Shooting of the film began on 7 July 2006 and ended 4 September 2006. [3] The film was shot largely in Galston, Scotland, with East Ayrshire, Glasgow and velodromes in Germany standing in for places in the story such as Colombia, France and Norway. [8] Release [ edit ] Daly-Peoples, John. "Flying Scotsman". National Business Review. Archived from the original on 3 May 2007 . Retrieved 28 June 2007. a b Keogh, Tom (4 May 2007). " "The Flying Scotsman's" inspirational tale sends spirits soaring". Seattle Times . Retrieved 28 June 2007. Built in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, in 1923, Flying Scotsman soon became the star locomotive of the British railway system, pulling the first train to break the 100mph barrier in 1934. This genre has now been overtaken by the TV cop programme. Not surprisingly, in the 1970's companies like ITC snapped up many of the people who had once worked in 'B' movies.

The historic Flying Scotsman locomotive was in Aviemore this week operating services along the Strathspey Heritage Railway to Boat of Garten and Broomhill.Brooks, Xan (12 July 2006). "Flying Scotsman to launch Edinburgh film fest". The Guardian . Retrieved 28 June 2007. a b "Capone With THE FLYING SCOTSMAN's Jonny Lee Miller!!". Ain't It Cool News. 30 April 2007 . Retrieved 28 June 2007. As the film progresses the adult Obree is now married to Anne with a child. In between competing in local races, he runs a failing bicycle shop and has to supplement his income as a bicycle courier. Graeme encounters Malky McGovern (Boyd), a fellow bike courier, who recognises who Graeme is and they become fast friends. While working in his shop an older gentleman called Baxter (Cox), asks Graeme to repair his old bike. Graeme agrees after roping Baxter into being the judge over a race with a local van driver. Graeme narrowly beats the driver but the van steers into him. Baxter takes an immediate liking to Graeme but recognises a darkness in the younger man.

All the standard "B" elements are then deployed. Lots of talk and the plot line contrived so as to use the same sets over and over again; lots of filling out with extraneous plot strands that have very little to do with the main story; and all the scriptwriter's ingenuity channeled into ways to eke out the running time rather than ways to make the film more exciting. a b Kemp, Stuart (8 August 2006). "Film spotlight: "The Flying Scotsman" ". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007 . Retrieved 28 June 2007.In the 1950's , all the studios were churning out 'B' movies, or as their publicity offices preferred to call them, Supporting Features. Most are now just memories or entries in catalogues, but in their day they were 65 minutes of taut thriller and proved to be the training ground for actors, writers, directors and technicians, as well as the twilight zone for former top stars. Now forgive the obvious did this little film perhaps provide some inspiration for the actual Great Train Robbery a few years later in 1963? Even the lead is called Ronnie, get it?

However, his victory is short-lived as his record is broken by Chris Boardman (Adrian Grove, credited as Adrian Smith) a week later. The Union Cycliste Internationale hold a meeting where they devise rules to discourage Obree from using his experimental bicycle in future. Obree is severely depressed the night following his record-making ride. This is exacerbated when Boardman breaks the record. When Obree is confronted in a pub by the four bullies who had victimised him years earlier at school, he becomes completely withdrawn and rarely leaves his house. Baxter attempts to counsel him, but Obree feels betrayed when he discovers that Baxter is the pastor of a local church and the younger Obree is agnostic towards religion. The gang then flies to a tropical location. So far no words have been spoken. Finally the gangs talk about their six previous heists and a plan to rob the Flying Scotsman train of half a million pounds. The robberies are planned meticulously.. It has been painted in the traditional early 1960s British Rail green for its first official outing bearing its name plates after the restoration project. Billy Boyd as Malky McGovern: Obree's manager. When approached to have a role in the film, Boyd knew only the "basic elements" of Obree's story. [6] Boyd, being Scottish, felt it important to have the right script and further promote Scottish film. Despite these errors, a movie worth watching. It is available on video in Britain as part of the Steam Cinema series.

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Director Compton Bennett had a major hit with "The Seventh Veil" (1945) but by the mid 1950s he was ensconced in programmers. Shot in just 3 weeks on a budget of 18,000 pounds - shows what a imaginative and proficient director can do when given a chance.

The heroine is attractively costumed in the introductory sequence, but for most of the film, she wears much less flattering attire. I knew British Railways was a bit flakey after WW2, but I never imagined they'd have to change engines five or six times on a single run... The bonus features are an alternate opening sequence – merely 78 seconds revealing a title card for the American release – and a non-interactive still gallery running to 46-seconds. The main two extras are interviews. First is a near-17-minutes talk with Steve Chibnall, Professor of British Cinema, titled ‘The Flying Scot and the history of the British B-movie’. The second is around 13 minutes with writer and journalist Barry Forshaw, who, we are told, has written about British crime films. These are worth dealing with together, as they are both very standard examples of the talking head interviews seen on such legacy releases, and they cover the same ground without covering the same facts. Both contextualise the B Movie, much as summarised above, talk about the film itself, and look at the career of Compton Bennett (best known for 1950’s King Solomon’s Mines). The Flying Scotsman is a 2006 British drama film, based on the life and career of Scottish amateur cyclist Graeme Obree. The film covers the period of Obree's life that saw him take, lose, and then retake the world one-hour distance record. The film stars Jonny Lee Miller as Obree, Laura Fraser, Billy Boyd, and Brian Cox. Such releases as this must always be applauded, as they keep older, less enduring films alive, restore visuals and audio, and provide just enough in the way of trivia and context to pique the interest of film fans to find out more about the genre. The only issue here is one of knowing for whom this presented. It is a slight, unremarkable film, with slight, unremarkable extras. As such this is for the film student or the genre completist only.

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The Flying Scot is a 1957 British second feature [1] crime film produced and directed by Compton Bennett and starring Lee Patterson, Kay Callard and Alan Gifford. [2] The film was released in the U.S. as Mailbag Robbery. [3] A gang plans to steal a half-a-million pounds' worth of banknotes from an express train.