Movie Description
Two convicts in an Alaskan prison escape their inhumane jailers, trek across the icy Northeast wilderness, and board a speeding freight train. Unfortunately, the train's conductor dies suddenly of a heart attack, and the convicts face certain death unless they can find some way to stop it. Based on a screenplay by none other than Akira Kurosawa. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Actor--Jon Voight.
| Credits | | Cast: | Eric Roberts, Jon Voight, Kyle Heffner, Rebecca De Mornay |
Notes
Dedicated to the memory of Rick Holley, a helicopter pilot on the crew who was killed during production.
Filmed in Alaska and Montana, USA, color by Rank. The historic Old Montana Territorial prison, built in 1870 and located in Deer Lodge, Montana, was used as one of the locations.
The great Japanese director Akira Kurosawa wrote the original screenplay which was later adapted for American audiences. Francis Ford Coppola and Tom Luddy of American Zoetrope suggested Andrei Konchalovsky, who was fresh from his native Russia, as a possible director. Konchalovsky met with Kurosawa in Japan and "Runaway Train" was born.
Konchalovsky's other directing credits include the 1979 epic "Siberiade" and "Maria's Lovers" (his American feature film directorial debut). Konchalovsky's was also a co-writer on Tarkovsky's "Andrei Rublev."
DVD Special Features: Trivia and Production Notes,Theatrical Trailer.
Editorial Reviews
"...RUNAWAY TRAIN is a sensational picture. Wrenchingly intense and brutally powerful..."
Variety - Cart. (12/04/1985)
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