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Lomax, Eric -- Drama.
Burma-Siam Railroad -- History -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Scottish -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Drama.
Prisoners of war -- Thailand -- Drama.
Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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Lomax, Eric -- Drama.
Burma-Siam Railroad -- History -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Scottish -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Drama.
Prisoners of war -- Thailand -- Drama.
Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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The railway man [videorecording (DVD)].
Entertainment One Films Canada : distributed exclusively in Canada by Entertainment One, 2014.
Call #:
DVD RAI Dra
Subjects
Lomax, Eric
--
Drama
.
Burma-Siam Railroad
--
History
--
Drama
.
World
War
,
1939-1945
--
Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
--
Drama
.
World
War
,
1939-1945
--
Conscript labor
--
Drama
.
World
War
,
1939-1945
--
Personal
narratives
,
Scottish
--
Drama
.
World
War
,
1939-1945
--
Atrocities
--
Drama
.
Prisoners of
war
--
Thailand
--
Drama
.
Prisoners of
war
--
Great Britain
--
Drama
.
ISBN:
9780109411884 (**US Anchor Bay Entertainment ed.)
0109411889 (**US Anchor Bay Entertainment ed.)
Alternate title:
Voies du destin [videorecording (DVD)]
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)].
Description:
1 videodisc (108 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Based on the book by Eric Lomax.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Special features: Feature commentary with director Jonathan Teplitzky and co-writer/producer Andy Paterson ; The making of The Railway Man.
"Based on a true story"--Container.
Bilingual packaging (English/French).
An Australia-UK co-production.
Home use only.
Includes English & French language tracks with optional English (SDH) or French (SDH) subtitles.
English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Sous-titres en français (pour malentendants) = French (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Production:
The Weinstein Company and Screen Australia in association with Silver Reel, Screen Queesnland, Creative Scotland, Screen NSW and Lionsgate UK present ; an Andy Paterson, Pictures in Paradise, Trinfold production ; screenplay by Frank Cottrel Boyce and Andy Paterson ; produced by Andy Paterson, Chris Brown, Bill Curbishley ; directed by Jonathan Teplitzky.
Performers:
Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman with Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgård, Sam Reid, Tanroh Ishida and Hiroyuki Sanada.
Summary:
"Academy Award Winners Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman star in the remarkable autobiography of Eric Lomax (Colin Firth), a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tormented and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Decades later, still suffering the trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax and his wife Patti (Nicole Kidman) discover that the Japanese interpreter responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and set out to confront him, in this powerful and inspiring tale of heroism, humanity and the redeeming power of love"--Container.
Genre:
Australian films.
British films.
Biographical films.
War
films.
Prison films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Films pour handicapés auditifs.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Lomax, Eric. Railway man.
Teplitzky, Jonathan.
Firth, Colin, 1960-
Kidman, Nicole, 1967-
Irvine, Jeremy, 1990-
Skarsgård, Stellan.
Reid, Sam, 1987-
Ishida, Tanroh.
Sanada, Hiroyuki, 1960-
Holds:
4
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