| 词条 | Avalanche Express |
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| name = Avalanche Express | image = Avalancheexpress.jpg | image_size = | caption = | director = Mark Robson | producer = Mark Robson | screenplay = Abraham Polonsky | based on = {{Based on|Avalanche Express (1977 novel)|Colin Forbes}} | starring = Lee Marvin Robert Shaw Linda Evans Maximilian Schell | narrator = | music = Allyn Ferguson | cinematography = Jack Cardiff (uncredited) | editing = Garth Craven | studio = Lorimar | distributor = 20th Century Fox | released = {{Film date|1979|8|30|Netherlands|1979|10|19|United States}} | runtime = 88 minutes | country = United States Ireland | language = English | budget = $12 million[1] }} Avalanche Express is a 1979 cold war adventure thriller film produced and directed by Mark Robson (his final film), about the struggle over a defecting Russian general. It stars Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw (in his final film role), Maximilian Schell and Linda Evans. The screenplay by Abraham Polonsky was based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Colin Forbes. Both Shaw and Robson died near the end of shooting. PlotRussian general Marenkov (Robert Shaw) decides to defect to the West and CIA agent Harry Wargrave (Lee Marvin) leads the team that is to get him out. Wargrave decides that Marenkov should travel across Europe by train, on the fictional "Avalanche Express". The idea is to lure the Russians into attacking the train and thus discover who their secret agents in Europe are. Consequently, during the train journey they must survive both a terrorist attack and an avalanche, all planned by Russian spy-catcher Nikolai Bunin (Maximilian Schell). Cast
Production problemsDuring production in Ireland, both director Mark Robson and starring actor Robert Shaw died of heart attacks within weeks of each other. Monte Hellman was brought in to finish the direction and Gene Corman (Roger Corman's brother) was called in to complete Robson's duties as producer.[2] Robert Rietty was hired to re-voice Robert Shaw's dialogue in the opening scene, as it was decided to redo that scene in Russian with English subtitles instead of having the Russians speak broken English. As a consequence, for continuity, all of Shaw's dialogue throughout the film was re-voiced by Rietty. Hellman, Corman and Rietty were not credited for their work, but the film's end credit contains a note stating: "The producers wish to express their appreciation to Monte Hellman and Gene Corman for their post production services." Critical reactionVincent Canby in The New York Times criticized its tackiness suggesting it was copied from The Cassandra Crossing and likening it to the work of exploitation filmmaker Lew Grade, criticising the actors as appearing "at a loss".[3]Time Out called it "awful", "formulary" and "hammily acted" but explained its curious editing as resulting from the production problems.[4] The Radio Times gave it 2/5 stars, noting its disjointed quality but praising the acting and snowy special effects.[5] In contrast the Daily Mail praised it as a "highly effective Cold War thriller", singling out the claustrophobic train scenes for excitement.[6]See also
References1. ^Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Pres58 2. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=cl2WzqT6hi8C&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=Avalanche+Express+monte+hellman&source=bl&ots=AIbKIoNZCY&sig=PEodw98uvTjiI59h2PjEhIYuoqw&hl=en&ei=RRB6TLXkE4Pi4gbJ-NScBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Avalanche%20Express%20monte%20hellman&f=false Monte Hellman: his life and films, pages 130 to 133] 3. ^{{cite news|last1=Canby|first1=Vincent|title=Film: 'Avalanche Express':Snow Job|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F03E1D61638E732A2575AC1A9669D946890D6CF|accessdate=9 July 2015|work=New York Times|date=October 19, 1979}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Avalanche Express|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/avalanche-express|website=Time Out|accessdate=9 July 2015}} 5. ^{{cite web|last1=Hutchinson|first1=Tom|title=Avalanche Express|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/sz8n/avalanche-express|website=Radio Times|accessdate=9 July 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Avalanche Express|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-29319/Avalanche-Express.html|website=Daily Mail|accessdate=9 July 2015}} External links
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