The great train robbery is a entertaining mess that held my attention for its 12 minute run time. Tv series episode entitled the riddlers false notion, silent film star francis x. The great train robbery 1903 there was this train robbery and it was great. Nonviewing print was acquired for lcs national film preservation tour, featuring titles from the national film registry. They take all the money and shoot a passenger when trying to run away. So, a train pulling up and people disembarking was a fascinating effect. Sure, for a film thats 117 years old, is pretty good, and it inspired lots of directors, but i didnt get into it as much as other people and for me, its just ok. Watch films by luis bunuel and salvador dali, charlie chaplin, dziga vertov, d. Porter created film history when he completed the sequences for the great train robbery, released in 1903 but based on an 1896 story by scott marble. While the story seems simple what makes the great train robbery so important is the context in which the film was made, both historically and structurally. The great train robbery 1903, one of the first westerns filmed on the east coast in new jersey not in hollywood, was a 12minute dramatic film. I just noticed a clip from my edit of this film in episode 2 of mark. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the great train robbery 1903 near you. Greatly influenced by the british film daring daylight robbery 1903 it introduced many.
The daring daylight robbery was especially of influence, as was, it is said by historians, a 1903 film called the robbery of the mail coach. The great train robbery 1903 film wikimili, the best. All cast gave very accurate performances of the people they were portraying. The great train robbery 1903 full complete original film on. Greatly influenced by the british film daring daylight robbery 1903 it introduced many new cinematic techniques cross. In 1996 during an arthur episode, the film was remade, but had background. I just saw the great train robbery in its entirety for the first time and i was truly amazed.
Porter, the 12minutelong silent film, the great train robbery 1903, was the first narrative movieone that told a story. The great train robbery is also based on a play of the same title by scott marble. Barnes in the great train robbery 1903 the great train robbery 1903. The great train robbery 0 hours and 11 minutes movie among the earliest existing films in american cinema notable as the first film that presented a narrative story to tell it depicts a group of cowboy outlaws who hold up a train and rob the passengers. There are aspects which i find quite impressive for its time tho. The film used a number of thenunconventional techniques, including composite editing, onlocation. The great train robbery silent film analysis 1251 words. The first great train robbery, a 1978 film, released in the u. Among the earliest existing films in american cinema notable as an early film to. The great train robbery 1903 letterboxd your life in film. First movie in the worldthe great train robbery 1903 how. Including some of the most important films ever made. Santa clarita valley for location shooting in and after 1910. The great train robbery, a 1941 american lowbudget crimewestern.
The great train robbery film by porter 1903 britannica. It told a simple story of a group of western criminals who steal money from a train. Narrative cinemas first truly discernible example is the western film the great train robbery 1903, which expanded the length, and laid the groundwork for how motion pictures would visually tell stories. Full praise, as always, to luke evans as bruce reynolds the mastermind behind the great train robbery. Based partly on the play, the great train robbery, by scott marble. In the last episode of season three of breaking bad, the closing scene is of jesse pinkman pointing his gun at the. In 1903, an employee of thomas edisons motion picture company produced a first movie in the world. The great train robbery is a 1903 american silent short western film written, produced, and. From the very beginning the great train robbery is off to a dramatic start. Filmed in november 1903 at edisons new york studio, at essex county park in new jersey, and along the lackawanna railroad and released in december 1903, the great train robbery is considered to be one of the first significant early us narrative films. O ne of the earliest blockbusters, this film is a legend in the history of cinema. Mar 26, 2016 the great train robbery 1903 posted on march 26, 2016 by travis this movie, along with a trip to the moon, are the two earliest films on the 1001 list and are the only films that come before the griffith era, when birth of a nation radically redefined the medium of film and set the rules for what a movie would look like. Filmed during november 1903 at edisons new york studio, in essex county park in new jersey south mountain reservation and along the lackawanna railroad.
During the silent screen era three actors achieved great popularity as stars of westerns. Its hard to believe that the film is over 100 years old. We do not know the gross or net this picture made for edison. The great train robbery 1903 cast and crew cast photos. The film begins with two masked robbers bursting into a railroad station office, and binding and gagging the railway dispatcher. At twelve minutes long, the great train robbery is considered a milestone in film making. A little girl discovers the clerk tied and gives notice to the sheriff, who at once goes along with his men hunting the bandits. The clerk at the train station is assaulted and left tied by four men, then they rob the train threatening the operator. This is the longest and most comlpete version of the film available. Seriously, this film is often listed as the first movie with a plot or the first movie, period, neither of which isnt true at all. Comprising 14 separate shots of noncontinuous, nonoverlapping action, the film contains an early example of parallel editing, two credible back, or rear. It was a primitive onereeler action picture, about 10 minutes long, with 14scenes, filmed in november 1903 not in the western expanse of wyoming but on the. The great train robbery is a 1903 american silent short.
Personally, my favorite silent film to date is sherlock jr. At ten minutes long, it is considered a milestone in film. Produced by thomas edison but directed and filmed by edison company employee edwin s. Porter, who had previously worked for thomas edison as a cameraman, takes the plot from a story based on a real train robbery, written by scott marble in 1896. The great train robbery is a 1903 american western film written, produced, and directed by edwin s. A nagy vonatrablas 1903ban keszult amerikai nemafilm, kezi szinezesu.
But how does it hold up no pun intended for the modern viewer. The great train robbery was one of the earliest silent films, made in 1903. Griffith, alfred hitchcock, sergei eisenstein, fritz lang, f. No sooner does the conductor leave than they fall upon the operator, bind and gag him, then hastily depart to catch the moving train. The great train robbery 1903 full movie silent film. Porters the great train robbery 1903 is widely acknowledged to be the first narrative film to have achieved such continuity of action. Wherever it ends up in the fact books, this film changed the motion picture industry and our perceptions of it, forever. The great train robbery, a 1903 american silent film directed by edwin s. The short film the great train robbery is available for free download at the. The great train robbery 1903 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Silent era home page psfl the great train robbery 1903 a growing source of silent era film information. Two masked robbers enter and compel the operator to set the signal block to stop the approaching train, also making him write a fictitious order to the engineer to take water at this station, instead of at red lodge, their regular watering stop. Jan 27, 2020 the great train robbery is a 1903 american silent short western film written, produced, and directed by edwin s. The great train robbery is a 1903 american silent short western film written, produced, and directed by edwin s. The great train robbery 1903 silent film internet archive. One of the milestones in film history was the first narrative film, the great train robbery 1903, directed and photographed by edwin s. Before porters film, audiences were used to primitive cinematic depictions of actual life, such as people riding subway trains or walking down a sidewalk. The great train robbery 1903 the movie database tmdb. Oct 14, 2016 at twelve minutes long, the great train robbery is considered a milestone in film making.
Porter in 1903 is frequently acknowledged as the first narrative film. Filmed in november 1903 at edisons new york studio, at essex county park in new jersey, and along the lackawanna railroad and released. Twelve minutes was an achievement in length back in 1903, and so was the groundbreaking editing of this movie, as well as how it was all shot on real. The film used a number of thenunconventional techniques, includi. The great train robbery followed a recently created genre of crime and chase films begun in england. The great train robbery is a 1903 american western film directed by edwin s. N early 100 years old, the great train robbery is arguably the first narrative film in history. Action movies have come a long way, and one of the earliest ones ever made, the great train robbery, remains a classical piece of entertainment that offers plenty in only twelve minutes. The great train robbery, a 1903 american silent short western film. See more ideas about the great train robbery, train and sean connery. Though a western, it was filmed in milltown, new jersey. Previous post previous the great train robbery 1903 a silent film.
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