Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day
- Original title
- Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day
- Year
- 1996
- Running time
- 87 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Jeri Arredondo
- Henry Gibson
- Michael Stipe
- Diana Larkin
- Alexandra Bokyun Chun
- John Diehl
- Peter Alexander
- Tom Challis
- Joan Newmark
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- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Independent Film (US)
- Synopsis
- The Yosemite Valley Railroad, which runs through the breathtaking scenery and stunning vistas of Yosemite National Park, is on the brink of failure. The grandson of a Chinese railroad laborer embarks on a romantic, but ultimately doomed, quest to save this railroad from being sold for scrap. His love of trains finds him working as a railroad-man, instead of at his father's profitable business. He manages to locate a wealthy eccentric investor to help him acquire the railroad, but its financial inviability makes this a quixotic reprieve, at best. The film also portrays the anti-Asian racism present in America at the conclusion of World War II.
- Awards
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1995: Independent Spirit Awards: Someone to Watch Award1996: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Cinematography1996: Sundance: Cinematography Award
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