The Resource The railway man
The railway man
Resource Information
The item The railway man represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
Resource Information
The item The railway man represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- Based on an autobiography, this film tells the true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering the psychological trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Accompanied by his best friend, Lomax returns to the scene of his torture and manages to track down his captor, Japanese officer Takashi Nagase, from the prison camp, in an attempt to let go of a lifetime of bitterness and hate
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- spa
- eng
- eng
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (108 min.)
- Note
-
- Title from sell sheet
- Originally produced in 2013
- Based on the book by Eric Lomax
- Isbn
- 0013132617602
- Label
- The railway man
- Title
- The railway man
- Subject
-
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama
- Biographical films
- Burma-Siam Railroad -- History -- Drama
- Feature films
- Lomax, Eric -- Drama
- Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography | Drama
- Prisoners of war -- Thailand -- Biography | Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- War films
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Scottish | Drama
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- spa
- eng
- eng
- Summary
- Based on an autobiography, this film tells the true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering the psychological trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Accompanied by his best friend, Lomax returns to the scene of his torture and manages to track down his captor, Japanese officer Takashi Nagase, from the prison camp, in an attempt to let go of a lifetime of bitterness and hate
- Cataloging source
- BDX
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- Railway man (Motion picture)
- Dewey number
- 791.43/72
- Intended audience
- Rated R
- Language note
- English dialogue; English and Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing
- LC call number
- PN1997.2
- LC item number
- .R35 2014
- PerformerNote
- Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1960-
- 1990-
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Firth, Colin
- Irvine, Jeremy
- Skarsgård, Stellan
- Sanada, Hiroyuki
- Weinstein Company Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc
- Runtime
- 108
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Lomax, Eric
- Burma-Siam Railroad
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Prisoners of war
- Prisoners of war
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- The railway man
- Note
-
- Title from sell sheet
- Originally produced in 2013
- Based on the book by Eric Lomax
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1032487
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (108 min.)
- Isbn
- 0013132617602
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 013132617602
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
- WC61760
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i0013132617602
- (OCoLC)881375241
- System details
- DVD, widescreen; Dolby Digital
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- The railway man
- Note
-
- Title from sell sheet
- Originally produced in 2013
- Based on the book by Eric Lomax
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1032487
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (108 min.)
- Isbn
- 0013132617602
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 013132617602
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
- WC61760
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i0013132617602
- (OCoLC)881375241
- System details
- DVD, widescreen; Dolby Digital
- Video recording format
- DVD
Subject
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama
- Biographical films
- Burma-Siam Railroad -- History -- Drama
- Feature films
- Lomax, Eric -- Drama
- Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography | Drama
- Prisoners of war -- Thailand -- Biography | Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- War films
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Scottish | Drama
Genre
- Biographical films
- Biography
- Drama
- Feature films
- Personal narratives, Scottish
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- War films
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