The Railway Man
I feel naked without my tie!
Based on the remarkable bestselling autobiography, this tells the extraordinary and epic true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War II. Decades later, Lomax and his beautiful love interest Patti discover that the Japanese interpreter responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and set out to confront him, and his haunting past, in this powerful and inspiring tale of heroism, humanity and the redeeming power of love.
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Credits Cast
Colin Firth , Nicole Kidman , Jeremy Irvine , Stellan Skarsgård
Director
Jonathan Teplitzky
Screenplay Frank Cottrell Boyce, Andy Paterson, from the book by Eric Lomax Music David Hirschfelder Cinematography Garry Phillips Editing Martin Connor Sound formats Dolby Digital Soundtrack Available Made in 2013 Produced by Archer Street Productions, Latitude Media, Lionsgate, Pictures in Paradise, Silver Reel, Thai Occidental Productions
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FPB Report (SA) Genre Drama Language Low to mild impact, infrequent Nudity None Sex Low to mild impact scenes of affections (hugging and kissing) Violence Moderate impact, implied, psychological, physical, realistic, justified by context of war Prejudice None Blasphemy None Drug abuse None Comments Material contains complex and mature themes These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB . Read the Classification Guidelines .
ScreenIt Report (USA) Sex / Nudity Violence Blood / Gore / Gross Guns / Profanity Alcohol / Drugs Smoking Disrespectful / Imitative Behaviour Frightening / Jump Scenes Tense Family Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Topics to talk about
CommonSenseMedia Report (USA) Suggested age limit Positive messages Positive role models 16 Violence Sex Language Consumerism Drinking, drugs, smoking
Ratings Scale (Max) 20
South African Media Cape Argus/The Star Theresa Smith 10
Die Burger Riëtte Grobler 10
Cape Times David Rooney 5
International Media Metacritic.com 33 critics 12
RottenTomatoes.com 105 critics 13
RottenTomatoes.com Tomatometer 13
Movie Review Query Engine (USA) MRQE critics 12
CommonSenseMedia (USA) Staff evaluation 5
Internet (IMDB) 8163 Netizens 14
Average .. 52% 10
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