| | | Little Engines CAN Do Big Things...
Features: DVD, Dolby Surround Sound, Aspect Ratio 1.33:1
All aboard for fun-fueled adventure in Thomas the Tank Engine's first film ever, starring Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson and Alec Baldwin. For as long as anyone can remember, the island of Sodor has been the realm of enchantment, innocence, and talking trains. The steam engines suddenly find themselves
headed for a heap of trouble at the claw of the evil Diesel #10. This one's a totally terrible train with sinister plans to dominate the other engines by finding and crushing their dwindling supply of magical gold dust. Lily (Mara Wilson) has a hunch that her grandfather (Peter Fonda) holds the key to rescuing the little trains in his workshop on Muffle Mountain. She meets up with Mr. Conductor (Alec Baldwin), and along with a caboose of colorful characters they return the sparkle to their island!
Editor's Note
Eleven-year old Lily (Mara Wilson) sets off to see her grandpa (Peter Fonda), but she ends up on the wrong train. Lily meets Mr. Conductor (Alec Baldwin), who lives in the town of Shining Time. Mr. Conductor uses magic gold dust to visit the Island of Sodor and Thomas the Tank Engine and the Magic Railroad. When Lily arrives, Thomas is having problems with Diesel 10, a renegade diesel engine, and Mr. Conductor is running out of the magic dust. But all will be well if Lady, a missing golden engine, can be found. In the meantime, Grandpa has an engine hidden away in the mountain. Could it be Lady? Will Mr. Conductor find more magic gold dust? And will Thomas again be the number one hero of the Magic Railroad?In the early 1980s, Britt Allcroft found Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends in the Reverend W. Awdry's THE RAILWAY SERIES and brought them to television. Now--aiming at an audience of children between 3 and 7 years old--Allcroft transfers Thomas and his friends to the big screen, and she uses all manner of special effects in capturing the storybook feel of the original stories.
Plot Summary
Based on the television show THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE & FRIENDS, this directorial film debut from writer and producer Britt Allcroft features new animation techniques that combine talking trains with live-action actors. THOMAS AND THE MAGIC RAILROAD is about a young girl named Lily (Mara Wilson) who takes it upon herself to save the tank trains such as Thomas (Edward Glen), living on the magical Island of Sodar, from bully trains like Deisel 10, Splotch, and Splatter.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selections | | DVD-Rom: Direct Weblink | | Theatrical Trailers | | Talent Files | | Additional Language: Spanish | | Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Deleted Scene: "Sundae Surprise!" | | Digitally Mastered Audio & Video | | Audio: English 5.1 (Dolby Digital) and 2-Channel (Dolby Surround) | | Full Screen Presentation |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 3/23/2004 |
| Running Time: 84 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2000 | | Catalog ID: 5426 | | UPC: 00043396054264 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.33:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Alec Baldwin | | Cody McMains | | Didi Conn | | Mara Wilson | | Michael E. Rodgers | | Peter Fonda | | Russell Means | | Mark Jacobson - Co-Producer | | Luis M. Sequeira - Costume Design | | Paul Ryan - Director of Photography | | Ron Wisman - Editor | | John Bertolli - Executive Producer | | Nancy Chapelle - Executive Producer | | Barry London - Executive Producer | | Brent Baum - Executive Producer | | Charles Falzon - Executive Producer | | Hummie Mann - Music By | | Mike O'Donnell - Original "Thomas" Music And Songs By | | JNR Campbell - Original "Thomas" Music And Songs By | | Phil Fehrle - Producer | | Britt Allcroft - Producer, Writer & Director | | Oleg Savytski - Production Design | | Bill Neil - Visual Effects Supervisor |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Baldwin's brio makes him as big as the smiling trains in the fantasy railroad yard..." 07/26/2000 p.E3Los Angeles Times
"...Baldwin looks like he's having a lot of fun....Britt Allcroft deserves all the honors she's received over the years for cultivating Thomas' archives..." 07/26/2000 p.C5 Entertainment Weekly
"...The movie's true star is Diesel 10, an evil engine who terrorizes his fellow trains with his giant claw, Pinchy. He's a gas..." 05/02/2003 p.60 |
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