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Release Date:
1897 (Turkey) more
Plot:
Another of the Lumiere Brothers' one-shot films, this time showing a steam train arriving at a station... more | add synopsis
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... and here it all started... more (29 total)

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Also Known As:
Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (USA)
L'arrivée du train en gare de La Ciotat (France)
The Arrival of the Mail Train
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Runtime:
1 min
Country:
France
Aspect Ratio:
1.31 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Company:
Lumière more

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Film historians agree that the first public exhibition of motion pictures occurred on 28th December 1895 when Auguste Lumière and Louis Lumière (the Lumière Brothers) exhibited a selection of ten of their single-reel films to a paying audience at a Parisian café. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Superfantozzi (1986) more

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... and here it all started..., 28 January 2000
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Author: alexbyrds from milan

I can' t believe that people that vote everyday recent movies have not seen this. The simplicity of this one shot movie is supplied by the dept of origins pan-focus. Some young people might forget Tarantino & c. for a while, and re-discover the magic of earlier cinema, in a minute only.

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