Buster (film)
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| Directed by | David Green |
| Produced by | Norma Heyman |
| Written by | Colin Shindler |
| Starring | Phil Collins Julie Walters |
| Music by | Anne Dudley |
| Distributed by | Hemdale Film |
| Release date(s) | November 23, 1988 |
| Running time | 102 m |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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Buster is the name of a 1988 comedy-drama film starring musician Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb and Sheila Hancock. Its soundtrack featured two Collins singles which eventually topped the Billboard 100 singles chart.
It tells a romanticised version of the true story of the Great Train Robbery of 1963, focusing more on the character of train robber Buster Edwards and his subsequent flight from justice than on the robbery itself.
The robbery scenes were filmed on the Great Central Railway, using British Rail Class 40, D306, as a stand-in for D326 which was actually involved.
Several Collins singles were released from the soundtrack, including "Groovy Kind of Love" and "Two Hearts", which reached #1 and #6 on the UK Singles Chart respectively. Both songs were Number One singles in the US.
Out of respect for Jack Mills, the driver of the mail train who was coshed by the thiefs during the robbery, the film was denied a cinematic release in his home town of Crewe. Mills never fully recovered from his injuries and was unable to return to work following the robbery. He died in 1970 of leukaemia.
[edit] External links
- Buster at the Internet Movie Database
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