Jan 09, 2020 what we also got was the legendary comedy pairing of gene wilder and richard pryor, two comedians who would end up making three more films together after this. See more ideas about vintage trailers, vintage travel trailers and recreational vehicles. In perhaps the movies most famous scene, in the bathroom of a train station, pryors character puts black shoe polish, sunglasses, and a hat to make wilders character look african american and thus escapes the watchful eye of police. Find out where to watch, buy, and rent silver streak online on moviefone.
Gene wilder richard pryor silver streak home latest popular trending. However, with the discovery of some behind the scenes shots taken by excpr employee larry buchan while. Silver streak cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Stir crazy seems to change its mind, halfway through, about the kind of movie it wants to be. It stars gene wilder, jill clayburgh, patrick mcgoohan, ned beatty and richard pryor. Silver streak rightfully owned by 20th century fox.
With burlington zephyr, sally blane, charles starrett, william farnum. Gene wilder plays dave, the deaf owner of a newsstand, who hires wally pryor, a blind gambler, to work for him. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our and websites. At the end of the movie silver streak with gene wilder and richard pryor there is a yellow sportscar convertible on display in the station that narrowly escapes the crashing train. Music is by henry mancini and cinematography by david m. Silver streak movie then and now bridge jump off the. George caldwell wilder has a romantic encounter with hilly burns jill clayburgh, an art historians assistant. What happened was, i was reading about buster keaton, gene wilder said. As wilder admitted it was correct, grant then added, i knew it. On a longdistance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train. Jul, 2016 the police waits for mr deveru to come out and then end out with a gun shooting the people sceaming in circles the police tried to stop him we will have to f. Silver streak 1976 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Its a comedy that teams up, once again, gene wilder and richard pryor, who were the best things in the big 1977 hit silver streak. Have you noticed that each time you take ordinary people, say, like you and me, then take them in a situation way above their heads, it makes a great thriller.
Gene wilder was born jerome silberman in milwaukee, wisconsin, to jeanne baer and william j. Train station depicted, final crash in silver streak. At the end of silver streak, the train crashes into the train station in downtown chicago, the chicago and north western terminal. Silver streak movie behind the scenes off the beaten. In the movie silver streak, what is the yellow convertible.
Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Grover drives away in a stolen triumph sports car that was on display in the lobby and george and hilly walk off and want to find a park to stay in. While the layout of union station is irrelevant, its interesting that the trains final position would have required it to cross the tracks at a 90 angle more or less and drop down onto the ramp that connects the great hall to the passenger departure area. The viper shared a serial number style of the prostar, starting with f for taiwan and the rear dropouts faced the floor rather than following the frame contour like the silver streak and senior pro. Read famous quotes from silver streak, 1976, directed by arthur hiller, with jill clayburgh, richard pryor, gene wilder. He gets caught up, think hes been framed for murder, meets up with a thief, grover played by richard pryor and ends up on a a runaway train that crashes through union station in chicago. May 12, 2015 heres yet another then and now from the 1976 movie silver streak, a fun little tale of mystery and intrigue on board a transcontinental passenger train. Like the time he had to stand in exactly the right place for the twoton building to fall on him and he was right where the window was. She achieved international recognition for her role. This is the official facebook page of the 1976 film silver streak, starring. The fugitive has some really great shots of railroad action, especially in sloooow motion.
Plus, watch over 4,500 free movies on vudu movies on us. Duplicolor perfect match premium automotive paint is an easytouse, highquality, fastdrying, acrylic lacquer aerosol paint specially formulated to exactly match the color of the original factory applied coating. Henry mancini hillys theme silver streak, soundtrack by jimpsterz. The train crashes through a cement wall destroying a gift shop, and much of the station. Silver streak comics no 1 comix book movie youtube. Would watch silver streak again if i had it recorded. Rare behind the scenes photos from from the production of one of my favorite movies. A boxoffice smash, silver streak paved the way for the equally successful 1980 wilderpryor vehicle stir crazy. Find out where silver streak is streaming, if silver streak is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Silver streak movie behind the scenes off the beaten path.
Silver streak 1976 bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. Hanging out with wilder and pryor roger ebert december 23, 1976. But even as we all pass youtube clips around of our favorite moments from blazing saddles or silver streak, its not quite the same as sitting in front of a big screen and sharing in wilders comic genius. The movie that popped up in my mind when the news came, though, was a different one than those hits. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. Hanging out with wilder and pryor interviews roger ebert. In this scene two of the main characters leap from the moving train, landing in the waters below. Silver streak 1976 stream and watch online moviefone. A longer scene of rita and george taking off in the airplane. The silver streak is now a runaway train and all folks at the terminal are ordered to evacuate the area. It gives them crazy things to do, like working as performing chickens, but it also gives them interesting characters. However, with the discovery of some behind the scenes shots taken by excpr employee larry buchan while they filmed these scenes, it takes on a whole new dimension.
These then pictures from the 1976 movie silver streak arent that terribly interesting and normally wed ignore them as being not worth a report. Silver streak, director arthur hillers homage to hitchcock, teamed up comic funnymen gene wilder and richard pryor in a comedy filled with intrigue, action, suspense, and a memorable train crash at the end. Silver streak the cinetrains project trains in the cinema. Silver streak is the first of four movies gene wilder and the late richard pryor starred in together. The next time a train does that, will give a massive bang, as i would like to call it, the kamikaze express. When silver streak was first shown on tv, it had scenes that were not in the home video version, such as.
Loud and lively at 90, mel brooks talks about gene wilder. Sep 10, 2005 silver streak was a good and hilarious movie for scenes and the actors, wilder and pryor. It is the first of four films that wilder and pryor would make together. While on a crosscountry train ride, overworked book editor george caldwell gene wilder begins an unexpected romance with an enigmatic woman named hilly burns jill clayburgh. In perhaps the movie s most famous scene, in the bathroom of a train station, pryors character puts black shoe polish, sunglasses, and a hat to make wilders character look african american and thus escapes the watchful eye of police. Aug 30, 2016 the movie that popped up in my mind when the news came, though, was a different one than those hits. The train crash at the end of the movie was filmed at torontos union station. Join us pete wright and andy nelson as we continue our colin higgins series with hillers 1976 train thriller silver streak. Silver streak is directed by arthur hiller and written by colin higgins. During the journey, he has a love affair, witnesses a murder, is accused of committing it himself by an.
Silver streak, the trainheist buddy comedy that marked the first of wilders four. One of the most beautiful scenes in cinema history, and its right inside a comedy. Parents need to know that silver streak is a 1976 movie in which gene wilder and richard pryor team up to stop a murderous art thief on a runaway train. Heres yet another then and now from the 1976 movie silver streak, a fun little tale of mystery and intrigue on board a transcontinental passenger train. The golden age refers to the first cycle of superhero comixs which. Led zeppelin the song remains the same concert, live at madison square garden, new york, 1973. The silver streak is a 1934 film loosely based on the recordsetting dawntodusk run of the pioneer zephyr on may 26, 1934. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Well, he was on the dukes of hazzard season two, episode 16, treasure of. Watch silver streak online stream full movie directv. The cast was headed by charles starrett, who would gain greater fame as the durango kid in a series of bwesterns for columbia pictures. D oh and clifton james, the cop who goes, dont shoot. Grover has just told george they have to jump from the train no.
Silver streak comics no 1 comix book movie is part of the golden age comixs superhero genre. It came as no surprise to film aficionados when, in 1999, entertainment weekly named jill clayburgh on its list of hollywoods 25 greatest. Actually, the silver streak was a 72minute b movie intended for the bottom half of double features or solo at cheaper theaters. Silver streak 1976 while on a crosscountry train ride, overworked book editor george caldwell gene wilder begins an unexpected romance with an enigmatic woman named hilly burns jill clayburgh. Silver streak beautiful cinematography and music youtube. It was directed by arthur hiller and stars gene wilder, jill clayburgh, and richard pryor, with patrick mcgoohan, ned beatty, clifton james, and richard kiel in supporting roles. Wallys bookie comes to the newsstand and is shot by a mysterious woman, eve joan severance, but, before dying, he drops a priceless coin into daves cigar box till. Gene wilder jill clayburgh richard pryor gene wilder and richard pryor buy a first class ticket to comedy and murder. The crew of the pioneer zephyr diesel train has only a few hours to deliver an iron lung to an injured man at the boulder dam construction site. Apr 01, 20 these then pictures from the 1976 movie silver streak arent that terribly interesting and normally wed ignore them as being not worth a report.
Watch silver streak starring gene wilder in this comedy on directv. Movie, silver streak movie,silver streak trailer,silver streak 1976, arthur hiller, gene wilder, jill clayburgh, ned beatty, patrick mcgoohan. There are several ways to distinguish between a viper and a silver streak, one the serial number and two the angle of the rear dropouts. Rent, buy, and watch movies and tv shows with vudu. Duplicolor perfect match, silver streak mica, 8 oz. Silver streak is a 1976 film about a man on a longdistance train trip, who finds romance but also finds himself embroiled in the activities of a criminal mastermind after he accidentally witnesses a murder on board the train. However, with the discovery of some behind the scenes shots taken by excpr employee larry buchan while they filmed these scenes, it takes on a whole ne. With gene wilder, richard pryor, jill clayburgh, patrick mcgoohan. Runaway train is also a good movie with wilford brimley.
She inquires as to if he was riding hobo on the train. Movies tv shows news live fashion learning spotlight. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. Given the fact that silver streak was a tribute to alfred hitchcocks thrillers, deveraus patrick mcgoohan death was most likely inspired by uncle charlies death in shadow of a doubt 1943. One of the repairmen on the silver streak tosses away a cigarette, but in the very next instant he has another fully lit cigarette. When meeting gene wilder after having seen silver streak 1976, cary grant asked him if the script had been in any way inspired by north by northwest 1959. Rating is available when the video has been rented.
Jul 08, 2011 sharon vonne stone born march 10, 1958 is an american actress, film producer, and former fashion model. Find out about all the goofs from silver streak 1976 on imdb. Movie, silver streak movie,silver streak trailer,silver streak 1976, arthur hiller,gene wilder, jill clayburgh, ned beatty, patrick mcgoohan. The original zephyr trainset was used for the exterior shots in the film, while interior scenes were filmed on a sound stage in hollywood. After he is thrown off the train by the villains henchmen on numerous occasions, he enlists the unlikely help of a small time thief to outwit the gang. Silverstreak 1976 is loaded with romance, adventure, comedy and plenty of suspense. One of the worlds largest video sites, serving the best videos, funniest movies and clips. Silver streak movie trains magazine trains news wire. This is the runaway train sequence from the movie silver streak. Watch online or on your favorite connected device with the vudu app.
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