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.
- Beverly Hills, CA Anchor Bay Entertainment 2014
- 1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- - 4 3/4 in.
Wide screen (2.40:1). Originally released as a motion picture in 2013. Based on the book by Eric Lomax. Special features: Feature commentary with director Jonathan Teplitzky and co-writer/producer Andy Paterson; the making of Railway Man.
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.
MPAA rating: R, for disturbing prisoner of war violence.
For private home use only.
In English; Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
9780109411884 0109411889 9786315505133
013132617602
WC61760 Anchor Bay Entertainment
Lomax, Eric--Drama.
Burma-Siam Railroad--History--Drama.
1939-1945
World War--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese--1939-1945--Drama.
World War--Conscript labor--1939-1945--Drama.
World War --1939-1945--Personal narratives--Drama.
World War--Atrocities--1939-1945--Drama.
Prisoners of war--Thailand--Biography--Drama.
Prisoners of war--Great Britain--Biography--Drama.
Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945
Great Britain.
Thailand.
PN1995.9.B55 / R35 2014 PN1997.2 / .R35 2014
Rai 35
Wide screen (2.40:1). Originally released as a motion picture in 2013. Based on the book by Eric Lomax. Special features: Feature commentary with director Jonathan Teplitzky and co-writer/producer Andy Paterson; the making of Railway Man.
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.
MPAA rating: R, for disturbing prisoner of war violence.
For private home use only.
In English; Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
9780109411884 0109411889 9786315505133
013132617602
WC61760 Anchor Bay Entertainment
Lomax, Eric--Drama.
Burma-Siam Railroad--History--Drama.
1939-1945
World War--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese--1939-1945--Drama.
World War--Conscript labor--1939-1945--Drama.
World War --1939-1945--Personal narratives--Drama.
World War--Atrocities--1939-1945--Drama.
Prisoners of war--Thailand--Biography--Drama.
Prisoners of war--Great Britain--Biography--Drama.
Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945
Great Britain.
Thailand.
PN1995.9.B55 / R35 2014 PN1997.2 / .R35 2014
Rai 35