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In the early evening of August 21, 2015, the world watched in stunned silence as the media reported a thwarted terrorist attack on Thalys train #9364 bound for Paris -- an attempt prevented by three courageous young Americans traveling through Europe. The 15:17 to Paris follows the course of the friends' lives, from the struggles of childhood through finding their footing in life, to the series of unlikely events leading up to the attack. Throughout...
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A nice, tweedy old English woman disappears from her compartment on a European train. A young woman who wonders why becomes frantic when everyone tells her there never was such a person. A young man comes to her aid and they solve a criss-cross puzzle of espoinage, counter-espionage and attempted assassination.
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At what speed must I live in order to see you again? Takaki is a young man on a journey from Tokyo to reunite with his childhood best friend, Akari. This film travels through three interconnected tales of love and lost innocence that span the minutes and months of their lives. 5 Centimeters Per Second, the speed at which cherry blossoms fall from the trees, reminiscent of the pace of life as our lives intermingle.
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All aboard for 5 of the most fascinating rail journeys in the world. Austrian Rail Explorer: Marvel at spectacular scenery, historic cities and picturesque from Innsbruck to famous Grossglockner. German Rail Explorer: Nowhere else in Europe is there as much railway variety as Germany. The Rhine with its magnificent vistas from Plandamf, to the icy mountain summits. Tibetan Rail Explorer: Ride the newest Chinese train to Lhasa, capital of Tibet, and...
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A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.
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Collection of programs offering a video tour of the United States by rail. See the Colorado Rockies, Lake Louise, Banff; Donner's Peak; the scenic run from Los Angeles to San Diego; the Pacific coastline, the Sierra Nevada Range; Oregon's valleys, rivers, and creeks, the Blue Mountains; Mount Rainier and the Cascade Mountains; the Soo Line, Burlington Northern, and other lines on their way through the upper Mississippi Valley; Shenandoah's diesel-powered...
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An author is looking for a man to play the leading role in the film version of her book when she meets a returning World War II Marine pilot on a train, and she is determined to turn him into the needed character. The stumbling block is that he thinks her books are ridiculous.
14) Shanghai Express
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Marlene Dietrich plays the notorious adventuress Shanghai Lily, who has been jilted by Captain Donald Harvey (Clive Brook). During the Chinese civil war, the couple meet on a train which is attacked by Chinese rebels. Dietrich becomes involved with a rebel leader in order to save the man she still loves.
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Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington, D.C. to L.A. in time for Christmas. Forced to travel by train, he begins a journey of rude awakenings, thrilling adventures, and holiday magic. He has no idea that the locomotives pulling him across America will actually take him into the rugged terrain of his own heart, as he rediscovers people's essential goodness and someone very special he believed he had lost.
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Documentary filmmaker Danny Hart boards a train heading to upstate New York to interview the subjects of his latest project. A chance encounter with a mysterious young woman leads him on a journey of a very different sort, and Hart is forced to leave his complacent life behind for a world in which the line between fantasy and reality is blurred. As Hart tells his story to Detective Martin, he finds himself being questioned as Martin tries to figure...