In the face of fear ordinary people can do the extraordinary
On Aug. 21, 2015, the world watches in stunned silence as the media reports a thwarted terrorist attack on a train that's bound for Paris -- an attempt prevented by three young Americans traveling together through Europe. The heroic and courageous actions of Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos and Spencer Stone help to save the lives of more than 500 passengers on board.
Ray Corasani
Ayoub
Spencer Stone
Spencer
Anthony Sadler
Anthony
Alek Skarlatos
Alek
Judy Greer
Joyce Eskel
Jenna Fischer
Heidi Skarlatos
William Jennings
Young Spencer
Paul-Mikél Williams
Young Anthony
Bryce Gheisar
Young Alek
Thomas Lennon
Principal Michael Akers
P.J. Byrne
Mr. Henry
Jaleel White
Garrett Walden
Tony Hale
Coach Murray
Robert Pralgo
Mr. Skarlatos
Alisa Allapach
Lisa
Jeanne Goursaud
Lea
Ethan Rains
Ben Zomerdyk
Seth Meriwether
Francis
Irene White
Elementary Teacher
Julianne Binard
Jennifer
Director
Clint Eastwood
Writers
Anthony Sadler, Dorothy Blyskal, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone
Christian Jacob
Original Music Composer
Kevin Ishioka
Production Design
Blu Murray
Editor
Deborah Hopper
Costume Design
Tom Stern
Director of Photography
Simon Foster
2/8/2018
"An instinctual act of remarkable heroism is afforded the least remarkable effort of director Clint Eastwood’s long career.." Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2018/2/8/the-1517-to-paris.html
r96sk
2/13/2022
This be bad. <em>'The 15:17 to Paris'</em> portrays the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Thalys_train_attack" rel="nofollow">an event from 2015</a>. The decision by director Clint Eastwood to cast the real life people as themselves was, in my opinion, a poor call. I obviously have nothing against the guys, quite the opposite of course, but they simply cannot act. It's kinda painful watching them, I gotta be honest. I will say I didn't actually know that was the case before viewing, but I cottoned on fairly quickly whilst watching - especially as Eastwood did similar casting for <em>'Jersey Boys'</em> four years prior. In terms of actual acting talent, Jenna Fischer and Judy Greer feature minorly. It isn't just the cast issues, though. The way the plot is set up didn't interest me, the scenes actually onboard the train are solid but that practically only makes up a quarter of the 94 minute run time - the rest is filler, as we see the main trio's lives up until the main event. That would've been fine if the acting was better, but that evidently wasn't the case. Respect to all involved, but as a film this falls very short.
