Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)

Mr. Conductor's supply of magic gold dust, which allows him to travel between Shining Time and Thomas's island, is critically low. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to get more. Meanwhile,... See full summary »

Director:

Britt Allcroft

Writers:

Britt Allcroft, Rev. W. Awdry (books)

Stars:

Alec Baldwin, Cody McMains, Russell Means

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alec Baldwin	...	Mr. Conductor
Cody McMains	...	Patch
Russell Means	...	Billy Twofeathers
Peter Fonda	...	Grandpa Burnett Stone
Jared Wall	...	Young Burnett
Laura Bower	...	Young Tasha
Didi Conn	...	Stacy Jones
Mara Wilson	...	Lily
Lori Hallier	...	Lily's Mother
Michael E. Rodgers	...	Mr. C. Junior
Edward Glen	...	Thomas (voice) (as Eddie Glen)
Neil Crone	...	Diesel 10 / Splatter / Gordon (voice)
Colm Feore	...	Toby (voice)
Linda Ballantyne	...	Percy (voice)
Kevin Frank	...	Dodge / Bertie / Harold / Henry (voice)

Storyline

Mr. Conductor's supply of magic gold dust, which allows him to travel between Shining Time and Thomas's island, is critically low. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to get more. Meanwhile, Thomas is fending off attacks by the nasty diesel engines. Getting more gold dust will require help from Mr. C's slacker cousin, his new friend Lilly, and her morose grandfather, plus the secret engine he's hidden all these years and couldn't get running.

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Plot Keywords:

magic | steam locomotive | railway | girl | miniaturization | 

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Taglines:

Pulling into theaters everywhere July 2000

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Genres:

Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Hit Entertainment The Magic Railroad Company

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 July 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Thomas, die fantastische Lokomotive

Filming Locations:

Isle of Man

Box Office

Budget:

$19,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,154,932 (USA) (28 July 2000)

Gross:

$15,911,333 (USA) (29 September 2000)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gullane Pictures, Destination Films, Isle of Man Film Commission

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michael Angelis, the narrator for the United Kingdom version of Thomas and Friends was originally cast as the voices of James and Percy. After the American test audiences heard his recording, his part was deleted as it made the characters sound too old. The roles went to Susan Roman and Linda Ballantyne respectively.

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Goofs

In the regular "Thomas and Friends" short stories, puffs of white steam are shown coming out of the engines' whistles when they blow them. But in this movie, no steam comes out when Thomas and his fellow locomotives blow their whistles.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Mr. Conductor: [narrating] Hello. My name is Mr. Conductor, and I'm going to tell you a story about trains.

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Crazy Credits

Special thanks to the people of the Isle on Man and the fairies.

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Connections

References Shining Time Station (1989)

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Soundtracks

"Thomas Theme Song"
Written by Hummie Mann, Susan Ennis

User Reviews

Too Americanised.

Where is the English charm? Why are all of the Engines now American? I watched this movie as I thought it would be a good tribute to Rev.W.Awdrey's life long work. It's not at all. The engines just sound annoying and the plot doesn't work at all. Has Britt Alcroft decided to go behind his back completely. Surely if Awdrey were alive today he would not be impressed at all. I am not a child but I still think that children should be shown a sense of consistency from the TV series. It's a bad film. The Island of Sodor makes no sense. Thomas is a British masterpiece and this film has ruined it. The producers should be ashamed. That's all I have to say.