Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day movie storyline. The Yosemite Valley Railroad, which runs through the breathtaking scenery and stunning vistas of the Merced River Canyon to its terminus at El Portal outside 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.
Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day is a 1996 drama film written and directed by Christopher Münch. It stars Peter Alexander and features R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe. Other starring are Jeri Arredondo, Henry Gibson, Jonah Bauer, Alexandra Bokyun Chun, David Chung, Diana Larkin and Corine Lorain. The title comes from a poem by Octavio Paz.
Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day (1997)
Directed by: Christopher Münch
Starring: Peter Alexander, Jeri Arredondo, Henry Gibson, Michael Stipe, Jonah Bauer, Alexandra Bokyun Chun, David Chung, Diana Larkin, Corine Lorain
Screenplay by: Christopher Münch, Caveh Zahedi
Production Design by: Eric Rosenberg
Cinematography by: Rob Sweeney
Film Editing by: Christopher Münch
Costume Design by: Kristen Anacker
Art Direction by: Jennifer M. Gentile
Distributed by: Artistic License
Release Date: May 2, 1997
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