What was the true story about in the movie unstoppable. Or was it something else that made it to be based on a true story. As fast, loud, and relentless as the train at the center of the story, unstoppable is perfect popcorn entertainment and director tony scotts best movie in years. Expendables 4 2020 special 80s trailer schwarzenegger, stallone, snipes, jackson hilarious. Released in 2010, the movie unstoppable has a rating of 86 percent on rotten tomatoes and was nominated for best sound editing at the academy awards. The taking of pelham 123, which came out in 2009, was a movie about a hijacked new york city subway train. Im guessing that some events in the movie are fake. Unstoppable the story behind the film erin corrado. This is the true story of the movie called unstoppable the runaway train that many people know as triple seven.
Its a movie thats based on a true story, an unthinkable ordeal, one unimaginable act. I just recently bought the movie unstoppable on ondemand, and when was there an unmanned train that was a possible problem. Maybe the kirk cameron army succeeded and convinced facebook that unstoppable wasnt spam. Is a movie about a train with no one on it exciting. Loosely based on a true story from 2001, unstoppable is a tension packed, heartracing juggernaut of a movie about an unmanned, runaway train carrying a payload of highly flammable fuel and toxic waste that is heading straight for the densely populated of stanton, pennsylvania at 70mph. Certainly worth the money but i would have taken unstoppable out and put something like crimson tide in instead. Bethany hamilton unstoppable the film bethany hamilton. How is the movie unstoppable based on a true story. When production was done, hosfelds reallife role ended up on the cuttingroom floor, his character.
The movie used privately owned tracks in ohio, pennsylvania, new york state and west virginia. The film was released in the united states and canada on. Rebecca murray is editorinchief for and has been an approved film and television critic for rotten tomatoes since 2002. Its about a runaway train, supposedly based on a true incident. Was the movie unstoppable 2010 based on a true story. Everything you need to know about unstoppable movie 2010. Unstoppable is part of international ocean film tour volume 7 starting this march, get ticket for events in germany and meet director lieber films. The story revolves around a train that is accidentally sent down the tracks unmanned and the conductors, will colson played by chris pine and frank barnes played by denzel washington have to work together to get the train to stop. Unstoppable may be the least realistic movie based on a true story, ever. The freight train pulls out of a siding with no engineer on board and accelerates to 70 m.
At a pennsylvania rail yard, some clueless workers let an unmanned train get loose. With denzel washington, chris pine, rosario dawson, ethan suplee. Unstoppable is a movie about an unmanned, outofcontrol freight train. With the caboose of scotts taking of pelham 123 barely in the distance, the filmmaker turned to unstoppable, a trainchase picture loosely inspired by a true story and perhaps just a smidgen by runaway train, the 1985 film based on an akira kurosawa script. Everything you need to know about unstoppable movie. Loosely based on a true story, the movie shows is about an exorcism of a young girl who didnt survive it. With an unmanned, halfmilelong freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe. Movies based on a true story netflix official site. The film was the last film tony scott directed before his death. It was, though the movie was not realistic in its representation of what happened. The siege is quite the surprise of a movie which i regard highly in the denzel filmography and man on fire speaks for itself in being one of the great films of the late tony scott. Theres a few creative liberties taken in the film, but they stayed remarkably true to life. The film s plot is based on two train yards on the allegheny and west virginia railroad.
Twentieth century fox denzel washington, right, and chris pine play engineers trying to halt a runaway train in the new film unstoppable, based on a true incident that occurred in ohio in 2001. I was interested in seeing this film since i live in latrobe, pennsylvania. While theres no doubt that inaccuracies will abound it is hollywood after all, it should be at least remotely entertaining. I just watched one of the most thrilling movies i have ever seen. It is loosely based on the reallife csx 8888 incident, telling the story of a runaway freight train and the two men who attempt to stop it. Unstoppable is loosely based on the crazy eights unmanned train incident in 2001.
The thrill of tony scotts unstoppable, in which a runaway freight train. The whole story behind unstoppable when we first started creating it, the director and i had set out to make just a short film, like 12 minutes of me just action surfing. Bethany hamilton on sharing her real story in unstoppable. This friday is the premiere of the movie unstoppable. The true story behind true story based on the real case of an accused murderer and a disgraced journalist, true story reveals that telling the truth can be a slippery concept. Unstoppable 2010 film alchetron, the free social encyclopedia robert duffy unstoppable spot welders. Unstoppable was released in 2010 on friday, november 12, 2010 in 3,100 theaters.
A movie depicting a life of a true serial killer henry lee lucas. One of those days was actually immortalized in the movie unstoppable. Whats the story despite being born with one leg to a singleparent family on the wrong side of the tracks, anthony robles overcomes every obstacle to become an undefeated collegiate wrestling star, threetime allamerican, 2011 ncaa national champion, twotime espy award winner and a national wrestling hall of fame inductee. United states november 12, 2010 nationwide canada november 12, 2010. A lot of people are gonna walk into this film knowing its about the guy who cut his arm off, aron. According to his own confessions, he had killed over three thousand people. Unstoppable movie clips and new images starring chris pine and. The incident involved a csx transportation freight train in the u. The real event took place through western ohio on may 15, 2001. Unstoppable sparks flying at stanton curve bellaire, oh duration. Unstoppable is a journey, based on a true story, that has become the most personal and transparent project i have ever made regarding my faith. The movie unstoppable is inspired by a true life event, and although a good bit of it is historically accurate, the movie does often get factually derailed. Denzel washington and director tony scott teamed up for the fifth and last time for the action thriller about a runaway train loaded with dangerous cargo.
Theres a few creative liberties taken in the film, but they stayed remarkably true. The 2001 incident upon which the movie is based involved a runaway csx transportation engine, which sported the number 8888 not 777, as. Or, maybe kirk cameron lied to his fans, made up a phony story, and created a false controversy in order to promote his movie. Heres a video that covers what really happened that was the inspiration for the movie. Unstoppable 610 movie clip dean escapes the asylum 2004 hd by movieclips. Unstoppable is a 2010 american action thriller film directed and produced by tony scott and starring denzel washington and chris pine. Ten secrets behind the making of unstoppable garrett. Marysville man was inspiration for runaway train movie. This weekends bigbudget blowitallup action film unstoppable, about an outof control locomotive hauling deadly cargo, claims to be based on true events.
The movie is as relentless as the train, slowly gathering momentum before a relentless final hour of continuous suspense. Gangsters, fighters, athletes, serial killers, celebrities and so much morethese films are the best of the basedonatruestory stories. The train company tries a few things, including a derailer, which prompts the man in charge of the derailer to tell the press, son of a female dog wont know what hit him. Yes, the 20th century fox film unstoppable is inspired by actual events, but very loosely.
Tuesdays amtrak accident, however, stopped jon in his tracks. The movie unstoppable was based on the reallife csx 8888, also known as the crazy eights, occurrence. The 2001 incident upon which the movie is based involved a runaway csx transportation engine, which sported the number 8888 not 777, as in the movie. Pennsylvania man lived the drama that inspired unstoppable. Will unstoppable be unstoppable at the box office this weekend. So what were those true events and what rail company was really involved. In terms of sheer craftsmanship, this is a superb film. Read the true story of the incident unstoppable was based on. Together, in hundreds of theaters across america, we will discover with our eyes wide open, that life is stronger than death, good is stronger than evil, and faith is stronger than doubt. The movie unstoppable is inspired by a truelife event, and although a good bit of it is historically accurate, the movie does often get factually derailed. There were 5 other movies released on the same date, including skyline, tangled and helena from the wedding. Inspiration behind unstoppable weighs in on crash youtube. It is the story of a runaway train, and as the poster for the movie boasts, its inspired by a true story. Unstoppable is based on a real runaway train incident from may 2001 when a 47 car csx train left a toledo, ohio rail yard without an engineer and wasnt stopped until it had ran 66 miles through.
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