Online Lecture – Trains in the Movies: Behind the Scenes of Iron Road

Lights, camera, action! Go behind the scenes of the making of the film Iron Road with producer Anne Tait.

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On Thursday, February 17, join the Toronto Railway Museum and Anne Tait for an online lecture featuring the award-winning Iron Road. Iron Road is an epic, action-packed movie about the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway’s transcontinental railway, told through a taboo love story. Producer Anne Tait will take you behind the scenes and share over 60 rare, on-location photos, tell the exciting story of making the movie, and answer all your questions about the film.

Make sure you watch the film before the event! Watch for FREE on CBC Gem here gem.cbc.ca/media/iron-road/s01e01, or watch the trailer youtube.com/watch?v=2rO7PE2JMiQ. 

TICKETS

Tickets for this event are free, although registration is required. Get your ticket here.

Attendees will get access to our exclusive Zoom meeting room, where they can engage directly with the presenter and museum historians in a post-lecture Q&A. The event will begin at 7pm Eastern Standard Time, and will end at 8:30pm EST.

Attendees will also have a chance to win a signed copy of the book Li Jun and the Iron Road, based on the movie, with 31 colour shots from the film, autographed by Anne Tait, the co-author. More information about the book is available here.

ABOUT ANNE TAIT

Anne Tait is a  film producer, screenwriter, novelist, playwright, broadcaster, and casting director. Tait produced the ground-breaking movie Iron Road, about the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway through the Rocky Mountains, told through a taboo love story. She then wrote the novel Li Jun and the Iron Road, with 30 colour shots from the movie. It won two Canadian Book Awards. 

Anne has cast many Canadian & U.S. movies and TV series, including Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea, Margaret’s Museum, Wind at My Back, Terminator 2, the Composers, Inventors & Artists series (9 Emmy nominations), Ready or Not, Goosebumps (Ryan Gosling’s first role), and a Muppets show. 

Anne Tait was casting director for the Stratford Festival and for Mirvish stage shows, and she hosted a TV series and her own radio show for CBC. Anne’s plays have been produced on 12 Irish and Canadian stages and on CBC Radio. Her awards include People’s Choice and Best Picture from film festivals in Rome, the D.R. and Brantford, plus Gemini & Leo awards, 3 Emmy nominations, the Female Eye Film Festival’s Career Achievement and Victoria College, U of T’s Distinguished Alumna Award, plus two Canadian Best Book awards.

ABOUT THE TORONTO RAILWAY MUSEUM (TRM)

The Toronto Railway Museum (TRM) brings people together by telling stories of Toronto’s railway heritage. The Museum is located in the heart of downtown Toronto and is typically open year-round. TRM presents exhibits, tours, educational programs and publications that broaden the understanding and appreciation of Toronto’s rich railway history. TRM is committed to telling the stories of the railways, and welcoming conversations of its varied experiences through its lecture series, exhibits and integrated programming with a mission to learn from the past to make the future better.

The Toronto Railway Museum would like to acknowledge the support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Community Building Fund. More information is available here.