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Jon Voight, Eric Roberts and Rebecca DeMornay in... Runaway Train

Runaway Train

( Catalog Number ML102983 )
(1.85:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Original Theatrical Trailer

Runaway Train
1985 - 111 min. - Color
Genre: Action

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
An existential action thriller about two escaped convicts -- Manny, a hardened lifer, and Buck, a petty criminal --  who jump a four-engine work train, hoping to ride it to freedom. When the engineer is killed, the convicts find themselves aboard a runaway train hurtling through the frozen Alaskan wilderness. Pursued by a brutal prison warden who will stop at nothing until they're caught, Manny and Buck, with the help of female railroad worker, struggle to bring the train under control before it crashes.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky's second American film may well be the only existential adventure flick in Hollywood history. Two prisoners, Manny (Jon Voight) and Buck (Eric Roberts), escape from a desolate Alaskan maximum-security facility. They hop aboard a speeding train, making a clean escape. But the engineer has suffered a heart attack, and the train goes out of control. To prevent a disastrous head-on collision, the railroad heads decide to derail the runaway train, killing its occupants to save the lives of hundreds of others. Once Manny catches on to what's happening, he tries to jump off the train, only to be talked out of such a foolhardy act by railroad employee Sara (Rebecca DeMornay). As doom approaches, Manny apparently goes mad, viciously preventing any attempts to stop the train or rescue its passengers: if he's to die, and if the others are to be saved, it will be on his terms, or no terms. Runaway Train was slated as a project for Akira Kurosawa in 1970, but for various creative and scheduling reasons, it remained on the back burner for 15 years. --- Hal Erickson

A decade later, there would be the wildly successful Speed, featuring Sandra Bullock on a runaway bus. In 1985, it was Rebecca DeMornay on a Runaway Train, and it was not a big hit. In fact, out-of-control vehicles, mostly trains, have been a staple of film comedies and melodramas since the days of the silent films. Runaway Train takes the simple premise and makes a compelling movie of it, with two sinister escaped convicts (played superbly by Jon Voight and Eric Roberts) trapped on the train with De Mornay, facing certain doom. The script is taut, crafty, and suspenseful, and the characterizations are superb. The director is a Russian, Andrei Konchalvosky, and the script was based on a story by acclaimed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, whose work on it got derailed. The film works surprisingly well, mixing Roberts's usual crazed character with Voight's best performance since Coming Home, and providing the underrated DeMornay with a second consecutive unglamorous role after Testament. --- Michael Betzold

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Cast for Runaway Train

Jon Voight - Manny
Eric Roberts - Buck
Rebecca deMornay - Sara
Kyle Heffner - Frank Barstow
John P. Ryan - Ranken
T.K. Carter - Dave Prince
Kenneth McMillan - Eddie MacDonald
Stacey Pickren - Ruby
Walter Wyatt - Conlan
Edward Bunker - Jonah
Reid Cruickshanks - Al Turner
Don Pugsley - Guard
Wally Rose - Announcer
Dennis Ott - Guard
John Otrin - Cut Con
Obie Weeks - Head Brakeman
Danny Trejo - Boxer
Hank Worden - Old Con
John-Clay Scott - Conductor Eastbound 12
Harris D. Smith - Willard
William Tregoe - Roger
David Stompro - Jonson
Duey Thomasick - Emergency Worker
Big Yank - Trainer
Tony Epper - Hitman
Phillip Earl - 1st Crewman
Diane Erickson - Sue Major
Carmen Filpi - Signal Maintainer
Dana Belgarde - Prison Guard
Jerry Brainum - Bodybuilder
Vladimir Bibic - Fireman Wright
John Bloom - Tall Con
Larry John Meyers - Pulasky
Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr. - Black Guard
Robert M. Klempner - Cushman
Don McLaughlin - Foreman Cassidy
Charlie Messenger - Yardworker
John Fountain - Guard
Norman Alexander Gibbs - Queen Con
Tom Keenan - 2nd Crewman
Michael Lee Gogin - Short Con
Loren Jones - Engineer Eastbound 12

Crew for Runaway Train

Andrei Konchalovsky - Director
Yoram Globus - Producer
Menahem Golan - Producer
Edward Bunker - Screenwriter
John Bunker - Screenwriter
Djordje Milicevic - Screenwriter
Paul Zindel - Screenwriter
Alan Hume - Cinematographer
Henry Richardson - Editor
Joseph T. Garrity - Production Designer
Luigi Marchione - Production Designer
Stephen Marsh - Production Designer
Mati Raz - Associate Producer
Robert A. Goldstone - Executive Producer
Henry T. Weinstein - Executive Producer
Trevor Jones - Musical Direction/Supervision / Composer (Music Score)
Anne Kuljian - Set Designer
Katherine Dover - Costume Designer
Lily Benyar - Makeup
Owen Garner III - Makeup
Mony Mansano - Makeup
Tassilo Baur - Special Effects
Ray Brown - Special Effects
Rick H. Josephsen - Special Effects
Keith Richins - Special Effects
Bob Riggs - Special Effects
Loren Janes - Stunts

Awards for Runaway Train

Best Actor (nom) Jon Voight 1985 Academy
Best Editing (nom) Henry Richardson 1985 Academy
Best Supporting Actor (nom) Eric Roberts 1985 Academy
Best Actor (Drama) (win) Jon Voight 1986 Golden Globe
Best Actor (in Drama) (win) 1986 Golden Globe

Feature Details

Title: Runaway Train
Feature Release Date: 1985
Genre: Action
Color: Color
Runtime: 111 Minutes
Chapters: 28
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 23 Mar 1994
Catalog Number: ML102983
UPC: 027616298362
ISBN: 0-7928-2193-9
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Publisher: MGM/UA Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: ML102983
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Rare Widescreen, LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket with edge-wear

Jon Voight, Eric Roberts and Rebecca DeMornay in... Runaway Train

Runaway Train

( Catalog Number ML102983 )
(1.85:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Original Theatrical Trailer

Runaway Train
1985 - 111 min. - Color
Genre: Action

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
An existential action thriller about two escaped convicts -- Manny, a hardened lifer, and Buck, a petty criminal --  who jump a four-engine work train, hoping to ride it to freedom. When the engineer is killed, the convicts find themselves aboard a runaway train hurtling through the frozen Alaskan wilderness. Pursued by a brutal prison warden who will stop at nothing until they're caught, Manny and Buck, with the help of female railroad worker, struggle to bring the train under control before it crashes.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky's second American film may well be the only existential adventure flick in Hollywood history. Two prisoners, Manny (Jon Voight) and Buck (Eric Roberts), escape from a desolate Alaskan maximum-security facility. They hop aboard a speeding train, making a clean escape. But the engineer has suffered a heart attack, and the train goes out of control. To prevent a disastrous head-on collision, the railroad heads decide to derail the runaway train, killing its occupants to save the lives of hundreds of others. Once Manny catches on to what's happening, he tries to jump off the train, only to be talked out of such a foolhardy act by railroad employee Sara (Rebecca DeMornay). As doom approaches, Manny apparently goes mad, viciously preventing any attempts to stop the train or rescue its passengers: if he's to die, and if the others are to be saved, it will be on his terms, or no terms. Runaway Train was slated as a project for Akira Kurosawa in 1970, but for various creative and scheduling reasons, it remained on the back burner for 15 years. --- Hal Erickson

A decade later, there would be the wildly successful Speed, featuring Sandra Bullock on a runaway bus. In 1985, it was Rebecca DeMornay on a Runaway Train, and it was not a big hit. In fact, out-of-control vehicles, mostly trains, have been a staple of film comedies and melodramas since the days of the silent films. Runaway Train takes the simple premise and makes a compelling movie of it, with two sinister escaped convicts (played superbly by Jon Voight and Eric Roberts) trapped on the train with De Mornay, facing certain doom. The script is taut, crafty, and suspenseful, and the characterizations are superb. The director is a Russian, Andrei Konchalvosky, and the script was based on a story by acclaimed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, whose work on it got derailed. The film works surprisingly well, mixing Roberts's usual crazed character with Voight's best performance since Coming Home, and providing the underrated DeMornay with a second consecutive unglamorous role after Testament. --- Michael Betzold

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Cast for Runaway Train

Jon Voight - Manny
Eric Roberts - Buck
Rebecca deMornay - Sara
Kyle Heffner - Frank Barstow
John P. Ryan - Ranken
T.K. Carter - Dave Prince
Kenneth McMillan - Eddie MacDonald
Stacey Pickren - Ruby
Walter Wyatt - Conlan
Edward Bunker - Jonah
Reid Cruickshanks - Al Turner
Don Pugsley - Guard
Wally Rose - Announcer
Dennis Ott - Guard
John Otrin - Cut Con
Obie Weeks - Head Brakeman
Danny Trejo - Boxer
Hank Worden - Old Con
John-Clay Scott - Conductor Eastbound 12
Harris D. Smith - Willard
William Tregoe - Roger
David Stompro - Jonson
Duey Thomasick - Emergency Worker
Big Yank - Trainer
Tony Epper - Hitman
Phillip Earl - 1st Crewman
Diane Erickson - Sue Major
Carmen Filpi - Signal Maintainer
Dana Belgarde - Prison Guard
Jerry Brainum - Bodybuilder
Vladimir Bibic - Fireman Wright
John Bloom - Tall Con
Larry John Meyers - Pulasky
Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr. - Black Guard
Robert M. Klempner - Cushman
Don McLaughlin - Foreman Cassidy
Charlie Messenger - Yardworker
John Fountain - Guard
Norman Alexander Gibbs - Queen Con
Tom Keenan - 2nd Crewman
Michael Lee Gogin - Short Con
Loren Jones - Engineer Eastbound 12

Crew for Runaway Train

Andrei Konchalovsky - Director
Yoram Globus - Producer
Menahem Golan - Producer
Edward Bunker - Screenwriter
John Bunker - Screenwriter
Djordje Milicevic - Screenwriter
Paul Zindel - Screenwriter
Alan Hume - Cinematographer
Henry Richardson - Editor
Joseph T. Garrity - Production Designer
Luigi Marchione - Production Designer
Stephen Marsh - Production Designer
Mati Raz - Associate Producer
Robert A. Goldstone - Executive Producer
Henry T. Weinstein - Executive Producer
Trevor Jones - Musical Direction/Supervision / Composer (Music Score)
Anne Kuljian - Set Designer
Katherine Dover - Costume Designer
Lily Benyar - Makeup
Owen Garner III - Makeup
Mony Mansano - Makeup
Tassilo Baur - Special Effects
Ray Brown - Special Effects
Rick H. Josephsen - Special Effects
Keith Richins - Special Effects
Bob Riggs - Special Effects
Loren Janes - Stunts

Awards for Runaway Train

Best Actor (nom) Jon Voight 1985 Academy
Best Editing (nom) Henry Richardson 1985 Academy
Best Supporting Actor (nom) Eric Roberts 1985 Academy
Best Actor (Drama) (win) Jon Voight 1986 Golden Globe
Best Actor (in Drama) (win) 1986 Golden Globe

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