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Train Accident | Attempt To Escape
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama | 1986
Best Sound Editing Foreign Feature | 1986
Best Film Editing | 1986
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 1986
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 1986
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | 1986
Best Motion Picture Drama | 1986
Best Vehicular Stunt Feature Film | 1986
Best Edited Feature Film | 1986
Budget 9,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 7,936,012 USD
Danny Trejo was visiting a friend who was working as a production assistant on the set when he was offered a job as an extra. Edward Bunker recognized Trejo because they served time in San Quentin State Prison together. Bunker helped Trejo get hired as Eric Roberts' boxing coach. Director Andrey Konchalovskiy was so impressed with Trejo that he gave him a small role. Trejo later stated that he was staggered to find out that the coaching job earned him $320 per day, which was more than he had ever gotten from a robbery.
Director Andrey Konchalovskiy wanted the film to have the look of a documentary. Director of photography Alan Hume and his camera crew put their cameras in odd and unusual positions in order to give the movie a spontaneous appearance. This was to make viewers feel as if they were looking straight out of the train window, or were hanging off the edge of the locomotive.
Akira Kurosawa co-wrote the original script and planned to direct it in upstate New York. The project was cancelled because the snowstorms were so bad, his crew could not work. Originally, the character played by Jon Voight was a convicted killer, but writer and ex-con Edward Bunker changed him to a safe cracker because he felt the other prisoners would not respect a killer.
The film is dedicated to the memory of Richard Holley. Helicopter pilot Rick Holley was killed in a helicopter crash during filming. According to the Alaska Rails website, "his helicopter hit a power line in the canyon north of Tunnel Section". This occurred on March 9, 1985 and was listed as "helicopter accident en route to Alaska filming location".
In preparing for the role of Manny, Jon Voight spent time with prisoners in San Quentin. He remained in contact with some of them for years afterwards.
"Manny: [after listening to Buck's dream] That's bullshit. You're not gonna do nothin' like that. I'll tell you what you gonna do. You gonna get a job. That's what you gonna do. You're gonna get a little job. Some job a convict can get, like scraping off trays in a cafeteria. Or cleaning out toilets. And you're gonna hold onto that job like gold. Because it is gold. Let me tell you, Jack, that is gold. You listenin' to me? And when that man walks in at the end of the day. And he comes to see how you done, you ain't gonna look in his eyes. You gonna look at the floor. Because you don't want to see that fear in his eyes when you jump up & grab his face, and slam him to the floor, and make him scream & cry for his life. So you look right at the floor, Jack. Pay attention to what I'm sayin', motherfucker! And then he's gonna look around the room - see how you done. And he's gonna say "Oh, you missed a little spot over there. Jeez, you didn't get this one here. What about this little bitty spot?" And you're gonna suck all that pain inside you, and you're gonna clean that spot. And you're gonna clean that spot. Until you get that shiny clean. And on Friday, you pick up your paycheck. And if you could do that, if you could do that, you could be president of Chase Manhattan... corporations! If you could do that. Buck: Not me, man! I wouldn't do that kind of shit. I'd rather be in fuckin' jail. Manny: More's the pity, youngster. More's the pity. Buck: Could you do that kind of shit? Manny: I wish I could."
"Sara: [tearfully] You're an animal! Manny: No, worse! Human. Human!"
