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'The Fugitive' train crash wreckage remains
wral.com ^ | 24 Dec 2010 | Scott Mason

Posted on 12/28/2010 10:43:43 PM PST by smokingfrog

WRAL's VIDEO: Scott Mason tells the story behind an old wrecked train in the woods of Jackson County.

(Excerpt) Read more at wral.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies; Travel
KEYWORDS: movies; specialeffects
The scene involving Kimble's prison transport bus and a freight train wreck was filmed along the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad just outside of Dillsboro, North Carolina. Riders on the excursion railroad can still see the wreckage on the way out of the Dillsboro depot.


1 posted on 12/28/2010 10:43:48 PM PST by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog

Cool!


2 posted on 12/28/2010 10:50:49 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: KoRn

wow


3 posted on 12/28/2010 11:00:46 PM PST by GeronL (#7 top poster at CC, friend to all, nicest guy ever, +96/-14, ignored by 1 sockpuppet.. oh & BANNED)
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To: KoRn

One of the best movie crash scenes ever!


4 posted on 12/28/2010 11:02:31 PM PST by smokingfrog (Do all the talking you want, but do what I tell you.)
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To: smokingfrog

I can’t believe that wreck was real. I guess I am CGI’ed to the point in thinking everything Hollywood did the past 20 years is fake.


5 posted on 12/28/2010 11:55:29 PM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: smokingfrog

http://www.gsmr.com/about/in-the-movies.php


6 posted on 12/29/2010 12:04:34 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Lazlo in PA
"I can’t believe that wreck was real."

Talk about needing to get a shoot right the first time!
How the heck do you "redo" something like that?
Looked great on the big screen of a movie theater.

8 posted on 12/29/2010 4:25:03 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Psalm 73
Looked great on the big screen of a movie theater.

My thought, too. Loses a lot on the small screen. Dittos for ID4. (ID4 destructions, BTW, were done with scale models, not computer graphics.)

9 posted on 12/29/2010 4:47:39 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Socialists are to economics what circle squarers are to math; undaunted by reason or derision.)
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To: smokingfrog

Fine. Go get a cane pole, catch the fish that ate him.


10 posted on 12/29/2010 4:59:51 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Socialists are to economics what circle squarers are to math; undaunted by reason or derision.)
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To: smokingfrog

I thought Hollywood types cared about the environment???? Why did they leave this massive pile of litter in the pristine wilderness??????


11 posted on 12/29/2010 5:18:31 AM PST by stefanbatory (Insert witty tagline here)
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To: smokingfrog

When Buster Keaton made his movie, The General (1926) and finished filming the scene of the locomotive crashing off a bridge into the waters below, he left the wreckage behind. It remained there until WWII when it was collected for scrap metal for the war effort.


12 posted on 12/29/2010 6:10:44 AM PST by lowbridge (Rep. Dingell: "Its taken a long time.....to control the people.")
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To: Lazlo in PA
I can’t believe that wreck was real. I guess I am CGI’ed to the point in thinking everything Hollywood did the past 20 years is fake.

Ditto. I always figure with computers these scenes are CGI'ed. It's impressive to hear about a special effects shot done using the real thing.

I'm reminded of a scene in the movie 'Gladiator' where Maximus (Russell Crowe) is in the arena with another gladiator and two chained tigers are released from hidden pits (a sort of extreme 'out of bounds' marker). First time I saw the movie I thought wow those tigers look so real. It turns out they were real tigers!

13 posted on 12/29/2010 6:14:01 AM PST by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
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To: lowbridge
Hi Lowbie! Happy New Year! A few years ago, I had the opportunity to see Keaton's General at the Westport Playhouse accompanied by the brilliant Rick Benjamin's PARAGON RAGTIME ORCHESTRA just as it would have been enjoyed orginally in theaters with vintage instruments. It was one of he most enjoyable theatrical moments I ever had in my life.

From a WSJ review:

Ragtime Orchestra performing the film's light, uplifting, comical score.

The 1927 slapstick comedy stars Keaton as Johnny Gray, a hapless railroad engineer who does everything wrong - and in the process gets everything right.

At first rejected by the Confederate Army, he manages to rescue The General, the stolen locomotive he's the engineer for, then defeats the Union Army in battle, earns his officer's stripes, and gets the girl.

Keaton was at the height of his fame when he made the movie, which is brimming with examples of his comic timing, physical daring, and frantic energy.

Keaton manages to express as much feeling with his face as his body. With his long nose, high cheekbones and big eyes, he conveys joy, surprise, fear, irritation, whatever emotion a scene demands.

Dressed in vintage garb like the rest of his musicians, conductor and pianist Rick Benjamin led the Paragon in a spirited performance. There were a few easily recognizable songs, like "Dixie" and "I've Been Working on the Railroad."  But much of the music was simply a direct expression of the action on the screen.

In addition to an extended chase scene with one slow-moving locomotive trying to catch up with another, Keaton is faced with a variety of obstacles - lightning, a bear, a rainstorm and a broken sword.  And the Paragon was right there, setting the mood.  Sometimes the vintage drum set stood out, sometimes the beat was set by the violins, while at other times, the cornet seemed to mock Johnny Gray's earnestness.

The combination of film and music elicited a lot of laughter from the audience, even when a train fell into a river as it traversed a burning bridge, even as Keaton unwittingly killed a Union sniper with his broken sword.


14 posted on 12/29/2010 7:24:03 AM PST by Daffynition (Merry Christmas!!!)
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To: smokingfrog

I just figured this was WIlly Green’s back yard.


15 posted on 12/29/2010 7:58:59 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: Lazlo in PA
I guess I am CGI’ed to the point in thinking everything Hollywood did the past 20 years is fake.

Try 41 years. The era of CGI began with the moon landings in 1969.

16 posted on 12/29/2010 8:02:52 AM PST by CholeraJoe (Eat moer DUCK! War Eagle!!!!)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Ha!!


17 posted on 12/29/2010 8:31:56 AM PST by Osage Orange (MOLON LABE)
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To: stefanbatory
If the train had crashed because the evil capitalists were cutting corners on maintenance to make an extra buck, this would be another Love Canal. But since Hollywood wrecked the train on purpose, it's a tourist attraction.


18 posted on 12/29/2010 9:08:27 AM PST by smokingfrog (Do all the talking you want, but do what I tell you.)
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