First Great Train Robbery, The (UK)

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Dazzling, classy, marvellous. It takes your breath away!
Certificate: 12
Running Time: 116 mins
Retail Price: £12.99
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
All aboard for runaway action and suspense in this riveting masterpiece from writer/director Michael Crichton! Starring Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland and Lesley-Anne Down, it`s a spine-tingling and suavely performed adventure, based on history`s first train robbery. Filmed by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth, this ingenious and wonderful crime caper delivers mile-a-minute thrills and breathtaking excitement.

Connery is Edward Pierce, a master thief who conceives a brilliant plan to steal a fortune in gold bars from a railroad payroll car. But to pull off the most daring heist in history, Pierce must join forces with a safecracker (Sutherland) and his own beautiful girlfriend (Down) in a series of intricately-plotted thefts that will test all of their nerve, camaraderie and larcenous skill.

Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Original Theatrical Trailer

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Letterbox 1.85:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital Mono Spanish
Dolby Digital Mono German
Dolby Digital Mono Italian
Dolby Digital Mono French

Subtitle Tracks:
French
CC: German
Italian
Swedish
Finnish
English
Spanish
German
CC: English
Dutch
Danish
Norwegian

Directed By:
Michael Crichton

Written By:
Michael Crichton

Starring:
Wayne Sleep
Michael Elphick
Robert Lang
Malcolm Terris
Alan Webb
Lesley-Anne Down
Donald Sutherland
Sean Connery

Casting By:
Mary Selway

Soundtrack By:
Jerry Goldsmith

Director of Photography:
Geoffrey Unsworth

Editor:
David Bretherton

Costume Designer:
Anthony Mendleson

Production Designer:
Bert Davey
Maurice Carter

Producer:
John Foreman

Distributor:
Metro Goldwyn Mayer

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8 / 10

well after the many cut showings on itv i was thrilled to buy a copy of this movie.written by the writer of jurassic park and the director of westworld this is a great crime caper.sean connery and donald sutherland are a good pair of rogues.lesley anne down is lovely as there female accomplice and its still strange to see wayne sleep as a cockney grass.the picture is better than tv prints.but its the sound during the train robbery that truly stands out the whooshing while train enters tunnel is brilliant its been remixed for a dolby 5.1.

posted by Tony Ferrino on 18/4/2001 19:15