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Anyone seen the film "The Railway Man"?
Youtube ^ | 9/6/2013 | Eric Lomax

Posted on 04/20/2014 8:46:20 PM PDT by mylife

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1 posted on 04/20/2014 8:46:20 PM PDT by mylife
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbS_dYEwf2M


2 posted on 04/20/2014 8:49:29 PM PDT by mylife
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To: mylife

Did that just come out? I saw the previews and wanted to see it. I want to see Draft Day too. Has anyone seen that one?


3 posted on 04/20/2014 8:49:42 PM PDT by dandiegirl
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not yet—but i will... Colin Firth is a fave...


4 posted on 04/20/2014 8:52:00 PM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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It came out 9/6/2013


5 posted on 04/20/2014 8:53:01 PM PDT by mylife
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Draft day is ok. Costner does sports well. The nfl cooperated and the film looks like it’s really in the actual situation.

Not academy award material but good for the topic.


6 posted on 04/20/2014 8:53:46 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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It is not a feel good movie, but it is a great performance and a true story.


7 posted on 04/20/2014 8:54:42 PM PDT by mylife
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I saw a preview while seeing God’s Not Dead. It looks boring. I am not really a Colin Firth or Nicole Kidman fan either.


8 posted on 04/20/2014 8:58:59 PM PDT by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the country!)
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To: mylife

It’s a Weinstein Company film.

Read the book instead. It’s probably better anyway.


9 posted on 04/20/2014 8:59:17 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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Here is a clean copy of the film. The Railway Man
10 posted on 04/20/2014 8:59:24 PM PDT by mylife
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To: smokingfrog

I just found int redeeming on this Easter.


11 posted on 04/20/2014 9:00:42 PM PDT by mylife
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Isn’t that the movie that chronicles how the Cleveland Browns became the greatest NFL franchise in the history of the NFL?

That would fall under the category of fantasy, would it not?


12 posted on 04/20/2014 9:01:26 PM PDT by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: mylife

I saw The Bridge on the River Kwai when I was 8 yrs old
and read the book at least twice. The movie is still among
my favorites. As a WWII paratrooper my dad fought the
Japanese in the mountain jungles of Leyte so I have always
had an interest in this type of film. I will check out this movie.


13 posted on 04/20/2014 9:06:35 PM PDT by Sivad (NorCal red tur)
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If it was made in this country, it would be called The Railroad Man.


14 posted on 04/20/2014 9:07:02 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Sivad

See post #10 to see the film.

God Bless You and your Father.
My Grandad was in Burma.


15 posted on 04/20/2014 9:08:36 PM PDT by mylife
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If you like that type of film, you would like Three Came Home (1949).


16 posted on 04/20/2014 9:08:42 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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I think it was made in Australia but is a British film.


17 posted on 04/20/2014 9:09:39 PM PDT by mylife
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To: mylife
It is not a feel good movie, but it is a great performance and a true story.

yes--i know a little about it... can you tell me why it is rated R?

18 posted on 04/20/2014 9:23:29 PM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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No idea.
I guess it is for portraying true violence.


19 posted on 04/20/2014 9:27:26 PM PDT by mylife
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Rated R for disturbing prisoner of war violence http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2058107/


20 posted on 04/20/2014 9:34:39 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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