The biker clad in an overcoat presents a dark contrast and appears somewhat menacing. All I can say for now is, keep up the support and encourage as many of your friends and fellow fans to support the campaigns. The scene's leak online is explained by the fact that a teacher at the Harris Institute in Toronto, Canada had worked on the movie, though only has access to the scene in question for educational purposes. In 2013, another scene was discovered from a BBC AP Archive article from August 1999 featuring raw unused footage of a scene including P.T. Fantasy Sequence Flying James Model as seen in Series 24's "A New Arrival". James' Model in Calling All Engines! Boomer gives a satisfied smile as a young boy collects the pile of newspapers and cycles away.[6]. [1] Her interview revealed that the cuts were due to complaints by American test audiences. I'm aware of the various campaigns for a Directors Cut of the film and admire the fans dedications to see the Britt's original vision of the film.
UNRELEASED Thomas and the Magic Railroad Music Theme. With Hughes' experiment being a failure James was no longer needed on the railway, and was sold to Sir Topham Hatt I around 1923. Boomer's absence from the final film, the plot elements that had been driven by him went unexplained. This scene in question is described in scripts as P.T. The 2000 feature-length family adventure fantasy film Thomas and the Magic Railroad[1] was a half financial box office success, but a critical failure, with the prime reason being, among many others, the incoherent storyline that was in the final cut. Burnett building a birdhouse (From the Behind the Scenes German DVD release). On January 4th, 2016, Thomas & Friends railway consultant Sam Wilkinson posted a picture on his (now defunct) Facebook page of the beginning of an early rough cut of the film where it shows a scrapbook with a hand of an Adult Lily Stone at the beginning from the film. The top of James' cab becomes black again, and his blue lining disappears. On August 4, 2014, a higher quality version was uploaded by the Thomas archive channel TTTEArchives. Boomer (Doug Lennox). This includes scenes with P.T. The movie also contained several flashback scenes of Young Burnett (Jared Wall) and Tasha (Laura Bower), which ended up being cut due to some involving P.T. The movie scenes with these cuts were either edited out or altered. The troublesome trucks had also been voiced by Crone along Splatter and Dodge's actor Kevin Frank in the directors cut, but most of their material was cut from the final film. Boomer was seen in the movie in the form of two cameos, part of his confrontation with Burnett is seen by a distance as Stacy and Lily arrive in their car.
The cuts were less than minor: the original cut was 110 minutes long, while the final movie was a mere 85 minutes. Despite both reasonable and admittedly annoying requests from fans to upload the unedited scene, the user only responded with immature and mocking insults toward them. One of Boomer sitting on the mountainside while seemingly stating, "I'll get my revenge" (The audio lacks clarity), one of him carrying explosives and one of the explosions he set off that sends Thomas off the mountainside. Sodor Island Forums ended up digging up the information that Diesel 10 was originally voiced by Australian voice actor Keith Scott. The film reel lies with the company archives of Sony Pictures. An photo of the scrapbook that it was possibly narrated by Adult Lilly Stone.
James is a fictional standard gauge tender engine created by the Rev. The same trailers depicted Diesel 10 with a gruff English upper-class accent, as opposed to the New Jersey accent he had in the theatrical release. A deleted scene of Burnett building a birdhouse can be found on "The Making of Thomas and the Magic Railroad" from the German DVD release. When audiences complained about him being "too scary," he was cut out at the last minute, explaining the laziness of the movie's final cut. This cut was so close to the release, that one of the previews even contained Boomer briefly, falling off the viaduct along with Diesel 10. PT Boomer 'Chase Scene w Clear Audio - 720p HD. Online Investigation Into the Film's Mysterious History.
Canadian actor Neil Crone was then brought in to do the voice of Diesel 10, where he gave him a Russian accent. In Facebook, user Curtis Parish has sent the message to Sam Wilkinson (Railway Consultant for the TV series since Season 17) which a day later when he got a reply from Sam as he said: "Hi Curtis, Thanks for you message. By May 5th, it spread and eventually became available to the wider part of the internet to the dismay of the film's director, Britt Allcroft and the rest of the fandom for jeopardizing the potential release a higher quality "director's cut" on the upcoming Blu-Ray. With the clear audio, it is revealed that the temp music for the score was music from the soundtracks of Stuart Little, composed by Alan Silvestri and Toy Story 2, composed by Randy Newman. Date found: 5 May 2020 (rough cut), 29 Sept 2020 (director's cut), Found by: TTTE Fandom (rough cut), Shout Factory (director's cut). The Shout Factory Kids trailer for the 20th Anniversary Blu-ray.
These were low quality recordings taken in front of the TV screen, and the trailer had Japanese subtitles imposed over the video. Thomas & Friends *Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, Fandom will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Even so, Thomas and the Magic Railroad was a box office bomb, and if one were possible, it is unlikely it would get released anyhow soon. When running at high speeds it had been discovered that James' class experienced heavy 'nose-dives'. He was the first character created for the Railway Series.
Thanks, - Restore the Magic, Cpend7 and Robowil. A 1999 production clip, featuring the filming of a P.T. Thomas And The Magic Railroad (2000) - Official Trailer (HD). What was also revealed is that Lily, 20 years later, was originally meant to be the narrator instead of Mr.
Conductor (Alec Baldwin) in the final cut.
In the scene where the diesels are at the coal yard, Cranky was originally going to drop fruit onto Diesel 10 instead of the hopper covering him in coal. James receives black lining around his front too splashers, on both sides, however they were previously visible in some illustrations of James the Red Engine. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. In fact, most, if not all, of the changes requested resulted in the plot holes the critics noticed.It's my understanding that the Director's Cut was saved by Britt and her editor, and is likely stored, if anywhere, in Sony Pictures Archival Vaults.
Despite being flown out to Toronto, record all of Thomas' dialogue, American test audiences, however, thought Bellis' voice made Thomas sound too old and thus, John Bellis was canned. Thomas and the Magic Railroad - Japanese Promotional Trailer-0. In Facebook, Restore the Magic has posted a photo from a user who got the early rough cut of the film where it shows the scrapbook with the hand of Adult Lilly Stone (which the video is started in 16 seconds) in the beginning from the film, which a message from Shout Factory explains the director's cut. In May 2020, a user by the name of "TATMR DC Leaker" uploaded a full draft of the uncut workprint. Boomer checking through a pile of "Shining Times" newspapers. Thomas and the Magic Railroad (found deleted scenes of children's film; 2000).
As, if and when any more information comes to light about the Director's cut, will make sure fans are the first to know.
Britt Allcrot's second Facebook post asking fans to stop spreading the leaked workprint. However, the scene was overdubbed with overbearing music from the 1998 movie Dark City as part of this dubbing project. Conductor Junior relaxing and deciding to take one more sip from his Sundae, only to be splashed by it through the giant straw. Thomas' voice was performed in the final cut by Canadian voice actor Eddie Glenn. The movie scenes that have the cuts were either cut or altered.