November 12, 2010 jon hosfeld recounts the 2001 hairraising story where he chased a runaway train loaded with toxic chemicals. Unstoppable stars denzel washington and chris pine. Theyre chasing the runaway train in a separate locomotive and need to bring it under control before it derails on a curve and causes a toxic spill that will decimate a town. Guysbet you cant miss out on this movie based on a railroad company which frantically works to prevent an unmanned, halfmilelong freight train carrying combustible liquids and poisonous gas. This is probably the best traindisaster film in recent years. Watch runaway train online stream full movie directv. Twentieth century fox denzel washington, right, and chris pine play engineers trying to halt a runaway train in the new film unstoppable, based on a true incident that occurred in ohio in 2001.
With the caboose of scotts taking of pelham 123 barely in the distance, the filmmaker turned to unstoppable, a trainchase picture loosely inspired by a true story and perhaps just a smidgen by runaway train, the 1985 film based on an akira kurosawa script. The 2001 incident upon which the movie is based involved a runaway csx transportation engine, which sported the number 8888 not 777, as in the movie. So what were those true events and what rail company was really involved. Unstoppable 2010 unstoppable, is about a runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals. Chris pine costarred in the film, which was written by dawn of the planet of the apes and the wolverine screenwriter mark bomback. Nov 12, 2010 in unstoppable, denzel washington and chris pine try to stop a runaway train carrying hazardous cargo. A runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals puts an engineer and his conductor in a race against time. Hunt then triggers an explosion of the helicopter before leaping back to the safety of the train. Since it is an action movie with embellishments by hollywood, they claim the movie was inspired by true events. The film was the last film tony scott directed before his death. In the film, the runaway train reaches speeds of 80 miles per hour and becomes a media sensation, though in real life the train was much slower and the actual incident was over before it became a major news story. It is loosely based on the reallife csx 8888 incident, telling the story of a runaway freight train and. The incident involved a csx transportation freight train in the u. Loosely based on a true story from 2001, unstoppable is a tension packed, heartracing juggernaut of a movie about an unmanned, runaway train.
Mar 18, 2017 screenwriter mark bomback embellished the events for dramatic effect. Opening on november 12 is director tony scotts true romance, top gun, man on fire new movie unstoppable starring chris pine and denzel washington as. With an unmanned, halfmilelong freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe. Pennsylvania man lived the drama that inspired unstoppable. Oct 19, 2010 guysbet you cant miss out on this movie based on a railroad company which frantically works to prevent an unmanned, halfmilelong freight train carrying combustible liquids and poisonous gas. Watch runaway train starring jon voight in this actionadventure on directv.
The csx 8888 incident, also known as the crazy eights incident, was a runaway train event involving a csx transportation freight train in the u. Jon hosfeld, a csx official, walks back to stop a runaway train after he jumped on board south of kenton, ohio, on may 15, 2001. Wesley macdonald survived this incident only to find his 43 year career and pending pension in jeopardy. As is the case with most dramatizations of reallife events the movie takes liberties with the facts making it a nonstop action filled race to prevent tragedy and. Its laden with toxic chemicals, and an accident could decimate human life and cause environmental disaster. Denzel washington in a new train movie unstoppable. Marysville man was inspiration for runaway train movie unstoppable.
According to a federal railroad administration report, the real train was a yardswitching job whose engineer approached. Nov 11, 2010 the incident report notes that on may 15, 2001 an unmanned csx yard train consisting of one model sd402 locomotive, 22 loaded, and 25 empty cars, 2898 gross trailing tons, departed stanley. Inspired by the truelife crazy eights incident, the final film directed by tony scott is a runawaytrain thriller with an added edge. It is more of an actiondisaster film than a thriller. Runaway train is a reminder that the great adventures are great because they happen to people we care about.
Thirteen years after money train, woody harrelson got back on board the train movie phenom with this entry. It was, though the movie was not realistic in its representation of what happened. Through 100 minutes of screen time, the tension continues to ratchet ever higher as our two likeable, averageguy heroes. Oct 23, 2010 opening on november 12 is director tony scotts true romance, top gun, man on fire new movie unstoppable starring chris pine and denzel washington as a train conductor and engineer, the two. Based loosely on a true story or as the caption at the beginning says, inspired by a true story, the plot is quite simple.
Screenwriter mark bomback embellished the events for dramatic effect. Is a movie about a train with no one on it exciting. The movie borrows some other true life details, but news reports of the. Also as in the movie, the rescue locomotive was another sd402. With denzel washington, chris pine, rosario dawson, ethan suplee. Among the movies first attempts to stop the runaway is the dispatch of another trains. 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. I had been convinced that i might want to dress a bit better than shorts and tshirt for a meeting with my prospective employer.
The film s plot is based on two train yards on the allegheny and west virginia railroad awvr. If it derails, the property damage would be in the billions. A veteran engineer denzel washington and a young conductor chris pine, aboard another train in the runaways path, devise an incredible plan to try and. Unstoppable is a movie about an unmanned, outofcontrol freight train. Denzel washington in a new train movie unstoppable model. Macdonald faced as he climbed out of the wrecked cab window. And it is also true of this tale of two desperate convicts on a train that is hurtling through the snows of alaska. Unstoppable is a 2010 american action thriller film directed and produced by tony scott and starring denzel washington and chris pine. Based on a true story, the premise has a runaway train sans conductor thats full of explosive cargo barreling towards a populated area in pennsylvania at 70 mph in 100 minutes. The film made me believe that the characters were real yeah only the unmanned train part of the film is based on a true story. That was true of the african queen, and of stagecoach, and of the seven samurai, three movies that would otherwise seem to have little in common. Nov 16, 2010 one id argue belongs on this list, perhaps in the place of one of the borderline runaway train movies youve included in order to get your 10, is a now nearly forgotten 1973 tv movie runaway.
Soon after the incident in 2010 the unstoppable was released the movie was inspired by the real incident. Denzel washington and director tony scott teamed up for the fifth and last time for the action thriller about a runaway train loaded with dangerous cargo headed toward disaster. The unstoppable heroism of denzel washington film the. Pennsylvania man lived the drama that inspired unstoppable by amy worden, inquirer staff writer, posted. The runaway freight train, carrying hazardous materials, rolled for. It builds a sense of tension and impending doom throughout the. Denzel washington and a young conductor chris pine, aboard another train in the runaways path, devise an incredible plan to try and stop it and prevent certain disaster in a heavily populated area. An engineer and his conductor is pitted against a train in a race against time. Ten secrets behind the making of unstoppable garrett. The screenplay by djordje milicevic, paul zindel and edward bunker was based on an original screenplay by akira kurosawa, with uncredited contributions by frequent kurosawa collaborators hideo oguni and ryuzo kikushima.
Strange that a kurosawa story that wasnt made for financial reasons would be made by this bunch, but seeing it realized, and in the work this ensemble does, makes me glad to see it and appreciate it through the years. Oscarwinner denzel washington and star treks chris pine costar as railroad men in a desperate race to stop a runaway freight train and avert a disaster. Unstoppable is based on the true story of a runaway unmanned train carrying hazardous chemicals in ohio in 2001. The film, costarring denzel washington and chris pine, paints the rail company as the greedy. The movie unstoppable is inspired by a truelife event, and although a good bit of it is historically accurate, the movie does often get factually derailed. Unstoppable is based on a true story, so all of this definitely happened.
Pine chug into theaters this weekend in tony scotts runawaytrain thriller, unstoppable. Tony scotts runaway train thriller, unstoppable, is the closest thing to transformers. It is loosely based on the reallife csx 8888 incident, telling the story of a runaway freight train and the two men who attempt to stop it. As is the case with most dramatizations of reallife events the movie takes liberties with the facts making it a nonstop action filled race to prevent tragedy and provide redemption for the main characters. The movie unstoppable was based on the reallife csx 8888, also known as the crazy eights, occurrence. Like in the movie, the train crew consisted of a 31 year veteran engineer, jess kowlton, and a conductor with only 1 year, terry forson. The opening credits claim that this film is based on a true story, but there are moments that are so implausible that i thought tony scott was. At times, unstoppable goes off track from reality pittsburgh post. All the actors in this one, did an amazing job pulling you into the movie. The topic of the story is frightening as the train barrels into the nearby city with a load of combustible liquids. Hollywood widens truth gauge in runaway train flick the blade. An idiot of a train engineer whos supposed to be moving a train inside the train yard, lets the train get away from him, under power, and it starts building speed on a main line in pennsylvania, soon cruising out of. With the caboose of scotts taking of pelham 123 barely in the distance, the filmmaker turned to unstoppable, a train chase picture loosely inspired by a true story and perhaps just a smidgen by runaway train, the 1985 film based on an akira kurosawa script. Dunkle special to pennlive twentieth century foxdenzel washington, right, and chris pine play engineers trying to halt a runaway train in the new film unstoppable, based on a true.
This movie started off building up the story line and you just think its going to be about a runaway train, not exciting, but wrong. Hollywood widens truth gauge in runaway train flick the. The incident report notes that on may 15, 2001 an unmanned csx yard train consisting of one model sd402 locomotive, 22 loaded, and 25 empty cars, 2898 gross trailing tons, departed stanley. A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an outofcontrol train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security. Wesleys worst nightmare started after the train he rode to its derailment was over. The rail company and true story behind unstoppable posted november 11, 2010 by brandchannel this weekends bigbudget blowitallup action film unstoppable, about an outof control locomotive. Unstoppable movie clips and new images starring chris pine. Railroad men race to stop runaway train in unstoppable. Through 100 minutes of screen time, the tension continues to ratchet ever higher as our two. In unstoppable, denzel washington and chris pine try to stop a runaway train carrying hazardous cargo. Nov 03, 2010 a runaway train is heading straight towards some sort of builtup area and 150 adorable schoolchildren and a horse. Unstoppable is based on a real runaway train incident from may 2001 when a 47 car csx train left a toledo, ohio rail yard without an engineer and wasnt stopped until it had ran 66 miles through.
The taking of pelham 123, which came out in 2009, was a movie about a hijacked new york city subway train. A massive unmanned locomotive, nicknamed the beast and loaded with toxic cargo, roars through the countryside, vaporizing anything put in front of it. The train was stopped just southeast of kenton, ohio, before reaching the gp402. The following story has some spoilers about plot twists in unstoppable. The acting of the most characters were really good the acting of the daughters and darcy wasnt that good. It builds a sense of tension and impending doom throughout the movie as the train threatens the lives of the citizens. Everything you need to know about unstoppable movie 2010. At a pennsylvania rail yard, some clueless workers let an unmanned train get loose. A northbound train pulled onto a siding to let the runaway pass, and then the locomotive of this train was tasked with slowing the runaway down. The movie borrows some other truelife details, but news reports of the. A runaway train is heading straight towards some sort of builtup area and 150 adorable schoolchildren and a horse. How much truth is in this denzel washingtonchris pine film. Runaway train is a 1985 american thriller film directed by andrei konchalovsky and starring jon. Ten secrets behind the making of unstoppable garrett on.
Nov 12, 2010 inspired by a true story, unstoppable never swerves from its primary destination. Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a train with no brakes and nobody driving. Inspired by a true story, unstoppable never swerves from its primary destination. Nov 12, 2010 tony scotts runaway train thriller, unstoppable, is the closest thing to transformers. Trains in movies top train movies of all time america. Was the movie unstoppable 2010 based on a true story.
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