What is The Great Train Robbery?
{{italictitle}} [[File:The_Great_Train_Robbery_(1903)_-_yt.webm|thumb|300px|Film]] '''''The Great Train Robbery''''' is a [[1903]] western [[silent movie]]. It was [[screenwriter|written]], [[Director (movie)|directed]], [[Producer|produced]], and [[photograph]]ed by [[Edwin S. Porter]]. It is 12 [[minute]]s long. It is thought to be an important step in making movies. It expanded upon Porter's previous movie ''[[Life of an American Fireman]]''. The movie used many new moviemaking [[technique]]s. These techniques included cross cutting, camera movement, and on-location shooting. Some prints of the movie were also hand colored in certain scenes. It was shot in Milltown, [[New Jersey]]. The movie has been chosen for preservation in the [[United States National Film Registry]]. == Other websites == * [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/papr:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(edmp+2443s3))+@field(COLLID+edison)) Download from the Library of Congress] (in MPEG-1, RealVideo or QuickTime format) * {{IMDb title|0000439|The Great Train Robbery}} * [http://www.filmsite.org/grea.html Great Films: ''The Great Train Robbery''] {{movie-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Great Train Robbery, The}} [[Category:1903 movies]] [[Category:1900s Western (genre) movies]] [[Category:American silent movies]] [[Category:American Western (genre) movies]] [[Category:United States National Film Registry movies]] [[Category:Movies set in the 1870s]] [[Category:Movies directed by Edwin S. Porter]]