Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Christopher Munch
Peter Alexander
Diana Larkin
David Chung
Corinne Lorain
Bok Yun Chon
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When twenty-three-year-old John Lee learns that the Yosemite Valley Railroad is being scrapped, he yearns to save it. An ardent fanatic, John has railroading in his blood since his grandfather emigrated to the United States to work as a laborer on the first transcontinental. John arranges financing through a wealthy railroad businessman, then installs himself as general manager. In this way, he befriends Yosemite Valley's superintendent, Robinson, and the younger, quiet traffic manager, Skeeter. Together, they must make the railroad turn a profit within a year or lose their precarious financing.
Director
Christopher Munch
Cast
Peter Alexander
Diana Larkin
David Chung
Corinne Lorain
Bok Yun Chon
Lee Ho
Jonah Bauer
Michael Stipe
Henry Gibson
Michael K Hall
Alan Boyce
John Diehl
Tom Challis
Susanne Columbia
William Rotko
Joan Newmark
Larry Ingold
Jeri Arredondo
Peter Alexander
Crew
Kristen Anacker
David Ansen
Gregg Araki
Brady Benton
Paul Mayeda Berges
Don Brown
Elizabeth Brown
Tom Buckley
Jack Burgess
Joanne Cassullo
Rob Cates
Ruth Charny
Lori Cheatle
Clarence Chu
Daniel Clark
Jem Cohen
Elizabeth Cunningham
Mark Damian
Kevin Deel
Brook Dillon
Julia Eisenman
Julia Eisenman
Jennifer Elias
Alisa Emory
Martha Fay
Gail Ferguson
Joy Flynn
Alberto Garcia
Jennifer Gentile
Tom Gilroy
Peter Glatzer
Khan Griffith
Robert Harvey
Tom Healy
James Herbert
Frieder Hoebheim
Ted Hogan
Charles Hong
Marcus Hu
Richard Huggard
Larry Ingold
Tim Innes
Hank Johnston
Ann Jones
Alan Kaneshiro
Lawrence Konner
Linda Krantz
Hisami Kurolwu
Suzy Lafer
Lindsay Law
Richard Linklater
Anne Macdonald
Anne Macdonald
Howard Mandel
Susan Manning
Darryl Marshak
Jim Mckay
Joseph Middleton
Mirka Morales
Donal Mosher
Christopher Munch
Guido Munch
William H Neal
Don Nikkinen
Richard Pena
Michael Peretzian
Sean Pitts
Pierce Rafferty
Jason Rail
Shirley Reinero
Amy Robinson
Eric Rosenberg
Eric Rosenberg
Donald Rosenfeld
Henry S Rosenthal
Henry Rosenthal
Paul Rutan
David Salle
Michelle Satter
James Schamus
Edwin Schenderlein
Brad Scott
Marcia Shulman
Drew Simon
Britta Sjogren
Andrea Sperling
Jim Stark
Nigel Stewart
Roger Stigliano
Shelley Surpin
Shelley H Surpin
Rob Sweeney
Reneé Treyball
Christien Tuttle
Gus Van Sant
Krysztof Waclaw
Steve Ward
Peter Wentworth
W C Whittaker
Caveh Zahedi
Caveh Zahedi
Caveh Zahedi
Andrew Zinnman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States August 1996
Released in United States December 5, 1997
Released in United States January 1996
Released in United States June 1996
Released in United States on Video November 30, 2004
Released in United States Spring May 2, 1997
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 2-12, 1996.
Shown at Nantucket Film Festival June 19-23, 1996.
Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 22 - April 7, 1996.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.
Christopher Munch received the Swatch Someone to Watch Award at the 1996 Independent Spirit Awards. Presented annually to a filmmaker whose work "demonstrates exceptional talent, dedication and unique vision," the prize includes a $20,000 production grant and an original sculpture designed by Stephen Dean. Munch's previous short feature, "The Hours and Times" (USA/1991), received the Special Distinction Award at the 1993 Independent Spirit Awards.
Film noted "In loving memory of Al Rose, railroad historian, 1918-1995."
Film was developed with the assistance of the Sundance Institute.
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 22 - April 7, 1996.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.)
Released in United States January 1996 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (in competition) in Park City, Utah January 18-28, 1996.)
Released in United States Spring May 2, 1997
Released in United States June 1996 (Shown at Nantucket Film Festival June 19-23, 1996.)
Released in United States August 1996 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 2-12, 1996.)
Released in United States on Video November 30, 2004
Released in United States December 5, 1997 (Laemmle's Music Hall; Los Angeles)
