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UW Cinematheque: The Cannon Canon

Runaway Train | USA | 1985 | 35mm | 111 min. Director: Andrei Konchalovsky

Event Details

Date
Friday, January 30, 2015
Time
8:45 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay
In Oscar-nominated performances, Voight and Roberts play convicts who escape from their wintry Alaskan prison and hop a ride on a barreling freight train without an engineer. The tension mounts as the desperate men realize their situation and attempt to slow down the title behemoth. Russian exile Konchalovsky, adapting a previously unfilmed Akira Kurosawa script, proves himself a master of the action movie and existential drama.
Cost
Free

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