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Some help with another movie.....

posted 18 years ago by Viva_La_Megastar
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Hi...I thought this was the movie I was looking for but now I'm not quite sure! My brother loved a movie when he was little, it was about trains and my father thinks it was a Disney release, and I seem to remember it taking place in the American South. The reason I believe that is because the only scene I remember from the movie was a group of the cast standing around a piano, singing something along the lines of, "Away, away, away and south of Dixie".

Does anyone remember this, and if so can you tell me what it was called so I may buy it for my brothers birthday?

Thank you!

"I'm sorry Wendy, I just don't trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn't die."

[–] coxm-1 18 years ago

The Great Locomotive Chase - based on a true story - this gang of Yankee Terrorists steal a civilian train and use it to destroy property from Atlanta to Chattanooga. But the forces of good caught them and threw in prison where they belonged.

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[–] ACLedBeatle 17 years ago

I dont know where you learned history, but the North started the War after the South seceded. The South did't start a war unless you count wanting to be independent starting a war, and in that case the US started the war with Britain just because they claimed independence.

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[–] coxm-1 16 years ago

"Doesn't it bother you that SLAVERY was being practiced in the South?"

It bothers me that SLAVERY was practiced in the South and the North!
It bothers me that for two years after SLAVERY was outlawed in the South, it was still legal in the North.
What bothers me are the LIES that northern children are told about the Civil War. The LIES that you still believe.

[–] kate8277 16 years ago

Oy. Watch it. We ALL know Americaland started the war on England! :-P

Suits us, we didn't want 'em anyway! Doesn't mean they're not still British. It'd be like Hitler starting a war on Austria using the motive of 'they're Austrian'.

I'll be quiet now. It's interesting finding out about this film.

-X-X-X-

[–] BQQ 17 years ago

"But the forces of good caught them and threw in prison where they belonged."

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha... you're nuts.

"William F. Buckley wrote a book at Yale; I read one." George W. Bush

[–] ChrisChambers101 17 years ago

The South did not technically start the war. The issue was over states rights and fair representation in Washington. The South was not being fairly represented.

In short...the Yankee oppressors started the war.

However, a lot of good things came about because of the war.

And a lot of lingering distrust is still around because of the war.

[–] irishdoh 17 years ago

"On April 12, 1861, at 4:30 a.m., Confederate batteries opened fire, firing for 34 straight hours, on Fort Sumter." Previous to this, ships attempting to resupply the fort were fired upon. While many meetings were help prior to this to attempt to work out the problems, the reality is that the Confederates fired the first shots, thus technically starting the war. Socioeconomic arguments cannot change the fact that the first shots came from the south.