Runaway Train (1985)

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I Love Touring Paris - the Fifteenth Arrondissement

The fifteenth arrondissement is located in southwest Paris on the Left Bank of the Seine River. Its land area slightly exceeds 3.2 square miles (a tad over 8.5 square kilometers). It is the most populous of the twenty arrondissements, weighing in at over two hundred twenty five thousand residents and provides almost one hundred fifty thousand jobs.

The Gare Montparnasse is one of six large Parisian railway stations. It first opened in 1840 and was expanded only a few years later. In 1895 a runaway train rode through a two foot (sixty centimeter) wall, left the premises, and toppled onto the street thirty feet (ten meters) below. The train finished this wild tour on its nose, as shown on the cover of the Lean Into It album produced by the hard rock group Mr. Big. No passengers were killed in this grand voyage, but several were injured and a passerby was killed.

On August 25, 1944 the German military governor of Paris, General von Choltitz, surrendered to the French General Philippe Leclerc at the old Montparnasse train station. Happily enough von Cholitz disobeyed Adolf Hitler's direct order to destroy the city as dramatized in the 1966 Franco-American movie Is Paris Burning?. This movie was disappointing at the box office, perhaps because it was hard to follow for those unfamiliar with the ins and outs of the French Resistance.

Twenty-five years later this historic station was torn down and replaced with the Tour Montparnasse (Montparnasse Tower) at the time Europe's tallest building. Two years after it was built skyscrapers were banned in central Paris, but... Do you remember Guy de Maupassant's joke about the Eiffel Tower restaurant (if not, see our article on the Seven Arrondissement)? They make the same joke about the Montparnasse Tower.

In 1995 the French urban climber, Alain "Spiderman" Robert, climbed to the top of the building using only his bare hands and feet and no safety devices whatsoever. (Don't try this at home kids.) He started his fabulous career at the tender age of twelve when he was accidentally locked out of the family's eighth-floor apartment. Alain continued learning his trade in the French Alps. He suffers from vertigo, a type of dizziness, from two accidents. And yes, he has also climbed the Eiffel Tower as well as many other skyscrapers over the world. For a change of pace he climbed the Golden Gate Bridge.

La Ruche (The Beehive) is a weird-looking three-story circular structure that resembles a gigantic beehive more than human living quarters. It was designed by Gustave Eiffel as a temporary wine rotunda for the Exposition Universelle (Universal Exposition) of 1900. You know what other temporary building he designed. The French sculptor Alfred Boucher had the building dismantled and re-erected as inexpensive artist studios that attracted the usual group of hangers-on as well. Can you imagine living in Paris surrounded by artists and paying almost no rent? Admittedly La Ruche wasn't the Champs Elysees but not everyone's idea of Paris is the Champs Elysees. It was near a famous canteen described in our companion article on the fourteenth district.

The list of its former residents includes many of the greatest painters and artists of the early Twentieth Century. This historic complex came close to being "redeveloped" in the early 1970s but was saved and is still used as art studios. Only the exterior is available for general viewing and you should really stop by. The Musee du Montparnasse (Montparnasse Museum) on the site of the old canteen contains quite a collection from the Ruche's days of glory. It is just over the border in the fourteenth arrondissement.

Front de Seine (also known as Beaugrenelle) is a mixed commercial and residential highrise development along the Seine River. The complex includes about twenty three-hundred feet (one-hundred meter) buildings constructed around an elevated esplanade paved with frescoes that are only visible from the upper floors. I know where I'd rather live.

Aquaboulevard is Europe's largest aquatic indoor recreational park. Water lovers will find waves, slides, and swimming pools. The site boasts tennis and squash courts, and a fitness center. If you are not in an athletic mood or have finished your workout there are seven restaurants and a fourteen-screen movie theater on site. Enjoy yourself.

The giant Palais des Sports (Sports Palace) hosts hockey and basketball games as well as large-scale musicals and rock concerts. Don't confuse this building with the Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy in the twelfth district across Paris. Given Parisian traffic, if you go to the wrong one you'll likely miss your show. This 1960 building was used as a detention center in the Paris massacre of 1961 during the Algerian War of Independence.

I have a confession to make. Until recently I was under the impression that Paris was home to a single still functioning vineyard, one outside this district. Live and learn. The village of Vaugirard was known for its wines, exported as far back as 1453 at the end of the Hundred Years War. After 1786 when toll walls were built around Paris the city residents crossed them on Sundays and holidays to drink Vaugirard wine, eat strawberries and peas, and dance to the sound of fiddles, musettes, and oboes. I'm reminded of the Goose That Laid The Golden Egg when I read that the money-grubbing winegrowers of Vaugirard replaced their wines with a new stock that yielded much more wine, but of a lower quality. The consumers weren't fooled for very long. By 1810 Vaugirard saw its last vineyard. The last until 1985 when the Clos des Morillons vineyard in the Parc Georges Brassens was replanted with seven hundred Pinot Noir vines. Each vine yields on average about 2.2 pounds (one kilo) of grapes in September or October. The following summer you can enjoy the wine, said to be fairly good.

Of course you don't want to tour Paris without sampling fine French wine and food. In my article I Love French Wine and Food - A Burgundy Aligote I reviewed such a wine and suggested a sample menu: Start with Jambon Persille (Ham in Parsleyed Aspic). For your second course savor Rable de Lievre a la Piron (Saddle of Hare with Shallots and White Wine). And as dessert indulge yourself with Mousse au Chocolat (Chocolate Mousse.) Your Parisian sommelier (wine steward) will be happy to suggest appropriate wines to accompany each course.


About the Author

Levi Reiss has authored or co-authored ten books on computers and the Internet, but to be honest, he would rather just drink fine German, Italian, or other wine, accompanied by the right foods and the right people. He knows what dieting is, and is glad that for the time being he can eat and drink what he wants, in moderation. He teaches various and sundry classes in computers at an Ontario French-language community college. Visit his Italian travel, wine, and food website www.travelitalytravel.com and his Italian wine website www.theitalianwineconnection.com .

Runaway Train - (Movie Review) 1985

Runaway Train [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] This is the original soundtrack to the film Runaway Train, composed and conducted by Trevor Jones. Tracks: Jailbreak, Moving On, Destination Unknown, Clear the Tracks, Reflections, Runaway Train, Prison Memories, Yellow Rose of Texas, Collision Course, Past Present...Future?, Red for Danger, Gloria, End of the Line....

The 1 $44.99 Track Listings 1. Simple Life 2. The One 3. Sweat It Out 4. Runaway Train 5. Whitewash County 6. The North 7. When a Woman Doesn't Want You 8. Emily 9. On Dark Street 10. Understanding Women 11. The Last Song...

Runaway Train $14.98 Manny (Jon Voight) is the toughest convict in a remote Alaskan prison who along with fellow inmate Buck (Eric Roberts) makes a daring breakout. Hopping a freight train they head full-steam for freedom but when the engineer dies of a heart attack they find themselves trapped alone and speeding toward certain disaster. Until that is they discover a third passenger a beautiful railroad worker (Rebecc...

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Death Train $8.38 A runaway train barrels through the Mexican countryside, and the only hope for its passengers is a special agent with one gun and a whole bag of tricks in this pulse-pounding effort from low-budget action king Yossi Wein. A band of escaped prisoners have armed themselves and boarded a train, and it's only a matter of time before they begin to execute the frightened passengers. As the high-speed train thunders across the countryside, the safety of everyone on board lies in the hands on one man -- Special Agent Ryan (Bryan Genesse). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Train Master $13.61 An official selection of the 2008 Kids First Film Festival, Phil Branson's gentle adventure Train Master follows a young group of children aboard a runaway train, and their parents' efforts to stop the locomotive before it runs straight into a nuclear cooling tower implosion. Jeremiah was a railroad worker who lived his life on the tracks. When wealthy East Coast railroad heir Brett Banner purchased Western Railroad and fired Jeremiah without a second though, the former lineman quickly fell into despair. Later, Brett's nine year old son Justin learns that Jeremiah's grandson Thomas can drive a locomotive, and kidnaps the dinosaur enthusiast's favorite prehistoric toy in order to lure him onto a train in need of repair. Brett's plan goes awry, however, when he, Justin, and three other kids accidentally set the train into motion, forcing Brett and Jeremiah to put aside their differences for the sake of saving the kids. Now, with the train racing towards a nuclear cooling tower that's about to be demolished, the two grown nemeses use their knowledge of the tracks in order to prevent the situation from spiraling into disaster. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Runaway $9.4 Michael (Aaron Stanford) arrives in a rural town, rents a motel room, and gets a job at the local gas station working for Mo (Peter Gerety), alongside the rambunctious Carly (Robin Tunney). Both Mo and Carly take an interest in Michael's life, and Carly is romantically attracted to him, but Michael's privacy is very important to him, because he has a dark secret. He's run to this small town from an unhappy, traumatic family life, and is forced to earn a living while secretly caring for his little brother, Dylan (Zack Savage). Despite Dylan's constant complaining, Michael rarely lets him leave the motel, because Michael knows that if the authorities find them, they'll be sent back home, or worse. In flashbacks, we see Michael talk to a therapist, Dr. Maxim (Terry Kinney), about his tormented relationship with his parents, Lisa (Melissa Leo) and Jesse (Michael Gaston). Michael blames his father's abuse for his inability to function, and when he saw signs that his father planned to abuse Dylan in the same way, he felt that he had no choice but to take drastic action. As Michael begins to confide in Carly, who has also suffered in an abusive relationship, we gradually learn just how bad things got back home before he ran. Runaway was directed by Tim McCann (Revolution #9) from an original script by Bill True. The film had its world premiere at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi

Runaway Slave: The Return of the Kings $10.34 Runaway Slave: The Return of the Kings

Train $9.25 A group of collegiate American wrestlers encounter a cunning killer while riding the rails though Eastern Europe. When Alex (Thora Birch) and the athletes party so hard that they miss the train to Odessa, a kindly stranger suggests that they take an alternate route. With no other options, the hung-over group boards the next train and hopes for the best. But these weary travelers may never make it to their destination alive, because somewhere on that train lurks a ruthless killer, and tonight he's out for blood. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Runaway Bride $5.82 In 1990, Pretty Woman turned Julia Roberts into a star and gave Richard Gere's career a much-needed boost; for 1999, Roberts and Gere reunited with director Garry Marshall for the romantic comedy Runaway Bride. Roberts plays Maggie, who has left so many prospective husbands at the altar that she has gained notoriety as "the Runaway Bride," and a reporter (played by Richard Gere) is assigned to write a story about her. He tracks her down to a small town in Maryland where she's spending time with her family and preparing to give marriage another try. However, the more time she spends with the persistent reporter, the more second thoughts she has about her fiance (Christopher Meloni). Hector Elizondo, another Pretty Woman alumnus, appears in the supporting cast alongside Joan Cusack, Paul Dooley, and Rita Wilson. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Thomas and Friends: Thomas' Sodor Celebration! [Wooden Train Bonus Pack] $11.02 It's been over sixty years since Thomas the Tank Engine's kid-friendly stories of adventure began instilling youngsters with timeless values of friendship and sharing, and now young viewers can ride the rails with Thomas and his good friend Percy as they learn the value of working together. Determined to be the cleanest engines on the tracks as they transport everything from circuses to livestock, Thomas and Percy find themselves challenged when a runaway train threatens to derail them on their new route. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

The Train $12.74 John Frankenheimer directs Burt Lancaster in the tense spy thriller The Train. Lancaster plays Labiche, a French railway inspector. Allied forces are threatening to liberate Paris, so Col. Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) is ordered to move the priceless works of art from the Jeu de Paume Museum to the fatherland. The head of the museum (Suzanne Flon) attempts to convince Labiche that he should sabotage the train on which they are transporting the art. Labiche is more focused on destroying a trainload of German weapons. After his friend is killed trying to stop the train with the art, and after a consciousness-raising conversation with a hotel owner (Jeanne Moreau), Labiche resolves to save the antiquities. Lancaster and Frankenheimer had worked together previously on both Birdman of Alcatraz and Seven Days in May. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Runaway Ralph $9.17 Based on Beverly Cleary's novel The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Runaway Ralph is an ABC Kidtime special about a mouse named Ralph who leaves home on his motorcycle once his parents ground him. Eventually, Ralph ends up at a summer camp, where he has several adventures. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi