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Overview
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Writer:
Colin Higgins (writer)
Release Date:
3 December 1976 (USA)
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Tagline:
It's the Most Hilarious Suspense Ride of Your Life!
Plot:
On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 2 nominations
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(8 articles)
How To Cinematically Fall Off the Grid
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 29 November 2009, 8:06 PM, PST)
Birthday Suits: Deserve's Got Nothin' To Do With it
(From FilmExperience. 22 November 2009, 10:47 AM, PST)
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 29 November 2009, 8:06 PM, PST)
Birthday Suits: Deserve's Got Nothin' To Do With it
(From FilmExperience. 22 November 2009, 10:47 AM, PST)
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fast track to fun
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gene Wilder | ... | George Caldwell |
 | Jill Clayburgh | ... | Hilly Burns |
 | Richard Pryor | ... | Grover Muldoon |
 | Patrick McGoohan | ... | Roger Devereau |
 | Ned Beatty | ... | Bob Sweet |
| Clifton James | ... | Sheriff Oliver Chauncey |
| Ray Walston | ... | Mr. Edgar Whiney |
| Stefan Gierasch | ... | Prof. Schreiner / Johnson |
| Len Birman | ... | Chief Donaldson |
| Valerie Curtin | ... | Plain Jane |
| Lucille Benson | ... | Rita Babtree |
| Scatman Crothers | ... | Ralston |
 | Richard Kiel | ... | Reace |
 | Fred Willard | ... | Jerry Jarvis |
| Delos V. Smith Jr. | ... | Burt (as Delos V. Smith) |
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114 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
West Germany:12 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG |
Singapore:PG |
Iceland:12 |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia)
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Originally meant to be filmed in the United States; however, the National Rail Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) was fearful of adverse publicity and refused to cooperate. As a result, the producers were forced to work with the Canadian Pacific Railway, using thinly disguised CPRail equipment and shooting exteriors along the CP Rail right-of-way.
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Continuity: While the characters are supposedly hanging out the right side of the train, attempting to uncouple two cars, they are not visible in a helicopter shot showing the train entering the yard.
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[Grover had just rammed a dozen police cars]
Sheriff Chauncey: Hello, Car 36, what the hell happened to you guys?
Grover Muldoon: [into the radio] Hey Chauncey, this is Grover T. Muldoon. You wanna know what happened? We just whooped your ass. We whooped your ass. Ha ha ha!
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Sheriff Chauncey: Hello, Car 36, what the hell happened to you guys?
Grover Muldoon: [into the radio] Hey Chauncey, this is Grover T. Muldoon. You wanna know what happened? We just whooped your ass. We whooped your ass. Ha ha ha!
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Featured in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000) (TV)
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If you can get through the meandering first 15 minutes, you should enjoy the rest of this adventure comedy. Wilder is heading from LA to Chicago by train when he falls into a fling with Clayburgh. During foreplay he sees her boss outside the window, falling off the train. She doesn't believe him, and when he tries to look into it further, he's chucked off the train as well...but alive. He finds his way back to the train with the help of crack-up wacko farm lady Benson. More problems ensue when he catches up with Clayburgh as the killers reveal themselves. Pryor is later thrown into the mix as a good-hearted thief who helps Wilder in his quest. For 1976, this was pretty well advanced in terms of racey dialogue and stunts, and still holds up nicely today. The most memorable thing is Wilder's classic line when falling off the train. Sadly, you're reminded of the age of the film because of so many of the cast members that have died, and how it makes you think that others probably aren't far off. But it also makes you think of how great they all were as an ensemble that provided a good amount of laughs and suspense.