RUNAWAY TRAIN (SPECIAL EDITION) [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1985
• Genre: Action, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Tearing up the tracks at 100 miles-per-hour, Runaway Train features hair-raising footage and spectacular Oscar-nominated performances by Jon Voight (Coming Home, Deliverance) and Eric Roberts (Star 80, Raggedy Man). Manny (Voight) is the toughest convict in a remote Alaskan prison who, along with fellow inmate Buck (Roberts), makes a daring breakout. Hopping a freight train, they head full-steam for freedom, but when the engineer dies of a heart attack, they find themselves trapped, alone and speeding towards certain disaster. Until they discover a third passenger, beautiful railroad worker Sara (Rebecca De Mornay, Risky Business, The Trip to Bountiful), who’s just as desperate and just as determined to survive as they are. Beautifully shot by Alan Hume (For Your Eyes Only), with top-notch direction by Andrei Konchalovsky (Siberiade, Tango & Cash) and based on a screenplay by the legendary Akira Kurosawa (The Seven Samurai). Co-starring John P. Ryan (Cops and Robbers, Avenging Force) and Kenneth McMillan (True Confessions, Ragtime). Nominated for three Oscars, including Best Actor in a Leading Role (Voight), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Roberts) and Best Film Editing (Henry Richardson).
• Cast: Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, Kyle T. Heffner, John P. Ryan, T.K. Carter, Kenneth McMillan, Stacey Pickren, Walter Wyatt, Edward Bunker, Reid Cruickshanks, Dan Wray, Michael Lee Gogin, John Bloom, Hank Worden, John Otrin, Norman Alexander Gibbs, Dennis Ott, Don Pugsley, John Fountain, Wally Rose, Danny Trejo, Big Yank, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Dana Belgarde, Diane Erickson, Larry John Meyers, Don MacLaughlin, Vladimir Bibic, William Tregoe, Loren Janes, Obie Weeks, John-Clay Scott, Robert M. Klempner, Carmen Filpi, Phillip Earl, Tom Keenan, Tony Epper, Jerry Brainum, Duey Thomasick, John K. Anderson, Dick Durock, Dennis Franz, Jean Malahni, Charlie Messenger, John Richard Petersen, Benjamin Rivera, Kerry Shale, Marshal Silverman, Harris D. Smithe, David Stompro, Andrei Konchalovsky, Djordje Milicevic, Paul Zindel, Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima, Hideo Oguni
• Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
• Runtime: 1:51
• Company: The Cannon Group, Inc., Kino Lorber, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Kino Lorber Studio Classics
• Media Format: Movie