The film opens with buster walking along his local high street. Based on the true story of the great train robbery of 1963 and one of its robbers, buster edwards, catch a glimpse of edwards life postrobbery. When he realizes that the cops arent going to let the investigation of the incident go, he makes his way to mexico and goes into hiding. Buster edwards can be seen making a cameo appearance in the film buster alongside phil collins wife jill in the scene in which buster and june land in mexico, he and jill walk out of the airport in front of buster and june edwards.
My favourite singer and all round nice guy in a film. Phil collins buster edwards, julie walters june edwards, larry lamb bruce reynolds, ralph brown ronny biggs, christopher ellison george, sheila hancock mrs. In order to escape the police, he and his wife, june, flee with their. Phil collins kicked off his acting career as a child artist at barbara speake stage school. The album is essentially a collection of oldies, tucked in between two phil collins songs that were recorded for the film, in which he starred. Two hearts producer lamont dozier, phil collins writtenby lamont dozier, phil collins.
All the other main stars julie walters, sheila hancock and larry lamb give great performances. After the gang robs a london to glasgow royal mail train in 1963. It reached number one in the united states and canada in january 1989. The soundtrack featured two singles from collins which topped the billboard hot 100 singles chart. It stars musician phil collins, julie walters, larry lamb and.
Jan 11, 2009 buster is probably phil the brusio collins best time ever. As a solo artist he has sold more than 100 million records, won 7 grammys, 6 brit awards, and an oscar. More buster phil collins movie available on the site. Rothery, martin jarvis inspector jack mitchell, anthony quayle sir james mcdowell, michael byrne poyser. Lively biopic telling the story of great train robber buster edwards, a smalltimer who fell in with more ambitious thieves. Buster trailer directed by david green and starring phil collins, larry lamb, michael attwell, ralph brown, christopher ellison. This is the excellent soundtrack album to the 1988 movie buster starring phil collins in his feature film debut as a famed british thief. The buster movie is a roller coaster ride from comedy to the excitement. It stars musician phil collins, julie walters, larry lamb and sheila hancock. Just one look writtenby doris payne, gregory carroll. Buster is a 1988 british romantic crime comedy based on events from the great train robbery.
Buster is played with surprising effectiveness by rock star phil collins, who looks and sounds like a gentler bob hoskins. Buster edwards phil collins is a petty criminal from the east end of 1963 london. Subscribe for promo clips, live videos, interviews, and more. The song was written and produced by collins and lamont dozier. The lowlevel british gangster buster, played in hardy saltoftheearth style by the singer phil collins, is initially seen as a harried family man. The film itself is a rollercoaster ride from comedy to emotion.
Phil collins plays buster edwards in the film, its not a role that suits him and he really couldnt act as much as i love him. Buster mythbusters, the mythbusters crash test dummy. With phil collins, julie walters, larry lamb, stephanie lawrence. Aug 23, 2011 buster edwards is a smalltime thief happily married to june when friend and gang leader bruce plans the biggest robbery in history. His longsuffering wife june julie walters thinks of him as a lovable rogue. Of course, some loose ends could be tied up here and there, but it was overall mindless entertainment despite some controversy of glorifying the famous great train robbery of 1963 and dumbing buster down into more of a ladys man rather than a violent criminal.
He arranges to meet them in mexico where he thinks they can begin again, but finds that he must choose between his family and freedom. Phil collins was born in chiswick, london, england, to winifred strange, a theatrical agent. The inspirational story of baseball superstar buster posey buster posey. Everything from the spine, rear cover, center labels all reference atlantic 819051.
Gardening by the book incidental link arranged by, conductor anne dudley. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and cant contact his wife and child. Okay, in my opinion, this film wasnt as bad as i expected. The divx movie buster could be improved with more musical accompaniment of. Buster edwards is a smalltime thief happily married to june when friend and gang leader bruce plans the biggest robbery in history. Released on 14 november 1988, two hearts charted in 19 countries, and topped the charts of the us, canada, and japan. The center of the movie is occupied, not by the crime, but by the. The official youtube channel for the solo work of english singersongwriter, drummer, and producer, mr. The film portrays 60s england perfectly and the theme song going loco down in acapulco by the four tops is fantastic. Licensed to youtube by laika network on behalf of atlantic label. Ronald christopher buster edwards phil collins is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. Buster, a film about his role in the great train robbery, was made in 1988, with edwards played by phil collins.
A short film was released in 20 called phil collins and the wild frontier which captures collins on a book tour in june 2012. Based on the story of ronald christopher buster edwards phil collins, one of the thieves. He breaks into a shop to steal a suit, into which he then changes to attend a funeral. May 15, 2016 lively biopic telling the story of great train robber buster edwards, a smalltimer who fell in with more ambitious thieves. Phil collins as buster is a revelation although he looks nothing like the real buster. Buster edwards is a member of the legendary gang who pulled off the great train robbery of 1963 without even using a gun. On 26 june 2014, a press conference was held from the alamo, where collins spoke, announcing that he was donating his entire collection to the alamo via the state of texas. Buster original motion picture soundtrack 1988, vinyl. The original motion picture soundtrack is the soundtrack for the 1988 british film buster.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Buster original soundtrack original soundtrack songs. Buster is played with surprising effectiveness by rock star phil collins, who. Based on the story of ronald christopher buster edwards phil collins, one of the thieves involved in the great train robbery of 1963. Dont let him steal your heart away phil collins 1983. Buster is possibly phil the brusier collins finest ever moment. In the movies opening sequence, he throws a garbage can through the window of a clothing store in order to steal a mannequin that is wearing a suit he fancies. However, the film is really about the love story between buster and his doting yet longsuffering wife june an excellent julie walters.
The great train robbery has produced films over the years, but this movie focuses on one member of the gang, buster, played by phil collins. Love and loss comes into consideration in this knock out flick as we see phil collins present himself as buster edwards, the. Two hearts is a song by phil collins from the soundtrack to the film buster 1988. The divx movie buster could be improved with more musical accompaniment of bruiseras only two hearts points out. Buster 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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