Product Details

• Actors: Dinah Sheridan, Bernard Cribbins, William Mervyn, Iain Cuthbertson, Jenny Agutter
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: May 6, 2003
• Run Time: 109 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00008G8LC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,360 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Railway Children" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Family Film Not To Be Missed, December 19, 2004

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Phil Stout - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Railway Children (DVD)

Here's a family film that restores one's faith in movie-making.
There's not a doubt in my mind that this charming story will make you remember a time when movies had pure, unadulterated heart. Jenny Agutter shines as the oldest daughter in a role that could very easily have been overacted. I've seen this movie numerous times since first taking my children to see it when originally released. I'm constantly amazed at the sense of civility and decency one brings away from it. It's a family film about family, and how important (no matter how jaded we think we are) it really is. The lovely Johnny Douglas score is also quite wonderful. And I bet the last scene brings a smile to your face. Needless to say this version of "The Railway Children" is highly recommended. But please don't confuse it with the recent PBS remake, which suffers greatly in comparison.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, poignant, full of meaning and hope, June 10, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Railway Children (DVD)

I've seen this movie 3 times on television and will buy the DVD for everyone I know. From acting to costumes, cinematography to story line, this thing is brilliant. It is literally an antidote to what ails modern living. You can practically smell the grass on the hillsides and the hunger in their stomachs. Perky, the railway man, is a favorite character. The children were cast superbly. Michael Kitchen as the father--perfect. Lest I am too effusive, let me say that I am a huge British Comedy fan and Anglophile, so maybe I'm predisposed to like this film.

Pick a cold day in winter when you need to hear something positive. Make yourself a cup of tea, have some sandwiches ready, and watch this DVD under a blanket. You'll want to do this repeatedly about once a year for several years. Make it a tradition.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Very Best, February 22, 2006

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Paul R. Norton "cutsey-cuddly" (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Railway Children (DVD)

You can forget your big budget sci-fi 'wow'-effect mega-bucks movies. There's really nothing like a well-scripted, sensitively-directed, beautifully-acted film and this one delivers everything you'd want, not just in the children's film genre, but for any kind of film.

After all these years, it's still my favorite movie of all time because it's gentle, no one gets killed or kidnapped by aliens - it's just heartwarming and lovely.

If you have never seen or heard of this movie buy it now, settle on the sofa, preferably with a warm mug of cocoa and prepared to be transported to another time and place where people CARED about one another and paranoia was at least 100 years away.

Here's your chicken soup...