Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000) on Netflix
G20001h 25mAdventureComedyDrama
Sir Topham Hatt goes on holiday, leaving Mr. Conductor in charge of the Sodor railway. Diesel 10 returns, set on destroying the island's steam engines, and Thomas stands in his way.
- Netflix3.2/5
- IMDb4.3/105,270 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes21%
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Plot summary
Sir Topham Hatt and his family leave Sodor for a holiday, and Mr. Conductor is left to run the railway. The gold dust that carries him between Shining Time and the island is almost used up, and he has no idea where more might come from. Diesel 10, a locomotive fitted with a hydraulic claw, arrives back on Sodor meaning to do away with its steam engines, and he is hunting Lady, the lost engine whose magic he wants to end. On Muffle Mountain, near Shining Time, Burnett Stone has spent years trying to repair a locomotive that will not steam. His granddaughter Lily visits, meets Mr. Conductor's cousin C. Junior, and travels the magic railroad to Sodor, where Thomas and the other engines work the line.
Cast
- Edward Glenas Thomas (voice) (as Eddie Glen)
- Kevin Frankas Dodge / Bertie / Harold / Henry (voice)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- John Bellis got the voice of Thomas the Tank Engine after he happened to pick up Allcroft and her crew from the Isle of Man Airport in July 1999, but test audiences felt his voice sounded "too old" for Thomas, though he did receive onscreen credit as "Transportation Co-Ordinator".
- The film's original villain, Burnett Stone's rival P.T. Boomer, played by Doug Lennox, was cut after test audiences at March 2000 preview screenings in Los Angeles found him "too scary" for young children; he survives only in one scene, redubbed as a lost motorcyclist.
- Ewan McGregor and Bob Hoskins had both expressed interest in voicing Thomas before Canadian actor Edward Glen took the part over from the original choice, John Bellis.
- After the film's poor reception, Allcroft resigned from The Britt Allcroft Company in September 2000, and HIT Entertainment bought the company two years later, including the television rights to Thomas.
- Sodor was realized using models and chroma key, with the models animated by live-action remote control as in the television series, while the Magic Railway was created using models, computer-generated imagery and water-colored matte paintings.
- Castletown railway station on the Isle of Man Railway formed part of the fictional Shining Time Station, and the goods shed at Port St Mary railway station became Burnett Stone's workshop.
