Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Eventually, Deakin narrows his list of possible uninvolved allies down to Marica and Army Major Claremont (Ed Lauter), who agrees to assist the agent in his efforts to prevent the arms delivery. He had helped the Bronsons find a home to rent.
The country was chosen partly for its concentration of 250 classic matchstick Camas Railroad trestles, some over 100 feet high, that span the snowy hills.
There are also civilian passengers on the train in the rear luxurious private car – Nevada Governor Fairchild (Richard Crenna) and his fiancée Marica (Jill Ireland), the daughter of the fort's commander. [16] Canutt oversaw the scene where the caboose and troop carriages crashed off the rail line into a ravine. Trains staffers reserve the right to edit or delete any comments. Deakin, who is actually an undercover U.S. Secret Service agent, uncovers en route that the "epidemic" at the outpost is actually a conspiracy between a group of killers led by the notorious outlaw Levi Calhoun (Robert Tessier), and a tribe of Indians under Chief White Hand (Eddie Little Sky).
At snow-covered Breakheart Pass, all hell breaks loose as Indians attack the train to take the weapons they were promised, and Calhoun and his men ride out to the train in order to find out what is going on. Kino Video released "Breakheart Pass" for the first time on Blu-ray on August 12, 2014. Did they wreck a real caboose and cars or were they props ?
In 1951 he made the cover of Life magazine as the image of a classic cowboy and then he started working in movies and TV. The script called for 70 cavalry soldiers to fall to their deaths when three freight cars plunged off the track into the canyon.
A second unit location, where the movie’s climax was filmed, was in the forested hills between Craigmont and Reubens. From time to time he incongruously whipped out a little Instamatic and snapped pictures of the celebrity actors all around him. When it was on the other day, it looked like a standard gauge and that wreck was real enough, before computers. The film employs some striking effects enginered by Yakima Canutt, the 80‐year‐old action director responsible for such classic cinema scenes as the Ben Hur chariot race; and by A Flowers, who won two Oscars for his dramatic effects in “The Poseidon Adventure” and “Tora! Tora! She is the editor of Inland 360, a weekly culture magazine for north Idaho and eastern Washington that prints in the Lewiston Tribune and Moscow-Pullman Daily News. During filming, Bronson discovered the script had been changed again to reveal his character was a detective early. Tora!”.
The movie itself, produced by Jerry Gershwin and based on an Alistair MacLean nov el, tells the story of an apparent outlaw, Charles Bronson, who is picked up for murder in Myrtle in the eighteen‐nineties and held on a train ferrying Army troops to a fort under Indian siege. For example, Mr. Gibbs, an 80‐year‐old farmer whose homestead here at Myrtle was expanded into “Myrtle, Nev.,” with a small train station, saloon and whore house, is delighted to have provided the setting. Nothing has quite been the same here in the bare brown Idaho hills near Lewiston since United Artists moved in to shoot a mystery‐Western, “Breakheart Pass,” more than two months ago. [5] He was in charge of the second unit direction; his son, Joe, was one of the stuntmen.
Even now that the filming is all over with, things will never return to normal for Marcia Williams and Peter McWhorter. Also used (and actually wrecked) were some NP wooden boxcars and an NP wooden caboose. A handful of locals got bit parts in “Breakheart Pass.”. Fairchild's fiancée (Jill Ireland) in the final snowy scene, as frontier army colonel and commander at Fort Humboldt reunites with his daughter. Opening scenes in the Myrtle settlement / "whistle stop" were shot at a specially built set (to look like an old abandoned Gold Rush town) just outside Arrow Junction about 15 miles (24 km) from Lewiston. Fairchild's fiancée (Jill Ireland) in the final snowy scene, as frontier army colonel and commander at Fort Humboldt reunites with his daughter. The train was full of dummies in 1880 U.S. Cavalry uniforms. The movie was based on the 1974 novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean (1922–1987), of the same title, and was filmed in north central Idaho. When I saw that TRAINS would list its 10 best list, I thoroughly expected Breakheart Pass to be on the list, as it … The movie was based on the 1974 novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean (1922–1987), of the same title,[4] and was filmed in north central Idaho.[5][6][7][8][9]. Mary Anderson, manager of the dining room at the former Helm Restaurant in downtown Lewiston, cooked for them, serving baked steelhead, Italian food and turkey. The movie was based on the 1974 novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean (1922–1987), of the same title,[4] and was filmed in north central Idaho.[5][6][7][8][9]. At the end of the battle, Deakin intercepts Marshal Pearce and shoots him when the corrupt lawman decides to go down fighting. By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our, Get our weekly newsletter delivered to your inbox, BNSF reports lower revenue and earnings, but operating ratio improves to 59.7%, North County Transit District asks STB to delay action on Del Mar dispute, Digest: Sinkhole swallows rail line, cutting off Cape Cod service, Onboard analysis: Scheduling logistics, limited help hobble 'Zephyr', Digest: STB receives more filings on Del Mar Bluffs, Pennsylvania short line disputes, Digest: Report says New Jersey congressman to seek chair of railroad subcommittee, Metra debuts new bike car, will allow bicycles on all trains, Trains magazine celebrates its 80th year with Soo Line No. [5] He was in charge of the second unit direction; his son, Joe, was one of the stuntmen. [17], The Los Angeles Times called it "a fun if familiar picture but is played so broadly on such an elementary level that it can hope to satisfy only the most undemanding of viewer. SECOND ANNUAL GROSSES GLOSS Byron, Stuart. Railroad scenes were filmed on the Camas Prairie Railroad (based in Lewiston). “Why, one of the railroad guys laughed and told me, ‘Your guys are lousy negotiators’.”.
Deakin and Major Claremont use dynamite to blow up and break the track rails, grounding the train before it reaches the fort; and while Deakin runs interference, Claremont rushes ahead to Fort Humboldt to free the soldiers imprisoned by Calhoun's gang. This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. The train was ex-Great Western #75 and it's movie train. When: Dusk Friday Charles Bronson was paid $1 million plus 10% of the gross for his role. “What we didn't know,” he said, “is it's $1,634 each time we traverse it.” The film company used the track mainly on weekends when no regular trains run. “He sells things to suckers,” Mr. Gries explained. [7][12] The Native American extras were Nez Perce, mostly from Lapwai.[11]. Share. [15] It was the final film role participation for longtime veteran stuntman Yakima Canutt, who was aged 79 at the time. I had only watched it in passing. Alternating shots of clear and overcast skies are present in the final climactic scenes. [7][9][13] Ralph Blumenthal Special to The New York Times. [5][7] Bronson and Ireland arrived in Lewiston for filming in early March 1975 and stayed at 322 Stewart Avenue. See the article in its original context from. Rental of the track along an 18‐mile stretch came to $1,634, Mr. Gries said. But as the journey goes on through the beautiful snowy mountain scenery, several train passengers, including most of the train's soldier escort, are mysteriously killed or go missing. By Ralph Blumenthal Special to The New York Times. The Breakheart Pass is a location in Nevada's Rocky Mountains through which trains must pass. They swarmed the floor for autographs at the end. All these years I thought it was a DRGW 3 footer.
Eventually, Deakin narrows his list of possible uninvolved allies down to Marica and Army Major Claremont (Ed Lauter), who agrees to assist the agent in his efforts to prevent the arms delivery. Mr. Gries, an exuberant man with a shaven head who directed another recently completed Bronson film, “Breakout,” neatly set him, self up when he introduced Mr. Welle as a local antiques dealer who provided many of the Western props for the film. What: “Breakheart Pass” Instead, he was playing brakeman on a grand old balloonstack steam train—and ended up with a knife in the back. On the other side were area coaches, including University of Idaho coach Jim Jarvis, Lewis-Clark State College athletic director Dick Hannan and the head football coaches at Clarkston and Lewiston high schools, Mike Whiles and Jay Henry.
When he read an early script, the reveal was made much earlier. Where: Pioneer Park, Lewiston When the railroad ran, the stop was called Myrtle. "Motion picture production creates an anti-recession boom for Idaho city", "Bronson, Ireland arrive for 'Breakheart' filming", "A taste of Tinsel Town: In 1975, the film 'Breakheart Pass' was filmed against the backdrop of north central Idaho; a look back as the film returns to Lewiston", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Breakheart_Pass_(film)&oldid=983236904, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 13 October 2020, at 02:09. SECOND ANNUAL GROSSES GLOSS Byron, Stuart. "[18], The film was a box office disappointment in the US.[19]. Bronson was unhappy with this but went along with it as by then filming was underway and he felt he could not leave the production. Plot. For “Breakheart Pass,” Canutt helped construct a train derailment at Halfmoon Trestle.
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