That love at first sight moment in pattis life some 30 years ago is the opening scene of the railway man, a film based on erics life, his harrowing experience as a pow at work in the burma railway during wwii and how he was able to completely forgive his greatest tormentor during those dark years. The railway man trailer featuring colin firth collider. Decades later, lomax and his beautiful love interest patti nicole kidman discover that the. Everything you need to know about the railway man movie 2014. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The capture and torture of eric lomax by the japanese in world war ii. Kidman gets the short straw with the least developed main character in the film who also happens to be the plots catalyst but still. The railway man 2014 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. A brief synopsis and the ending will be revealed for the movie the railway man. Its certainly an interesting film, despite its unfocused narrative. Lionsgate has released the first uk trailer for director jonathan teplitzkys drama the railway man based on a true story, the film takes place in 1980 england and stars colin firth as eric. It premiered at the 20 toronto international film festival on 6 september 20.
In the opening part of the film lomax and patti wallace, his future wife, are on a train and i immediately thought this was set somewhere in the late sixties, but in fact it is supposed to be in the early eighties lomax was around sixty at the time but he looks like a secondary school. The railway man is probably the best film you havent seen this year. There are so many big names in the railway man that i expected it to be nothing but brilliant. A journey beyond hatred patti lomax, the widow of the man behind the railway man and the woman played by nicole kidman in the film, reflects on her late husbands capacity to forgive. Erics astonishing story is told in new movie the railway man, starring colin firth as the quiet university lecturer, who died in 2012 after a long illness, and nicole kidman as his wife. Based on eric lomaxs bestselling memoir, the railway man is an extraordinary and inspiring true story of heroism, humanity and the redeeming power.
Lomax was sent to work on notorious death railway in burma and str. The railway man synopsis the thrilling true story of eric lomax, a man haunted by his experiences in the war, has been brought to life in a film starring colin firth and nicole kidman. But it also comes across as slightly overdone, like a dish you know is good for you but has lost some of its flavor in. Heartfelt from the start, poignant, compelling, and yet strangely subtle, railway man is a film of inspiration and one of melancholy, ending on a profound note, if not always achieving that during. Decades after the war, lomax played as an older man by colin firth is still haunted by the horrific tortures administered upon him by his captors. The railway man, by eric lomax, is his memoirs of his experiences in world war ii, as well as his life before and after the war. The railway man jumps back and forth between lomax and finlay remembering this harrowing time and images of the torture itself. During world war ii, eric lomax colin firth jeremy irvine is a british officer who is captured by the japanese in singapore and sent to a pow camp, where he is forced to work on the thaiburma railway. The weinstein company distributed the railway man, which premiered at the 20 toronto film festival and was directed by jonathan teplitzky burning man. The story in the railway man alternates between 1942 where a young, 23yearold lomax jeremy irvine endures the hardships of captivity, and 1980, where a tired and broken lomax colin firth.
Set in northern australia before world war ii, an english aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. The railway man tends to get better as it goes along. The railway man is a 20 britishaustralian war film directed by jonathan teplitzky. My interest was piqued as the film starred colin firth. Colin firth is a lover of literature and for the most part has chosen wisely in terms of film adaptations e. A film guide that looks at the railway man 20, a true story in which a victim from world war twos death railway sets out to find those responsible for his torture. The railway man filming locations beyond the movies. A young soldier walks past a bridge, freshly returned from war.
This guide is useful for exploring topics including citizenship, literacy, history, psychology and pshe education in addition to. June 9, 2017 the railway man holds great possibility but wanders off track. The railway man austere and oldfashioned almost to a fault, the railway man offers tastefully safe treatment of a horrific subject. On an afternoon in 1983, eric lomax colin firth, a quiet, middleaged radio and railway enthusiast meets bubbly patti nicole kidman on a scottish train. The railway man is so touching film about war and wars trauma. The railway man is a good movie with great actors that failed to hit the mark. The movie depicts eric colin firth meeting with his unsuspecting former captor in order to seek retribution, only to change his mind during the encounter. A film guide that looks at the railway man 20, exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion. Eric lomax was one of thousands of allied prisoners of war forced to work on the construction of the thaiburma railway during. The railway man 2014 eric lomax colin firth, a former british army officer and pow, discovers that the japanese interpreter who tortured him is still alive.
Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. There are inaccuracies as a scottishborn railway enthusiast, lomax should know how to pronounce tyndrum correctly but the film has a toughness about it you dont initially anticipate. Eric lomax is a middle aged english man still haunted by the trauma that he suffered as a prisoner of war. A former british army officer, who was tortured as a prisoner of war at a japanese labor camp during world war ii, discovers that the man responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him. Based on the remarkable bestselling autobiography, the railway man tells the extraordinary and epic true story of eric lomax colin firth, a british army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a japanese labor camp during world war ii. The railway man screenwriter talks films torture, ptsd.
A look at the story behind wwii movie the railway man. Published in 1995, i decided to read this after i had seen the trailer for the film. This included being beaten, kicked, waterboarded and locked up in a bamboo cage the size of a large dog crate. The railway man on dvd august 12, 2014 starring colin firth, jeremy irvine, nicole kidman, stellan skarsgard. However, the railway man true story reveals that, unlike the film, the real eric lomaxs intention was more about finding closure rather than seeking revenge. I remained involved in the story, but i do wish it had a bit more focus or maybe was told in a linear fashion. The eversoslightly hammy climax of the railway man feels true enough. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of darwin, australia, by japanese forces firsthand. Years later, the soldier, now grown, lays on the floor of his study and recites a poem to calm himself. He is obsessed with trains, railways and timetables. The scenes in the railway man showing the brutality inflicted on lomax and his fellow prisoners are brief paterson estimates that entirety of the films violence takes up a total of four.
Pow drama the railway man bottles up emotions, and history, and uncorks them as therapy, says tim robey. Summaries a former british army officer, who was tortured as a prisoner of war at a japanese labor camp during world war ii, discovers that the man responsible for much. The railway man begins awkwardly with the dying lomax mumbling a fragment of a poem that never amounts to much. Based on his bestselling memoir, the railway man tells the extraordinary and epic true story of eric lomax, a british army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a. Technically the railway man was also a 20 movie due to it debuting at some film festivals not that it really got its worldwide release till this year. The railway man is a lesser movie than it should be, packaged as it is with gorgeous cinematography, atmospheric music, and a starstudded cast. Jonahran teplitzkys drama the railway man tells the true life story of eric lomax, a former pow from wwii. Railway man true story vs movie real eric lomax, takashi. The railway man, a true tale of wartime torment and. The railway man 2014, directed by jonathan teplitzky. The plot of blazing saddles gets started when the corrupt hedley lamarr learns that his planned railway course has to be detoured because of some quicksand, and conspires with an easilybribed governor to hire a gang of baddies to rough up the remote town of rock ridge so that they can get the land on the cheap belgianmongolian film khadak involves a group of nomadic herders who are told by. Colin firth gave a wonderful performance that must be reward with an oscar. As a boy, mr lomax became a railway enthusiast, a lifelong passion, so it was ironic that after his capture as a member of the british army, after the fall of singapore, that he was forced to labor on the siam.
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