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The Railway Children
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013131222593
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 06, 2003
Running Time: 109 minutes
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1970
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Editorial Review:
Simply and faithfully adapted for the big screen from the classic children's novel, The Railway Children evokes a poignant nostalgia for the period in which it is set--Edwardian England--and for the childhood of anyone who has grown up watching it. Sentimentality reigns, of course, but it's never cloying. The truthfulness of the juvenile performances, balanced with restrained sympathy from the adults, sees to that. Flourishing under Lionel Jeffries' delicate direction, Jenny Agutter dominates as the oldest daughter of a family thrown on hard times when their father is wrongly sent to prison. (She played the mother's role in the 2000 remake.) They avert a train disaster, save an imperiled steeple chaser, and reunite an exiled Russian with his wife, all with equal enterprise. Happy endings prevail after every crisis. And no number of repeat viewings can ever diminish the impact of father's return. One of the most expert tear-duct workouts in film history, it hits the spot every time. --Piers Ford
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - restores faith in people
This is a movie that will restore your faith in people; that they are genuinely kind and helpful to others in need. The good values imparted on the railway children by their parents transend time periods. The values are as relevant now as in 1905.
Rating: - A Charming Holiday in the English Lake District
I first read this story when I was a girl, and was captivated by the Amazons, the Blackett girls, who were adventurous and bold in a very realistic way. The author, Arthur Ransome, had a dab hand with portraying children, and had a life filled with adventure as well, so perhaps he had a flair for that as well. This movie is a must have for anyone with children, and even those who used to be children.
The movie is a faithful recreation of the great strengths os the book, the loving descriptions ... Read More
Rating: - A classic evocation of childhood, with Jenny Agutter as 14-year-old Bobbie; directed by Lionel Jeffries
The Railway Children, at least this 1970 movie version written and directed by that long-time British character actor, Lionel Jeffries, is an unmitigated...classic. It tells a childhood story with great simplicity and charm; the sentimentality is muted; the evocation of childhood adventures is involving; and Jeffries brings cleverness and style to his production.
The Waterbury family is leading an idyllic life in Edwardian London. The father is prosperous, the mother is beautiful and loving, the ... Read More
Rating:  - Victorian Railway Masterpiece
Most of the family will enjoy this, especially if they like Masterpiece Theater movies. This is the style like "Pride and Prejudice" where over time a familiarity and respect develops. This is similar to Disney movies made about 30 years ago. They don't make many like it any longer unfortunately. Three English children are told their father will be away for some time and they must go to the country to live like the poor. They are saddened and yet optimistic there will be new things to see and do. The settings ... Read More
Rating: - Entertaining
My mother read this book to us when we were kids and I am a huge E. Nesbit fan. I was happy to find that this film was faithful to the book, even to those absolutely killing little pure Nesbit comic moments. Of course things had to be a bit compressed (I wonder why they didn't include the part where Perks actually catches Peter stealing the coal) and I suppose they couldn't include all of the children's escapades (like the one withe the canal boat that catches on fire) and Peter's hairstyle is a bit too 70s in ... Read More
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