![]() ![]() Because it’s probably going to be up for a few. The film premiered at the recent Toronto Film Festival and does not have a set release date yet, though I think we can all assume that it will be out in some limited form in time to sneak under the wire for awards consideration. The Railway Man also stars Stellan Skarsgaard, Jeremy Irvine, Sam Reid and Tanroh Ishida. Here’s the trailer, which was just released last week.Īlthough it looks like a film that is probably going to put you through the emotional wringer, it also looks rather fantastic. ![]() Decades later, Lomax discovers that the officer who tortured him is still alive, and sets off to confront him. This time, Firth is starring opposite fellow Oscar winner Nicole Kidman in a film called The Railway Man. Based on his best-selling memoir, the film tells the true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who had been tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labor camp during World War II. ![]() Not that I am bitter about that still or anything. (And, yes, I know he was in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy the year after, but that film was an ensemble of Epic British Talent, not a starring vehicle for him, and it got shamefully overlooked at Oscar time to boot. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.Colin Firth in 'The Railway Man' (Photo: Lionsgate)Who wants to watch Colin Firth probably scoop up some more statues this awards season? Who doesn’t, right?įirth, who’s not really made a big movie since his Oscar-winning turn as King George VI in The King’s Speech, is headed back to a multiplex near you. Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships Lomax suffered for years until, with the help of his wife Patti and the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. During the second world war Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Almost 50 years after the war, however, his life was changed by the discovery that his interrogator, the Japanese interpretor, was still alive - their reconciliation is the culmination of this extraordinary story. Exhaustively and brutally tortured by the Japanese for making acrude radio, Lomax was emotionally ruined by his experiences. He was put to work on the 'Railway of Death' - the Japanese line from Thailand to Burma. A naive young man, a railway enthusiast and radio buff, was caught up in the fall of the British Empire at Singapore in 1942. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. This is the story of a tragic life and a transformed old age. Almost fifty years after the war, his life was changed by the discovery that his interrogator, the Japanese interpreter, was still alive. Despite an outwardly successful life, Lomax was emotionally ruined by his experiences and could never share them with anyone. One of his tormentors was a young Japanese interpreter Lomax never forgot him. The radio was discovered and he was brutally tortured. Lomax helped to build a radio so that he and his comrades could follow news of the war. The most disastrous engineering project in history, it killed 250,000 Allied prisoners and Thai labourers. He was put to work on the Railway of Death - the Japanese line from Thailand and Burma. From the Inside Flap:Ī naive young man, a radio enthusiast and radio buff, was caught up in the fall of the British Empire at Singapore in 1942. Here is the exciting, moving and truthful account. The Railway Man is een sympathiek, keurig, belangwekkend drama dat op de juiste knoppen drukt om te ontroeren. The two arranged a meeting and Lomax forgave him. Wanneer hij met zijn vrienden een radio in elkaar heeft geknutseld, wordt hij betrapt en gemarteld. Fifty years later he discovered that the interpreter during his tortures was still alive. When his captors discovered his detailed drawings of the railway, he was suspected as a spy and tortured for years. A railroad buff since a child, he took strange pleasure in his work as a POW on the Burma-Siam Railroad, which was later the subject of the film Bridge Over the River Kwai. Eric Lomax, a British army soldier, was captured by the Japanese during the Singapore campaign of 1942. ![]()
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