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Iron road

Iron road

DVD 2009

In 1882, Alfred Nichol, owner of the Nichol Railway Company, is building a railroad through the Canadian Rockies. He sends his irresponsible playboy son, James Nichol, to Hong Kong to check on the company's recruitment of Chinese laborers to work on the railroad's construction. One of the laborers James brings back is a orphan boy named Little Tiger. Unknown to James, Little Tiger is actually a young woman, who is masquerading as a boy to eke out...

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Canada Race relations 19th century Drama
Chinese Canada History Drama
Man-woman relationships Drama
Railroad tracks Construction Canada 19th century Drama
Railroads Canada 19th century Drama
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Edition:
Widescreen edition
Description:
2 videodiscs (91 min. / 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
Dolby
video file
DVD video
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: PG
Notes:
Canadiana
Edited by David Wu ; original score by Lawrence Shragge
Sun Li, Luke MacFarlane, Sam Neill, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Peter O'Toole
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital
For private home use only
Control Number:
677522
UPC:
774212000423
Other Authors:
Astral Media
CBC Home Video (Firm)
CCI Entertainment
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (Program)
E1 Entertainment (Firm)
Leung Ka-fai, Tony, 1958-
Li, Sun
MacFarlane, Luke
Neill, Sam
O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013
Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit
Wu, David, 1952-
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