What happened to the train engineers in real life if it was. So what were those true events and what rail company was really involved. Unstoppable is based on a real runaway train incident from may 2001 when a 47 car csx train left a toledo, ohio rail yard without an engineer and wasnt stopped until it. Unstoppable sparks flying at stanton curve bellaire, oh. The taking of pelham 123, which came out in 2009, was a movie about a hijacked new york city subway train. Theres a few creative liberties taken in the film, but they stayed remarkably true to life. Bethany hamilton is rewriting the rules on being a fearless athlete. Bethany hamilton on sharing her real story in unstoppable. Unstoppable is based on a true story that comes out of ohio where we have a lowlevel employee who fails to set the air brakes on a train while changing tracks and the issues that ensue as a result. That said, i immediately forgot i had seen this movie within 20 minutes of the credits rolling. It turns out that the train was eventually brought to a halt in the same fashion the movie attempts, though with certainly less drama. It was the runaway csx train number 8888 that occured in ohio back in 2001 here in ohio and i remember watching it on the news when it was all unfolding, lol. Pennsylvania man lived the drama that inspired unstoppable.
Heres a video that covers what really happened that was the inspiration for the movie. Based on the life of anthony robles, a boy born with one leg, who overcame impossible odds on his way to glory as an ncaa wrestling champion in 2011. It is loosely based on the reallife csx 8888 incident, telling the story of a runaway freight train and the two men who attempt to stop it. It is loosely based on the reallife csx 8888 incident, telling the story of a.
Yes, the 20th century fox film unstoppable is inspired by actual events, but very loosely. Is a movie about a train with no one on it exciting. When production was done, hosfelds reallife role ended up on the cuttingroom floor, his character reduced to a composite. Was the movie unstoppable 2010 based on a true story. Ac4400, movie stunts, ohio southern, stanton curve, bellaire, ohio. This was back when they were filming for the movie unstoppable in.
Champion surfer bethany hamilton joins the hollywood reporter in studio to discuss her documentary unstoppable, sharing her story of losing an arm to a tiger shark at age. This is the untold story of the heart of a champion and her resilience against all odds to become one of the leading. The train was traveling for 66 miles before it was stopped. What was the true story about in the movie unstoppable. Unstoppable is a 2010 american action thriller film directed and produced by tony scott and starring denzel washington and chris pine. Unstoppable is een amerikaanse actiethriller uit 2010 onder regie van tony scott en geschreven door mark bomback. The incident involved a csx transportation freight train in the u. Unstoppable is a surprisingly wellmade action movie. Im guessing that some events in the movie are fake. As fast, loud, and relentless as the train at the center of the story, unstoppable is perfect popcorn entertainment and director tony scotts best movie in years. Theres a few creative liberties taken in the film, but they stayed remarkably true. The film s plot is based on two train yards on the allegheny and west virginia railroad awvr.
Maybe so in the case of the new movie true story, based on the real case of christian longo, accused murderer of his wife and three children. The rail company and true story behind unstoppable. The rail company and true story behind unstoppable posted november 11, 2010 by brandchannel this weekends bigbudget blowitallup action film unstoppable, about an outof control locomotive. He was the engineer who chased after csx 8888 in the real incident, eventually coupling up and slowing that train enough for someone to climb. Will unstoppable be unstoppable at the box office this weekend. Pretty much any movie can be based off a true story, but there are a select few that take reallife events and turn them into cinematic masterpieces. The movie unstoppable was based on the reallife csx 8888, also known as the crazy eights, occurrence. The film is inspired by the crazy eights unmanned train incident in 2001. The thrill of tony scotts unstoppable, in which a runaway freight train. Unstoppable spends little time on the event that brought pro surfer bethany hamilton notice outside of the surfing world the tiger shark attack that. Look, for whatever reason, denzel washington and tony scott love to make movies about trains together, and it pays off this time. Unstoppable is the kind of film that never sounds like its going to be very exciting but after watching it you wonder why it took so long to watch it, its gripping and action packed from start. Read the true story of the incident unstoppable was based on.
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