A 30 secondi dalla fine (1985)
Un gigantesco treno merci senza macchinista è lanciato a folle corsa attraverso i boschi innevati dell'Alaska con a bordo una coppia di evasi. Manny (Voight) è già scappato due volte di galera. È per questo che Ranken, il direttore del carcere di massima sicurezza di Stonehaven (in Alaska), l'ha tenuto gli ultimi tre anni in segregazione. Manny però non si arrende e riesce a evadere di nuovo, questa volta attraverso le fogne, in compagnia di Buck (Roberts). I due riescono a salire su un treno in partenza vuoto. Ma il macchinista muore poco dopo la partenza per un infarto, lasciando così il treno senza guida, lanciato a folle velocità contro un impianto chimico Konchalovski è nato a Mosca ed è emigrato in America. Qui, su soggetto di Akira Kurosawa, filma un'epopea sulla libertà e la violenza, giocando su personaggi allegorici sostenuti da attori come macigni. Superbo il finale con il "Gloria" di Vivaldi.
Direttore:
Andrej Končalovskij
Scrittori:
Edward Bunker, Đorđe Milićević, Paul Zindel.
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Jon Voight as Oscar 'Manny' Manheim |
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Eric Roberts as Buck |
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Rebecca De Mornay as Sara |
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Kyle T. Heffner as Frank Barstow |
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John P. Ryan as Ranken |
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T.K. Carter as Dave Prince |
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Kenneth McMillan as Eddie MacDonald |
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Stacey Pickren as Ruby |
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Walter Wyatt as Conlan |
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Edward Bunker as Jonah |
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Reid Cruickshanks as Al Turner |
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Dan Wray as Fat Con |
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Michael Lee Gogin as Short Con |
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John Bloom as Tall Con |
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Hank Worden as Old Con |
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Danny Trejo as Boxer |
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Tommy Lister Jr. as Guard |
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Dennis Franz as Cop (uncredited) |
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John Otrin as Cat Con |
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Norman Alexander Gibbs as Queen Con |
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Dennis Ott as Guard |
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Don Pugsley as Guard |
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John Fountain as Guard |
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Wally Rose as Announcer |
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John Richard Petersen as Camera Man (uncredited) |
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William Tregoe as Rogers |
| Directing | Andrej Končalovskij | Director |
| Production | Menahem Golan | Producer |
| Production | Henry T. Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Trevor Jones | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Robert A. Goldston | Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert Whitmore | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Edward Bunker | Screenplay |
| Camera | Alan Hume | Director of Photography |
| Production | Yoram Globus | Producer |
| Writing | Đorđe Milićević | Screenplay |
| Writing | Paul Zindel | Screenplay |
| Editing | Henry Richardson | Editor |
| Crew | Mike Johnson | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Allan A. Apone | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Moni Mansano | Makeup Supervisor |
| Camera | Mike Frift | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Stefan Gudju | Stunts |
| Crew | Bob Terhune | Stunts |
| Art | Anne Kuljian | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Original Film Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Moni Mansano | Hair Supervisor |
| Crew | Rick Josephsen | Special Effects |
| Crew | Dick Durock | Stunts |
| Crew | Russell Solberg | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katherine Dover | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lilly Benyair-Gart | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Chuck Hicks | Stunts |
| Crew | Doc Duhame | Stunts |
| Crew | John-Clay Scott | Stunts |
| Art | Stephen Marsh | Production Design |
| Crew | John Casino | Stunts |
| Crew | Jean Malahni | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dee Mansano | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Keith Richins | Special Effects |
| Crew | Carl Ciarfalio | Stunts |
| Crew | Terry Jackson | Stunts |
| Directing | Max Kleven | Second Unit Director |
| Camera | Don Burgess | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Art | Joseph T. Garrity | Art Direction |
| Directing | Jack Cummins | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Sue Baden-Powell | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Directing | Nancy King | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Gene LeBell | Stunts |
| Crew | Soren Jensen | Stunts |
| Sound | Jim Roddan | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Keith Corder | Assistant Editor |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Story |
| Writing | 小国英雄 | Story |
| Writing | 小国英雄 | Original Film Writer |
| Camera | Tom Priestley Jr. | Camera Operator |
