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The railway man [videorecording (BLURAY)] / The Weinstein Company and Screen Australia in association with Silver Reel, Screen Queensland, Creative Scotland, Screen NSW, and Lionsgate UK present ; produced by Chris Brown, Bill Curbishley, Andy Patterson ; screenplay written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, Andy Patterson ; directed by Jonathan Teplitzky.

Firth, Colin, 1960- (Added Author). Irvine, Jeremy, 1990- (Added Author). Kidman, Nicole, 1967- (Added Author). Lomax, Eric. Railway man. Videorecording. (Added Author). Sanada, Hiroyuki, 1960- (Added Author). Skarsgård, Stellan. (Added Author). Teplitzky, Jonathan. (Added Author). Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc. (Added Author). Weinstein Company Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada. (Cast).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 013132617619
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [United States] : Weinstein Company Home Entertainment : c2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the book by Eric Lomax.
Originally produced in 2013.
Special features: feature commentary with director Jonathan Teplitzky and co-writer/producer Andy Paterson, the making-of The Railway Man.
Title from container.
Participant or Performer Note:
Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada.
Target Audience Note:
14A.
System Details Note:
Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 5.1 DTS-HD Digital surround.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
English dialogue; English and Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Subject: Lomax, Eric > Fiction.
Lomax, Eric. Railway man > Film adaptations.
Burma-Siam Railroad > History > Fiction.
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Prisoners of war > Great Britain > Fiction.
Prisoners of war > Thailand > Fiction.
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Conscript labor > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Innisfil Public Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lakeshore Branch.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch BLU Railw 31681002393569 BLURAY Available -


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