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Train Dreams

The dead tree is as important as the living one

Claire Thompson:The dead tree is as important as the living one

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The dead tree is as important as the living one
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:23:02
Uploaded
Feb 02, 2026
Genres
drama
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Movie Summary

Based on Denis Johnson's beloved novella, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century.
There must be something for us to learn from that. - Train Dreams 00:19
There must be something for us to learn from that.
The world needs a hermit in the woods as much as a preacher in the pulpit - Train Dreams 00:05
The world needs a hermit in the woods as much as a preacher...
Yeah. Yeah. Is that what I am? A hermit? Well, I mean, I believe we both are, in our own ways. - Train Dreams 00:14
Yeah. Yeah. Is that what I am? A hermit? Well, I mean, I...
Though he knew it must be impossible, the thought overwhelmed him that his daughter had returned. - Train Dreams 00:10
Though he knew it must be impossible, the thought...
Kate. Katie? Oh, Kate. Okay. - Train Dreams 00:11
Kate. Katie? Oh, Kate. Okay.
Oh my God. - Train Dreams 00:09
Oh my God.
You want to get some water, honey? - Train Dreams 00:07
You want to get some water, honey?
Wow. What did you do? What did you do that for? - Train Dreams 00:07
Wow. What did you do? What did you do that for?
Bye-bye. - Train Dreams 00:07
Bye-bye.
Seeing Kate again felt as real as anything else in his lifeeven as he wondered if it had really happened to himHe spent many days and evenings wandering the forests and fields of the regionlooking for any sign of herThough he found nonehe spent the rest - Train Dreams 00:34
Seeing Kate again felt as real as anything else in his...
Though he found none, he spent the rest of his days waiting so he would be there if she ever came back. - Train Dreams 00:11
Though he found none, he spent the rest of his days waiting...
In his later years, Grainier rode the Great Northern from time to time into Spokane. - Train Dreams 00:08
In his later years, Grainier rode the Great Northern from...
He wandered the city without much direction or purpose, as if looking for something he had misplaced a long time ago. - Train Dreams 00:10
He wandered the city without much direction or purpose, as...
He saw his face in a mirror for the first time in nearly a decade. - Train Dreams 00:22
He saw his face in a mirror for the first time in nearly a...
Just four dollars, see the world as only the birds do. - Train Dreams 00:07
Just four dollars, see the world as only the birds do.
Hey, you'd better hold on to something. - Train Dreams 00:07
Hey, you'd better hold on to something.
Beautiful, ain't it? - Train Dreams 00:07
Beautiful, ain't it?
When Robert Grainier died in his sleep sometime in November of 1968, his life ended as quietly as it had begun. - Train Dreams 00:36
When Robert Grainier died in his sleep sometime in November...
I seen a grizzly big as a house Walk across an open plain Heard of a boy called Elvis something His voice could drive Young girls insane I’ve seen a man from a mile away Shoot a bobcat through the brain but Lately I’ve been having dreams Crazy dreams I ca - Train Dreams 00:44
I seen a grizzly big as a house Walk across an open plain...
I've seen an elk with twisted antlers Throw bright lightning across the sky Seen a man with a broken curse Leap from a bridge and try to fly Seen a boy who was a dog Who became a man who forgot to die Lately I’ve been having dreams Crazy dreams I can’t ex - Train Dreams 00:44
I've seen an elk with twisted antlers Throw bright...