The railway man
(DVD)
Contributors
Teplitzky, Jonathan, film director.
Cottrell Boyce, Frank, screenwriter.
Paterson, Andy, screenwriter,
Brown, Chris, 1950- film producer.
Firth, Colin, 1960- actor.
Cottrell Boyce, Frank, screenwriter.
Paterson, Andy, screenwriter,
Brown, Chris, 1950- film producer.
Firth, Colin, 1960- actor.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Main Library - Media
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Language
English
UPC
013132617602
Notes
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
General Note
Based on the book by Eric Lomax.
General Note
Special features: Feature commentary with director Jonathan Teplitzky and co-writer/producer Andy Paterson; the making of Railway Man.
Creation/Production Credits
Costume designer, Lizzy Gardiner ; film editor, Martin Connor ; production designer, Steven Jones-Evans ; director of photography, Garry Phillips ; composer, David Hirschfelder.
Participants/Performers
Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sam Reid, Tanroh Ishida.
Description
Based on an autobiography, this film tells the true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering the psychological trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Accompanied by his best friend, Lomax returns to the scene of his torture and manages to track down his captor, Japanese officer Takashi Nagase, from the prison camp, in an attempt to let go of a lifetime of bitterness and hate.
System Details
DVD format, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Language
In English; Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographies.
Burma-Siam Railroad -- History -- Drama.
Drama.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Lomax, Eric -- Drama.
Personal narratives.
Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Drama.
Prisoners of war -- Thailand -- Biography -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama.
Burma-Siam Railroad -- History -- Drama.
Drama.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Lomax, Eric -- Drama.
Personal narratives.
Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Drama.
Prisoners of war -- Thailand -- Biography -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama.
Other Subjects