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The First Great Train Robbery
1978 · Film · 110 min
Directed by Michael Crichton
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
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Some that haven’t been mentioned yet: Matinee, The First Great Train Robbery, Dave, Ghibli movies (Laputa, Mononoke, Totoro, Kiki, …), Mad Max 2, Nightmare Before Christmas, Edge of Tomorrow, Tremors, Godzilla Minus One, Watchmen, The Fly, Dark City, Passengers, Predestination, Strange Days, WarGames, Tron, Timecrimes, Sneakers, The Frighteners.
Second the recommendation. Excellent movie, and excellently played by Sutherland opposite Connery.
Interestingly enough, I think The Great Train Robbery may have been one of the first Michael Crichton books adapted to film? https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0079240/ (check: nope, preceded by both Westworld and Andromeda Strain)
I went on a jog through historical heist films, and there's some amazing older stuff, e.g. Rififi (1955).
The first image I have of Donald Sutherland is his character in The Great Train Robbery, which I think is a mostly forgotten movie which, for some reason, I was obsessed with as a teenager. Later, MASH and Kelly's Heroes, of course. He'll be missed, but his enormous catalog is a testament to his versatility.
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
In which a British gentleman (of a sort) decides to steal the gold being transported to pay British soldiers fighting the Russians in Crimea. Mostly because, eh, it seems like a challenge.
Written and directed by Michael Crichton. Starring Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, and Lesley-Anne Down.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0079240/
The Andromeda Strait is one of the best Crichton books/movies, along with The Eaters of the Dead (skip the movie) and The Great Train Robbery. I also have a strange fondness for Congo, but by that time Crichton had gone crazypants.
I enjoyed the likes of Jurassic Park, Timeline, The First Great Train Robbery hugely. Found State of Fear too much like hard work.
I think I might be similarly disappointed with Fleming if he had held a well publicised stance about equality and women's rights through his career, and then put out James Bond. Course the Bond movies were very different to the books.