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:

Little Engines CAN Do Big Things...

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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

In one of the trailers, P. T. Boomer can be seen falling off of Diesel 10 at the viaduct, a rod can be seen connected to Thomas' coupler, and Thomas and Diesel 10 have different voices.

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Goofs

Toby tells his friends that he won't have to worry about being harmed by Diesel-10 because "I'm an old engine, and so he thinks I'm really useless". Yet when D-10 hears Toby's bell, he exclaims, "It's the old teapot! Smash him!"

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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

During the opening credits, the actors' names and the film's title are formed by gold dust. When Thomas' credit appears, he is seen puffing across the bottom of the screen.

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Connections

Featured in Hagan Reviews: Aftermath/Thomas the Magic Railroad Double Review (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Working on the Railroad"
& "Old MacDonald"
performed by Neil Crone

User Reviews

Flawless

This film was seriously one of my favourite films as a child. I'm extremely tempted to torrent it just for the nostalgia value. It's legendary. Better than any Thomas the Tank film before or since. It's Thomas the mother-flipping Tank, people. If you're reading this review, stop reading it and go and watch this film. As for the rest of this review, I just need to enter another 5 or so lines of text, so I might as well write about my day. I woke up, watched Tintin (the original cartoon, not the film), had a bath, and right about now I'm watching Miracle on 34th Street and needing something to eat. And I still need another line? Well, okay. I think that's about right.