Since no
one offered to show their favourite film, Morgan
Brown gets to show one of his. He tells us that he normally
watches this one on his birthday, but he forgot this year, so he's making up
for it.
This coming
Saturday (February 1, 7 pm, downstairs at St Barnabas) Margan will show
the BEST EVER TRAIN MOVIE, simply called "The
Train" (1964). It is to trains what "Flight of the
Phoenix" (1965, NOT 2004) is to aircraft (Morgan showed that a couple of
years ago).
The Train is
a classy black and white drama about a train of French art stolen by a Nazi
colonel (Paul Scofield) in Paris and being shipped back to Germany. Burt
Lancaster (!) gets to play the tough French railway man, Paul Labiche, who does
his best to save the art for France, but at what cost? Yes it has
great train scenes (ALL real, no models!), but it is a well-written and crafted
story that makes you think about the cost of war. Yeah, yeah, there's a
bit of a love interest, but we'll skip that. The stunts are all real
(including Lancaster's, done by the man himself).
It has lots
of action, but it is nonetheless a thoughtful movie. Bring a friend or
two. They don't even have to be train buffs!
The Train (1964)
St Barnabas Anglican basement
7:00 p.m., Sat February 1, 2014
Absolutely no charge !
(though you're welcome to bring goodies!)
