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    Unique ID Code: 0000016654
    Added by: DVD Reviewer
    Added on: 17/4/2001 14:52
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    First Great Train Robbery, The (UK)

    8 / 10
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    Dazzling, classy, marvellous. It takes your breath away!
    Certificate: 12
    Running Time: 116 mins
    Retail Price: £12.99
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    Synopsis:
    All aboard for runaway action and suspense in this riveting masterpiece from writer/director Michael Crichton! Starring Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland and Lesley-Anne Down, it`s a spine-tingling and suavely performed adventure, based on history`s first train robbery. Filmed by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth, this ingenious and wonderful crime caper delivers mile-a-minute thrills and breathtaking excitement.

    Connery is Edward Pierce, a master thief who conceives a brilliant plan to steal a fortune in gold bars from a railroad payroll car. But to pull off the most daring heist in history, Pierce must join forces with a safecracker (Sutherland) and his own beautiful girlfriend (Down) in a series of intricately-plotted thefts that will test all of their nerve, camaraderie and larcenous skill.

    Special Features:
    Interactive Menus
    Scene Access
    Original Theatrical Trailer

    Video Tracks:
    Widescreen Letterbox 1.85:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital 5.1 English
    Dolby Digital Mono Spanish
    Dolby Digital Mono German
    Dolby Digital Mono Italian
    Dolby Digital Mono French

    Subtitle Tracks:
    French
    CC: German
    Italian
    Swedish
    Finnish
    English
    Spanish
    German
    CC: English
    Dutch
    Danish
    Norwegian

    Directed By:
    Michael Crichton

    Written By:

    Starring:
    Wayne Sleep
    Michael Elphick
    Robert Lang
    Malcolm Terris
    Alan Webb
    Lesley-Anne Down
    Donald Sutherland
    Sean Connery

    Casting By:
    Mary Selway

    Soundtrack By:
    Jerry Goldsmith

    Director of Photography:
    Geoffrey Unsworth

    Editor:
    David Bretherton

    Costume Designer:
    Anthony Mendleson

    Production Designer:
    Bert Davey
    Maurice Carter

    Producer:
    John Foreman

    Distributor:
    Metro Goldwyn Mayer

    Your Opinions and Comments

    8 / 10
    well after the many cut showings on itv i was thrilled to buy a copy of this movie.written by the writer of jurassic park and the director of westworld this is a great crime caper.sean connery and donald sutherland are a good pair of rogues.lesley anne down is lovely as there female accomplice and its still strange to see wayne sleep as a cockney grass.the picture is better than tv prints.but its the sound during the train robbery that truly stands out the whooshing while train enters tunnel is brilliant its been remixed for a dolby 5.1.
    posted by Tony Ferrino on 18/4/2001 19:15