Full steam ahead to Chicago

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Movie
German title Full steam ahead to Chicago
Original title End of the line
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1987
length 98 minutes
Rod
Director Jay Russell
script Jay Russell,
John Wohlbruck
production Lewis M. Allen ,
Peter Newman
music Andy Summers
camera George Tirl
cut Mercedes Danevic
occupation

Full steam ahead to Chicago (original title: End of the Line ) is an American drama from 1987 . Directed by Jay Russell , who also wrote the script with John Wohlbruck .

action

Railroad workers Will Haney and Leo Pickett work at a plant in Clifford, Arkansas and are friends. Haney's daughter Charlotte wants to remarry Everett, to whom she was already married once.

Haney and Pickett learn that the company they work for plans to invest in aviation. The railway works are to be closed. The friends steal a locomotive they take to Chicago , where the company's headquarters are located. You want to convince the CEO Thomas Clinton not to close the plant after all. It turns out that the decision was not made by Clinton, but by his son-in-law Warren Gerber.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the April 8, 1988 Chicago Sun-Times that the film had "a heart in the right place" but that it needed more cynicism. It is a film that belongs in another, innocent time.

Film-Dienst wrote that the film was "sympathetic, but unrealistic-naive" .

backgrounds

The film was shot in Chicago , Little Rock, and various other locations in Arkansas . It was released direct to video in the UK and Japan.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert , accessed on August 13, 2008
  2. ^ Full steam ahead to Chicago in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed August 13, 2008
  3. ^ Filming locations for End of the Line , accessed August 13, 2008
  4. Release dates for End of the Line , accessed August 13, 2008