Thomas and the Magic Railroad
by Britt Allcroft
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Actor: Alec Baldwin, Cody McMains, Jared Wall, Peter Fonda, Russell MeansDirector: Britt Allcroft
Brand: Sony Pictures
Producer: Britt Allcroft
Writer: Britt Allcroft
Producer: Barry London
Producer: Brent Baum
Producer: Charles Falzon
Producer: John Bertolli
Writer: Rev. W. Awdry
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Live, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 85 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-10-31
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Movie Review: This is the best movie for Toddlers and Preschool
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading all of the bad reviews for this movie, I almost didn't buy it. I sure am glad that I did because this is a really cute movie!! I truely enjoyed watching this with my son. It is a wonderful movie for young children!! Other reviewers have gone on and on about how terrible Peter Fonda's acting is. To me, I don't see what the big deal is, he is not seen in that much of the movie until the end. And as another reviewer pointed out this is a child's movie. Kids don't care how well he acts... They are only watching to see the trains.
As for Diesel 10, when he first appeared in the movie my 3 year old (only been 3 a couple of weeks)laughed. He did not seem bothered at all until the end when Diesel is chasing Thomas and Lady. Even then, all he did was scream go faster Thomas. So unless you have a really sensitive child, I think that most little ones can tolerate him. Let's face it, there are much worse and scarier villians in other children's programs than Diesel 10.
Several reviews said the plot doesn't make sense or it is all over the place. I just have to plain disagree. It made perfect sense to me. I did not find myself lost as to what was going on at any time during this movie. It does not have your typical Thomas plots that teach a moral lesson with little 4 or 5 minute segments. However, there are plenty lessons to be learned throughout the course of the movie, such as have courage, good triumphs over evil, don't give up...etc... So I am not sure why so many had such negative things to say about "the moral lessons".
I am accustomed to watching movies repeatedly with my son, and I must say that I believe this one will be easier to sit through than some of the others that I have suffered through over and over!! Buy this because it is worth every penny.
Summary of Thomas and the Magic Railroad
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 Sodar has been the realm of enchantment, innocence, and talking trains. The steam engines suddenly find themselves heading for a heap of trouble at the claw of the evil Diesel #10. This one's a totally terrible trainwith devious 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!Thomas, as anyone familiar with the eponymous, wildly popular TV series knows, is a very useful engine, and never more so than in his first theatrical release, which was a modest box-office success. On a tank filled with little more than pluck, determination, and goodwill, Thomas sets out full steam ahead on a danger-fraught mission to help his friend Mr. Conductor. The conductor's stash of magic gold dust has run out, leaving him stranded on the Island of Sodor with Junior, his flaky cousin, and Lily, a little girl enlisted to lift her grandfather out of a funk on nearby Muffle Mountain. When Thomas bravely chugs beyond his hometown tracks' buffers with Lily aboard, he's transported to Muffle Mountain's secret railway and to Lady, a long-lost steamer whose legendary engine makes her more powerful than Diesel, the train-yard bully. Together, Thomas and Lady lead Diesel on a chase that causes a bridge to collapse, taking the dastardly Diesel down with it. Most impressive about the movie is its marquee names: Alec Baldwin works magic as the dutiful worrywart Mr. Conductor, Mara Wilson is Lily, and Peter Fonda plays the cool-looking but lugubrious Grandpa. It's a cast that'll keep put-upon parents watching, if halfheartedly. Thomas fans 5 and under, meanwhile, will wish the actors wouldn't blow so much hot air; they'll want to see their hero a bigger part in steaming up the story line. --Tammy La Gorce
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