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Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day

  • 1996
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
181
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Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day (1996)
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The Yosemite Valley Railroad, which runs through the breathtaking scenery and stunning vistas of the Merced River Canyon to its terminus at El Portal outside Yosemite National Park, is on th... Read allThe Yosemite Valley Railroad, which runs through the breathtaking scenery and stunning vistas of the Merced River Canyon to its terminus at El Portal outside Yosemite National Park, is on the brink of failure. The grandson of a Chinese railroad laborer embarks on a romantic, but ... Read allThe Yosemite Valley Railroad, which runs through the breathtaking scenery and stunning vistas of the Merced River Canyon to its terminus at El Portal outside Yosemite National Park, is on the brink of failure. The grandson of a Chinese railroad laborer embarks on a romantic, but ultimately doomed, quest to save this railroad from being sold for scrap. His love of trai... Read all

  • Director
    • Christopher Munch
  • Writer
    • Christopher Munch
  • Stars
    • Peter Alexander
    • Jeri Arredondo
    • Henry Gibson
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    181
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    • Director
      • Christopher Munch
    • Writer
      • Christopher Munch
    • Stars
      • Peter Alexander
      • Jeri Arredondo
      • Henry Gibson
    • 9User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Peter Alexander
    Peter Alexander
    • John
    Jeri Arredondo
    • Nancy
    Henry Gibson
    Henry Gibson
    • Robinson
    Michael Stipe
    Michael Stipe
    • Skeeter
    Jonah Bauer
    Alexandra Bokyun Chun
    Alexandra Bokyun Chun
    • Angela
    • (as Bok Yun Chon)
    David Chung
    David Chung
    • Mr. Lee
    John Diehl
    John Diehl
    • Pinchot
    Diana Larkin
    • Wendy
    Corine Lorain
    • Mrs. Lee
    • (as Corinne Lorain)
    Joan Newmark
    • Mrs. Hopper
    Alan Boyce
    Alan Boyce
    • John's Lawyer
    Tom Challis
    • Drunken Sailor
    Susanne Columbia
    • Prostitute
    Michael K. Hall
    • Mr. Donner
    Lee Ho
    • Philip Hu
    Larry Ingold
    • Y.V. Engineer
    Bill Rotko
    Bill Rotko
    • Reporter
    • (as William Rotko)
    • Director
      • Christopher Munch
    • Writer
      • Christopher Munch
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    10/10

    the loveliest and best

    One of the most subtly moving films I have ever seen.

    It doesn't tell you what to think, it doesn't tell you what to feel; it doesn't tell you anything at all. And for some people that is unbearable. But, it gives you everything.

    This film, widely forgotten by many yet passionately loved by a few, ends with a poem which has proved presciently self-referential:

    Lo! some we loved, the loveliest and best

    That Time and Fate of all their Vintage prest,

    Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before,

    And one by one crept silently to Rest.

    --The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

    I am glad films like this were once able to be made. Perhaps they still can be made, I don't know. This one is a beautiful gem.
    • burgwinkel
    • Jun 9, 2013
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    • Release date
      • May 2, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, USA(archive footage)
    • Production companies
      • Stark Productions
      • Antarctic Pictures
      • Blurco
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $18,399
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Matrix Surround
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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