The making of movie silver streak filmed

Silver streak the cinetrains project trains in the. Parents need to know that silver streak is a 1976 movie in which gene wilder and richard pryor team up to stop a murderous art thief on a runaway train. Its amazing how much calgarys skyline has changed since the shooting of the film. The older im getting the more i enjoy his music and respect his enormous body of work. The giggles do arise when pryor enters the fray naturally and the film does pick up at that point, until then its a kind of semi serious murder mystery on a train with a.

The actual building used in the film is known as morgan court, located at 211 madison avenue, one block west and two blocks south of the fictional address. Stir crazy seems to change its mind, halfway through, about the kind of movie it wants to be. The original zephyr trainset was used for the exterior shots in the film, while interior scenes were filmed on a sound stage in hollywood. Trivia for silver streak 1976 exterior shots of the train set in the rural western u. When i became a teenager and discovered girls, trains didnt seem so cool so it took a while for me to rekindle the interest. Torontos historic union station was transformed to stand in for chicagos station of the same name. Find out where silver streak is streaming, if silver streak is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. The fugitive has some really great shots of railroad action, especially in sloooow motion. George caldwell wilder has a romantic encounter with. Pryor walked off the set and refused to return to filming until the scene was changed. Gee, they sure didnt solicit the expertise of any rails when making this movie. Silver streak movie trains magazine trains news wire. Silver skies or what it really takes to be a film director. It stars gene wilder, jill clayburgh, richard pryor, patrick mcgoohan and ned beatty and is directed by arthur hiller.

Publicity for this movie stated that the film was gene wilders first movie for a. So, this piece is going to document the making of a movie with all its ups and downs. And that means, its going to take some time to write. She works for notatallfamous art historian professor schreiner, whos about to give a lecture on a few newly discovered rembrandt letters. I was watching this film classic today and wondering where it was shot. The silver streak is a 1934 film loosely based on the recordsetting dawntodusk run of the pioneer zephyr on may 26, 1934. Given the fact that silver streak was a tribute to alfred hitchcocks thrillers, deveraus patrick mcgoohan death was most likely inspired by uncle charlies death in shadow of a doubt 1943. For the film, the burlington route nameplate on the trains nose was replaced with one that read silver streak. Richard pryor on eddie murphy and his comedy heroes the dick cavett show duration.

Silver streak is much less a comedy than an action movie with occasional comic scenes, one that maybe secretly wishes it were north by northwest. It stars gene wilder, richard pryor, jill clayburgh and patrick mcgoohan. He gets caught up, think hes been framed for murder, meets up with a thief, grover played by richard pryor and ends up on a a runaway train that crashes through union station in chicago. These then pictures from the 1976 movie silver streak arent that terribly interesting and normally wed ignore them as being not worth a report. The shot could not be duplicated for obvious reasons. Heres yet another then and now from the 1976 movie silver streak, a fun little tale of mystery and intrigue on board a transcontinental passenger train. The movie that popped up in my mind when the news came, though, was a different one than those hits. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Hanging out with wilder and pryor roger ebert december 23, 1976.

While the layout of union station is irrelevant, its interesting that the trains final position would have required it to cross the tracks at a 90 angle more or less and drop down onto the ramp that connects the great hall to the passenger departure area. As they indulge in a brief bit of spooning, hilly tells george that her boss is on the verge of exposing a group of vicious art forgers. Runaway train is also a good movie with wilford brimley. See more ideas about vintage trailers, vintage travel trailers and recreational vehicles. My father, a key figure in my early film education and a man im lucky to. In addition to calgary numerous locations, the movie was filmed in various places around alberta, including high river, the drumheller area. Silver streak roars over a hefty overhead truss bridge. Wilder and pryor then teamed up on the comedy silver streak 1976, and later, stir crazy. Hanging out with wilder and pryor interviews roger ebert. Silver streak is an entertaining and in a positive way forgettable movie.

It gives them crazy things to do, like working as performing chickens, but it also gives them interesting characters. Recently, i rewatched this movie and this scene came up. Would watch silver streak again if i had it recorded. George successfully operated the restaurant for 21 years until his passing in 1988. However, with the discovery of some behind the scenes shots taken by excpr employee larry buchan while they filmed.

Silver streak movie behind the scenes off the beaten path with. So then we were making silver streak and there we were doing our own stunts. Silver streak internet movie firearms database guns in. In addition to calgary numerous locations, the movie was filmed in various places around alberta, including high river, the drumheller area, the crowsnest pass region, along with bc, toronto ontario and us locations. In perhaps the movies most famous scene, in the bathroom of a train station, pryors character puts black shoe polish, sunglasses, and a hat to make wilders character look african american and thus escapes the watchful eye of police. It has a pleasant musical score by henry mancini, this great eclecticist of the 20th century. This national historic site of canada was built between 1914 and 1920 and is in much better shape than in the movie. The below youtube clip is a short film about the making of silver streak. Silver streak movie then and now bridge jump off the. The film was based on an original screenplay by colin higgins, who at the time was best. This film marked the first pairing of wilder and pryor, who were later paired in three more films.

Silver streak is the first of four movies gene wilder and the late richard pryor starred in together. Silverstreak 1976 is loaded with romance, adventure, comedy and plenty of suspense. Silver streak 1976 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Most of the train scenes in the movie silver streak were filmed on various secondary lines around the province, but a few scenes, like this one, were taken along the busier main line. Silver streak, the trainheist buddy comedy that marked the first of wilders four. Silver streak was a good and hilarious movie for scenes and the actors, wilder and pryor. Silver streak 1976 while on a crosscountry train ride, overworked book editor george caldwell gene wilder begins an unexpected romance with an enigmatic woman named hilly burns jill clayburgh.

At roughly the oneminute mark, theres a scene involving wilder. Colt detective special 1st generation fbi agent bob sweet, posing as a vitamin salesman on the silver streak, carries a first generation colt detective special in a waist holster. Its a comedy that teams up, once again, gene wilder and richard pryor, who were the best things in the big 1977 hit silver streak. But even if you dont view silver streak through that particular modern lens, the film has major tonal and genre issues. Teresa, his daughter, having grown up in the business, continues the tradition of dedication to good service and good food. At the end of silver streak, the train crashes into the train station in downtown chicago, the chicago and north western terminal. When silver streak was first shown on tv, it had scenes that were not in the home video version, such as. Phillip noyce directed the film, from a screenplay by joe eszterhas. Silver streak was one of my favorite movies growing up. A boxoffice smash, silver streak paved the way for the equally successful 1980 wilderpryor vehicle stir crazy.

He gives it to george caldwell gene wilder, but caldwell drops it while climbing outside the baggage car. The train in the film was a disguised canadian pacific passenger train with an observation car. Silver streak 1976 cast and crew while on a crosscountry train ride, overworked book editor george caldwell gene wilder begins an unexpected romance with an enigmatic woman named hilly burns. Silver streak, a gene wilder movie often fondly remembered, is in fact a rather. Silver streak is een amerikaanse komische film uit 1976.

In this scene two of the main characters leap from the moving train, landing in the waters below. Silver streak, director arthur hillers homage to hitchcock, teamed up comic funnymen gene wilder and richard pryor in a comedy filled with intrigue, action, suspense, and a memorable train crash at the end. Caldwell later grabs the detective special that the villian, art dealer roger devereau patrick mcgoohan. Grover has just told george they have to jump from the train no. Silver streak movie behind the scenes off the beaten.