runaway train was fiction, but yesterday, somebody responded to my post and said that the story for the movie was actually inspiredbased on a story in the march 29, 1963 issue of life magazine about a runaway incident in. But those only play a minor part in the big picture, so i can recommend runaway train to anybody, whos just after a little entertainment. Hollywood widens truth gauge in runaway train flick the. Nov 12, 2010 denzel washington and chris pine chug into theaters this weekend in tony scotts runawaytrain thriller, unstoppable.
This movie started off building up the story line and you just think its going to be about a runaway train, not exciting, but wrong. Unfortunately, other aspects of the movie seemed to be rather mediocre very generic music choices, dull stunts and decorations, strange cuts. Denzel washington in a new train movie unstoppable model. Pennsylvania man lived the drama that inspired unstoppable. A hollywood film debuting on friday about a runaway train is based on true story that happened in ohio. Was the movie unstoppable 2010 based on a true story.
The plan that washington and pines characters enact to stop. The reality, to which runaway train alludes in its closing minute, is that sometimes what looks like a runaway is actually an abduction. The 2001 incident upon which the movie is based involved a runaway csx transportation engine, which sported the number 8888 not 777, as. Runaway train by soul asylum reached number 5 in 1993 and is used as a metaphor for runaway childrenteens. Charging forward with the momentum of a locomotive, runaway train makes great use of its adrenalinefueled premise and star presences of jon voight and eric roberts. Denzel washington and chris pine chug into theaters this weekend in tony scotts runawaytrain thriller, unstoppable. She said she hoped her story would help other girls in. May 16, 2001 a veteran engineer accidentally triggered the release of a runaway freight train loaded with dangerous chemicals in ohio, the trains owners said today. Runaway teenager slowly reveals tale of horrors while away joannie became a victim of sex trafficking after she ran away from home at 17. Runaway train 1986 stream and watch online moviefone. That was true of the african queen, and of stagecoach, and of the seven samurai, three movies that would otherwise seem to have little in common. Ten secrets behind the making of unstoppable garrett.