The railway man, 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
Type
Label
The railway man, 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
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R, for disturbing prisoner of war violence
Main title
The railway man
Responsibility statement
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
Runtime
108
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
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Reid, Sam
- Kidman, Nicole, 1967-
- Silver Reel
- Screen NSW (New South Wales)
- Screen Queensland (Queensland)
- Brown, Chris, 1950-
- Irvine, Jeremy, 1990-
- Teplitzky, Jonathan
- Curbishley, Bill
- Boyce, Frank Cottrel
- Sanada, Hiroyuki, 1960-
- Lomax, Eric
- Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc
- Weinstein Company
- Trinfold
- Pictures in Paradise
- Paterson, Andy
- Creative Scotland (Organization)
- Screen Australia
- Skarsgård, Stellan
- Lionsgate UK
- Ishida, Tanroh
- Firth, Colin, 1960-
Genre
Subject
- World War, 1939-1945 + Atrocities -- Drama
- DVD-Video discs
- Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives -- Drama
- Burma-Siam Railroad -- History -- Drama
- War films
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Prisoners of war -- Thailand -- Biography -- Drama
- Lomax, Eric -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 + Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 + Conscript labor -- Drama
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Actor
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor23
- Reid, Sam
- Kidman, Nicole, 1967-
- Silver Reel
- Screen NSW (New South Wales)
- Screen Queensland (Queensland)
- Brown, Chris, 1950-
- Irvine, Jeremy, 1990-
- Teplitzky, Jonathan
- Curbishley, Bill
- Boyce, Frank Cottrel
- Sanada, Hiroyuki, 1960-
- Lomax, Eric
- Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc
- Weinstein Company
- Trinfold
- Pictures in Paradise
- Paterson, Andy
- Creative Scotland (Organization)
- Screen Australia
- Skarsgård, Stellan
- Lionsgate UK
- Ishida, Tanroh
- Firth, Colin, 1960-
- Genre5
- Subject13
- World War, 1939-1945 + Atrocities -- Drama
- DVD-Video discs
- Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives -- Drama
- Burma-Siam Railroad -- History -- Drama
- War films
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Prisoners of war -- Thailand -- Biography -- Drama
- Lomax, Eric -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 + Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 + Conscript labor -- Drama
- Content1
- Actor7
- resource.filmdirector1
- Film distributor1
- resource.filmproducer3
- Presenter7
- resource.productioncompany2
- resource.screenwriter2