Thomas, the fantastic locomotive
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Thomas, the fantastic locomotive |
| Original title | Thomas and the Magic Railroad |
| Country of production |
United States United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK o. A. |
| Rod | |
| Director | Britt Allcroft |
| script | Britt Allcroft |
| production | Britt Allcroft Philip D. Fehrle Mark Jacobson |
| music | Hummie man |
| camera | Paul Ryan |
| cut | Ron Wisman |
| occupation | |
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Thomas and the Magic Railroad (Original title: Thomas and the Magic Railroad ) is a fantasy - children's film from 2000. According to the Railway Series stories of Wilbert Awdry and Britt Allcrofts television adaptation Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends and its American spin -offs Shining Time Station , this will be the franchise's first feature film. The film opened in German cinemas on October 26, 2000.
action
Lily, an 11-year-old girl, accidentally gets on the wrong train and drives to Soldau, a fantasy island with talking locomotives and other strange residents, where she meets the blue locomotive Thomas. With her and some friends, she tries to save the island from destruction by the evil diesel locomotive 10. To do this, she has to find the hidden track that connects Soldau with the real world and embarks on an adventurous search.
production
After the success of the first three seasons of Thomas, the Little Locomotive in the United Kingdom and its offshoot Shining Time Station in the United States, producer Britt Allcroft was planning a movie about the little tank locomotive around 1994 . In 1995, Barry London , then Vice Chairman of Paramount Pictures , approached Allcroft. His daughter was a fan of the television series, and London presented Allcroft with his idea for a feature film. In February 1996, Allcroft signed a contract with Paramount Pictures.
In the summer of 1998 Allcroft visited the Isle of Man after becoming aware of an advertisement from the Isle of Man Film Commission supporting film projects that were being shot on the island. Allcroft thought the island was a suitable location.
In the spring of 1999, Barry London became Chairman and CEO of the new Destination Films production company . This increased his interest in Allcroft's film and made its financial support easier. The film had a total budget of $ 19 million dollars , of which Destination Films half made available.
In contrast to Thomas, the Little Locomotive , the scenes with the models for the movie were shot in Toronto instead of London's Shepperton Studios , as some movie scenes with the cast had to be shot in Ontario , Canada .
One of the goals of Britt Allcroft's film is to merge her series Thomas, the Little Locomotive with his American spin-off Shining Time Station . Didi Conn played the station master Stacey Jones in Shining Time Station and took over that role again for the movie. All other actors were reassigned: After Ringo Starr and George Carlin , Alec Baldwin took over the role of Mr. Schaffner , after Baldwin had already taken on the narrative role for the American version of the fifth season of Thomas, the little locomotive .
Other actors include Russel Means as Billy Twofeathers (played in Shining Time Station by Brian O'Connor), Mara Wilson as Lily , Peter Fonda as Burnett Stone, and Doug Lennox as the antagonist P. T. Boomer . The latter, however, only made small cameos in the final film : The film was presented to a test audience in March 2000, which P. T. Boomer found too scary for children, which is why it was almost completely removed from the film. This changed almost the whole plot of the film, making Diesel 10 the villain and so many scenes no longer fit together as they originally did.
synchronization
The German dubbing took place at Hermes Synchron GmbH in Potsdam under the script and direction of Andreas Pollak.
Although most of the names and sayings were translated as in the series, the island of Sodor was renamed here in Soldau .
vehicles
| role | Original speaker | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas | Edward Glen | Marcel Collé |
| Gordon
Diesel 10 Splatter The bale of straw |
Neil Crone | Norbert Gescher |
| Henry
Dodge Bertie Harold |
Kevin Frank | Wolf Rüdiger Reutermann |
| James | Susan Roman | Vanya Gerick |
| Percy | Linda Ballantyne | Frank Schröder |
| Toby | Colm Feore | Tom Deininger |
| Annie and Clarabel | Shelley-Elizabeth Skinner | Sonja Spuhl |
| lady | Britt Allcroft | Rita Engelmann |
actor
| role | actor | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Narrator / Mr. Schaffner | Alec Baldwin | Thomas Fritsch |
| Patch | Cody McMains | |
| Billy Twofeathers | Russell Means | Kaspar Eichel |
| Burnett Stone | Peter Fonda | Christian Brückner |
| Stacy Jones | Didi Conn | Christin Marquitan |
| Lily Stone | Mara Wilson | Marie-Luise Schramm |
| Junior | Michael E. Rodgers | Kim Hasper |
| Station announcement | Wilfried Herbst |
Original occupation
Originally, Thomas was supposed to be spoken to by the fireman and part-time taxi driver John Bellis , who once picked Britt Allcroft up from the airport. Allcroft found the Liverpool man's voice perfect, but the test audience said he sounded too old, which is why he was replaced by Canadian Edward Glen , who tried his hand at a British accent. Bellis is named as transportation co-ordinator in the credits .
Similarly, Percy and James were supposed to be voiced by the narrator of the British version of the TV series Michael Angelis , but his voice also sounded too old, which is why the two male locomotives got female speakers who gave them children's voices.
Diesel 10 was originally voiced by Keith Scott , but his voice was again too creepy, which is why Neil Crone got the role. Crone initially gave Diesel 10 a Russian accent, but a New Jersey accent in the final film .
| role | original |
|---|---|
| Thomas | John Bellis |
| Diesel 10 | Keith Scott |
| James
Percy |
Michael Angelis |
| Splatter
Dodge |
Patrick Breen |
criticism
“Fantasy adventure that does without digital animation and excessive special effects. The real scenes do not achieve the charm of the trick sequences, but the lovable, unexcited nature of the staging entertains the youngest moviegoers in a pleasant way. "
Awards
Mara Wilson received after 1997 and 1998. In 2001, her third nomination for her role in this film at the Young Artist Awards 2001 as Best Actress in a feature film .
media
On September 29, 2020, Shout! Factory a DVD or Blu-ray for the 20th anniversary of the film , which for the first time contains the deleted P. T. Boomer scenes and interviews.
Web links
- Thomas and the Magic Railroad in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Thomas, the fantastic locomotive in the online film database
- Thomas and the Magic Railroad at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Thomas and the Magic Railroad in the Thomas the Tank Engine Wikia (English)
- Thomas and the Magic Railroad on the Sodor Island fansite (English, archived)
Individual evidence
- ^ About the Magic Railroad. May 7, 2012, accessed August 3, 2020 .
- ↑ German synchronous index | Movies | Thomas, the fantastic locomotive. Retrieved June 21, 2020 .
- ↑ John Bellis. Retrieved on August 23, 2020 (English).
- ^ Thomas and the Magic Railroad. Retrieved on August 23, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Thomas, the fantastic locomotive in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on April 10, 2012
- ↑ Thomas And The Magic Railroad (2000) - Official Trailer (HD). August 13, 2020, accessed on August 23, 2020 .
- ^ Thomas and the Magic Railroad. Retrieved on August 23, 2020 (English).