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24 October 2008 (Spain) moreTagline:
Arrive on time. morePlot:
A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 11 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(48 articles)
Brad Anderson adapting The Living And The Dead (From TotalFilm. 8 October 2009, 12:35 AM, PDT)
DVD Review: ‘Fear Itself’ Has a Few Highlights, But More Lowlights
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 28 September 2009, 3:02 PM, PDT)
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Wow! Like a Hitchcock Classic! more (93 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Woody Harrelson | ... | Roy | |
| Emily Mortimer | ... | Jessie | |
| Ben Kingsley | ... | Grinko | |
| Kate Mara | ... | Abby | |
| Eduardo Noriega | ... | Carlos | |
| Thomas Kretschmann | ... | Kolzak | |
| Etienne Chicot | ... | Frenchman | |
| Mac McDonald | ... | Minister | |
| Colin Stinton | ... | Embassy Official | |
| Perlis Vaisieta | ... | Manager Hotel Pushkin | |
| Mindaugas Papinigis | ... | Young Detective | |
| Mindaugas Capas | ... | Military Officer | |
| Visockaite Sonata | ... | Female Train Attendant #1 (as Sonata Visockaite) | |
| Larisa Kalpokaite | ... | Female Train Attendant #2 | |
| Valentinas Krulikovskis | ... | Young Waiter |
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Rated R for some violence, including torture and language.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
111 minColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Germany:16 | USA:R | Singapore:NC-16 | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-15 | UK:15 (cut) | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:MA | Mexico:B15Fun Stuff
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Revealing mistakes: While walking to the old church, even though they are in Siberia in the winter, we do not see their breath when they exhale. moreQuotes:
Grinko: In Russia, we have expression. "With lies, you may go ahead in the world, but you may never go back." Do you understand this, Jessie? moreFAQ
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2008 Sundance Film Festival ★ ★ ★ ★ (out of four)
My favorite movie from the first day of Sundance 2008. Roy (a very young-looking Woody Harrelson) and Jessie (Emily Mortimer) are a young Iowa couple, returning from a church humanitarian mission in China via the Transsiberian Express, where they encounter the much more adventurous Carlos (Eduardo Noriega) and Abby (Kate Mara). Boarding mid-way is Ben Kingsley, who we have learned from the opening scene is a Moscow police detective.
Like a Hitchcock classic, we are grabbed from the start with a feeling that things are not all as they seem, and don't lose that uneasy feeling that something very bad is going to happen until bad things really start happening. The tension is eerie and relentless, with telling glances and social conversation that suggest the relationships between these four are going to take a disturbing turn. Written by Director Brad Anderson (The Machinist), and inspired by a Transibberian trip he once took, the script is inspired and very tight, the characters infused with extraordinary depth and interest, the Russian state a harrowing umbrella and the dialog consistently powerful and compelling. (My favorite line, from Ben Kingsley, goes something like this: "We have a saying in Russia: You can always go forward with a lie, but you can never go back.")
As Anderson said in the Q&A, the confined spaces of trains make for heightened drama. Shot in Lithuania, the cinematography is haunting, capturing the mysterious, bleak and unsettled state of post-Soviet Russia, which makes for a marvelous backdrop to the action.
This movie should do well in national release. Maybe very well.
Sundance Moments: Brad Anderson and all the principals of the cast were at the Sundance premiere. More so than usual, they all praised Anderson as an extraordinary and meticulous director, one of the greats. Ben Kingsley noted that what attracted him to the movie, besides the Russian sub-story, was that the characters were archetypes and not caricatures, which is quite true. Anderson talked about how bitterly cold it was shooting in Lithuania.