Wilder gives a subdued performance and clayburgh was a girl youd like to know. The reallife burlington zephyr plays the titular train in the silver streak, which earned a muchneeded profit of 107,000 dollars for rko. The movie that popped up in my mind when the news came, though, was a different one than those hits. The fugitive has some really great shots of railroad action, especially in sloooow motion. My favorite part of silver streak has always been whenever gene wilder is thrown from the train, he quickly gets up, ready to leap, movie magic has us confident that hell make it, and then he misses the train completelyhes not even close to reaching it. Silver streak movie behind the scenes off the beaten.
This is a five star vehicle looks like here again the bluray is just same print as dvd, no difference bar higher res in this cases the bluray actually looks worse due to higher res the film grain is more obvious and rather distracting. However, with the discovery of some behind the scenes shots taken by excpr employee larry buchan while they filmed these scenes, it takes on a whole ne. Silver streak movie behind the scenes off the beaten path. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. He gives it to george caldwell gene wilder, but caldwell drops it while climbing outside the baggage car. A man gene wilder meets a woman jill clayburgh, a thief richard pryor and killers on a train. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 24 hours to finish it.
Silver streak the cinetrains project trains in the cinema. Read the silver streak movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. George caldwell wilder has a romantic encounter with. This results in a fast train but ridiculously fast action on the part of railway workers. It was directed by arthur hiller and stars gene wilder, jill clayburgh, and richard pryor, with patrick mcgoohan, ned beatty, clifton james, and richard kiel in supporting roles. Plus, as it turns out, a silver streak movie then and now series to shoot. Silver streak movie then and now walking the tracks off. For the film, the burlington route nameplate on the trains nose was replaced with one that read silver streak. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Streak the first 1934, the silver streak used the articulated zephyr set for the exterior shots. On a longdistance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him. Silver streak cast and crew cast photos and info fandango.
Silver streak, the trainheist buddy comedy that marked the first of wilders four. Silver streak 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Silver streak internet movie firearms database guns in. Silverstreak 1976 is loaded with romance, adventure, comedy and plenty of suspense. Runaway train is also a good movie with wilford brimley.
Stir crazy seems to change its mind, halfway through, about the kind of movie it wants to be. The silver streak is a 1934 film loosely based on the recordsetting dawntodusk run of the pioneer zephyr on may 26, 1934. Silver streak the cinetrains project trains in the. In perhaps the movies most famous scene, in the bathroom of a train station, pryors character puts black shoe polish, sunglasses, and a hat to make wilders character look african american and thus escapes the watchful eye of police. Not slickly done like most of todays high tech computer graphic god awful movies it had to rely on writing and performance. She inquires as to if he was riding hobo on the train. Silver streak tarnishes on a tiring film trip the new york times. Silver streak is the sort of comedy that leaves you exhausted, though not from laughing. Gene wilder plays dave, the deaf owner of a newsstand, who hires wally pryor, a blind gambler, to work for him. If you want a picture to show with your comment, go get a gravatar. In perhaps the movie s most famous scene, in the bathroom of a train station, pryors character puts black shoe polish, sunglasses, and a hat to make wilders character look african american and thus escapes the watchful eye of police. Silver streak is a 1976 film about a man on a longdistance train trip, who finds romance but also finds himself embroiled in the activities of a criminal mastermind after he accidentally witnesses a murder on board the train.
A boxoffice smash, silver streak paved the way for the equally successful 1980 wilderpryor vehicle stir crazy. We finds so much to do there there are trails to hike, mountains and ridges to summit and lots of historical sites to explore. Beyond the fact that both films shared a railroad background, rko radios 1935 actioner the silver streak bore no relation to the 1976 gene wilder vehicle of the same name. That dose of reality was so obviously simple, but in its unpredictability, its a brilliant bit of comedy. Silver streak movie then and now walking the tracks. Read the silver streak movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Silver streak is the first of four movies gene wilder and the late richard pryor starred in together. Those who read this blog know we spend a lot of time in the crowsnest pass region of alberta. That models silver streak matches the style tyco used to promote silver streak hoscale slot cars. Rent silver streak 1976 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. It shares the name to another famous railroad movie.
Silver streak 1976 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Rent silver streak 1976 starring gene wilder and jill clayburgh on dvd and bluray. Two men, frank polito and kenny neptune, each of whom had previously worked for mcdonald douglas corp, founded the silver streak trailer co. The silver streak 1934 72 min action, drama the crew of the pioneer zephyr diesel train has only a few hours to deliver an iron lung to an injured man at the boulder dam construction site. A boxoffice smash, silver streak paved the way for the equally successful 1980. With burlington zephyr, sally blane, charles starrett, william farnum. A longer scene of rita and george taking off in the airplane. The crew of the pioneer zephyr diesel train has only a few hours to deliver an iron lung to an injured man at the boulder dam construction site. Silver streak bus time schedule overview for the upcoming week.
The silver streak 1934 tommy atkins, thomas atkins. Caldwell later grabs the detective special that the villian, art dealer roger devereau patrick mcgoohan. Silver streak, a gene wilder movie often fondly remembered, is in fact a rather different film. Research has never confirmed a connection with the movie. While the layout of union station is irrelevant, its interesting that the trains final position would have required it to cross the tracks at a 90 angle more or less and drop down onto the ramp that connects the great hall to the passenger departure area.
Silver streak bus route schedule and stops the silver streak bus direction. Its a comedy that teams up, once again, gene wilder and richard pryor, who were the best things in the big 1977 hit silver streak. Jimi hendrix live at the isle of wight red house hd 0. Silver streak was a good and hilarious movie for scenes and the actors, wilder and pryor. When silver streak was first shown on tv, it had scenes that were not in the home video version, such as. When i became a teenager and discovered girls, trains didnt seem so cool so it took a while for me to rekindle the interest. The silver streak 1934 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. These then pictures from the 1976 movie silver streak arent that terribly interesting and normally wed ignore them as being not worth a report. Silver streak pg comedy, thriller, horror, action, adventure movie 1976 a nutty blend of comedyactionromance in the hitchcock mold, as a book editor and a sexy secretary try to keep one step ahead of a criminal gang on a speeding train. Silver streak 1976 while on a crosscountry train ride, overworked book editor george caldwell gene wilder begins an unexpected romance with an enigmatic woman named hilly burns jill clayburgh. Characters and plot ramble at will, and no matter how high colin higgins script flies, arthur hillers direction remains with feet and hands firmly on the ground. The train crash at the end of the movie was filmed at torontos union station. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing silver streak near you. I keep hoping it will show up on turner classic movies one of these days.
Of course, this applies to the second silver streak the first 1934, the silver streak used the articulated zephyr set for the exterior shots. Silver streak 1976 cast and crew while on a crosscountry train ride, overworked book editor george caldwell gene wilder begins an unexpected romance with an enigmatic woman named hilly burns. Watch silver streak streaming online hulu free trial. George caldwell wilder has a romantic encounter with hilly burns jill clayburgh, an art historians assistant. Silver streak, director arthur hillers homage to hitchcock, teamed up comic funnymen gene wilder and richard pryor in a comedy filled with intrigue, action, suspense, and a memorable train crash at the end. Gene wilder is a book editor who is relaxing by taking a crosscountry train ride. Colt detective special 1st generation fbi agent bob sweet, posing as a vitamin salesman on the silver streak, carries a first generation colt detective special in a waist holster. Silver streak despite the presence of hack director arthur hiller, this hybrid comedythriller works most of the time as pleasant faux hitchcock. Gene wilder jill clayburgh richard pryor gene wilder and richard pryor buy a first class ticket to comedy and murder. Wallys bookie comes to the newsstand and is shot by a mysterious woman, eve joan severance, but, before dying, he drops a priceless coin into daves cigar box till. One of the worlds largest video sites, serving the best videos, funniest movies and clips.
Start your free trial to watch silver streak and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. It stars gene wilder, richard pryor, jill clayburgh and patrick mcgoohan. Watch your purchase on movies anywhere supported devices. However, the serious collector will find a rare tyco f9a diesel that wears cp rails action red scheme with white nose stripes lettered for silver streak offered in canada. There are plenty of good film clips showing canadian pacific railroad equipment, painted for the fictional amroad.
That first silver streak was a pretty cool little b movie with a silly but exciting high speed train trip to deliver an iron lung at the end. Would watch silver streak again if i had it recorded. Dated 70s wilderpryor comedy has violence, cursing, sex. The original zephyr trainset was used for the exterior shots in the film, while interior scenes were filmed on a sound stage in hollywood. After he is thrown off the train by the villains henchmen on numerous occasions, he enlists the unlikely help of a small time thief to outwit the gang. To get the highspeed effect on film the simply halved the speed of the camera. The silver streak staff reserves the right to censor comments that contain inappropriate language, are attacking or could be considered religious, gender, age or racial insults. Fbi agent bob sweet, posing as a vitamin salesman on the silver streak, carries a first generation colt detective special in a waist holster. Purchase silver streak on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Silver streak movie trains magazine trains news wire. Parents need to know that silver streak is a 1976 movie in which gene wilder and richard pryor team up to stop a murderous art thief on a runaway train. Silver streak, movie, 1976 internet movie cars database. Released 1976, silver streak stars gene wilder, jill clayburgh, richard pryor, patrick mcgoohan the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 53 min, and received a score of out of 100 on.
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