Welcome to a new feature here on Life With Dee – The LWD Film Club. Each month I’ll share a film recommendation. I’ve been meaning to watch more films and I thought it would be fun for us all to do it together. For our first month I’ve chosen the 1970 British film, The Railway Children.
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The Railway Children
I don’t know about you but I can definitely use a dose of “heartwarming” these days. Include a beautiful English countryside setting and I’m sold. I’m really looking forward to this film. Brew yourself a nice “cuppa” tea and settle in to watch this family-friendly film.
In turn-of-the-century London, Roberta “Bobbie” Waterbury (Jenny Agutter, Walkabout, Logan’s Run) lives a perfect upper-class life with her parents, sister and brother until one fateful night when her father is mysteriously arrested. Suddenly impoverished, the children and their mother are forced to move to a dusty cottage far away in the country perched on the edge of a railroad. But along these magical tracks, in the nearby station and on the mighty trains themselves, Bobbie and her siblings will discover adventure, face danger and forge friendships that will change their young lives forever. Dinah Sheridan (Genevieve) and Bernard Cribbins (Carry On Spying) co-star in this heartwarming hit based on the beloved novel by E. Nesbit (The Enchanted Castle) and filmed on location in the breathtaking Yorkshire countryside. Nominated for three British Academy Awards, The Railway Children remains one of the best-loved family classics of our time and was recently named one of the top 100 British films of the 20th century by the British Film Institute. Acting great Lionel Jeffries (The Amazing Mr. Blunden) wrote the screenplay and directed this extraordinary film for the whole family.
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Interesting. MY brain immediately went to a rendition of The Boxcar Children (obviously not the same), but it does sound endearing. I read… and especially if it looks like the book to film adaptation will be something I wish to see, that makes it to my TBR. 🙂
I had the same thought regarding The Boxcar Children! It made the top 100 British films list so I’m hoping it will be good.