The Resource The railway man, Screen Australia, (Blu-ray)
The railway man, Screen Australia, (Blu-ray)
Resource Information
The item The railway man, Screen Australia, (Blu-ray) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
Resource Information
The item The railway man, Screen Australia, (Blu-ray) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- Eric Lomax is 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 from the psychological trauma, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Lomax returns to the scene of his torture and manages to track down his captor from the prison camp in an attempt to let go of a lifetime of bitterness and hate. Based on a true story
- Language
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- eng
- eng
- spa
- eng
- eng
- Edition
- Widescreen version.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (108 min.)
- Note
-
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2013
- Based on the autobiography of Eric Lomax
- Label
- The railway man
- Title
- The railway man
- Statement of responsibility
- Screen Australia
- Subject
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- Biographical films -- Blu-ray
- Feature films -- Blu-ray
- Lomax, Eric -- Drama | Blu-ray
- Burma-Siam Railroad -- History -- Drama | Blu-ray
- Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography | Drama | Blu-ray
- Prisoners of war -- Thailand -- Biography | Drama | Blu-ray
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Drama | Blu-ray
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Drama | Blu-ray
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Scottish | Drama | Blu-ray
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama | Blu-ray
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- spa
- eng
- eng
- Summary
- Eric Lomax is 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 from the psychological trauma, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Lomax returns to the scene of his torture and manages to track down his captor from the prison camp in an attempt to let go of a lifetime of bitterness and hate. Based on a true story
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Intended audience
- MPAA rating: R; for disturbing prisoner of war violence
- Language note
- English dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PerformerNote
- Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine, Sam Reid, Hiroyuki Sanada
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1960-
- 1967-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Firth, Colin
- Kidman, Nicole
- Skarsgård, Stellan
- Teplitzky, Jonathan
- Lomax, Eric
- Anchor Bay Films
- Runtime
- 108
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- 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
- Feature films
- Biographical films
- Target audience
- adult
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- The railway man, Screen Australia, (Blu-ray)
- Note
-
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2013
- Based on the autobiography of Eric Lomax
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
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- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- quadrophonic multichannel or surround
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
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- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn881693602
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Widescreen version.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (108 min.)
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 013132617619
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
- BD61761
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)881693602
- System details
- Blu-ray, widescreen; Dolby Digital
- Video recording format
- Blu-ray disc
- Label
- The railway man, Screen Australia, (Blu-ray)
- Note
-
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2013
- Based on the autobiography of Eric Lomax
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- quadrophonic multichannel or surround
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn881693602
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Widescreen version.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (108 min.)
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 013132617619
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
- BD61761
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)881693602
- System details
- Blu-ray, widescreen; Dolby Digital
- Video recording format
- Blu-ray disc
Subject
- Biographical films -- Blu-ray
- Feature films -- Blu-ray
- Lomax, Eric -- Drama | Blu-ray
- Burma-Siam Railroad -- History -- Drama | Blu-ray
- Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography | Drama | Blu-ray
- Prisoners of war -- Thailand -- Biography | Drama | Blu-ray
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Drama | Blu-ray
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Drama | Blu-ray
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Scottish | Drama | Blu-ray
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama | Blu-ray
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Library Locations
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Charleston County Public Library - Dorchester RoadBorrow it6325 Dorchester Road, North Charleston, SC, 29418, US32.874364 -80.060016
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Charleston County Public Library - MainBorrow it68 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC, 29401, US32.7883294 -79.9309573
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Charleston County Public Library - Otranto RoadBorrow it2261 Otranto Road, North Charleston, SC, 29406, US32.963987 -80.047873
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