Stamford Connecticut USA - The world lost two major stars of cinema recently, actor Gene Wilder, who died 29 Aug 2016 at the age of 82, and Edmonton-born director Arthur Hiller, who passed away 17 Aug 2016 at the age of 92.
 
The two talents came together in the mid-1970s to shoot Silver Streak, a comedic thriller co-starring Richard Pryor and Jill Clayburgh that was mostly filmed in Alberta.
 
The film, which paired Wilder and Pryor together for the first time, is about a murder that takes place on a long-distance train journey from Los Angeles to Chicago.
 
Train stations in Okotoks and High River and parts of Calgary were used, as were areas of Drumheller and other parts of Alberta along the Canadian Pacific Railway line.
 
The below YouTube clip is a short film about the making of Silver Streak.
 
At roughly the one-minute mark, there's a scene involving Wilder meeting students from nearby St. Mary's High School, who gathered around in hopes of getting a glimpse of Wilder and Pryor.
 
Wilder is seen joking with the star-struck students.
 
"Those high school students were all excited," said Ivan Hawkes, a Calgary film worker who was in the grip department during the Silver Streak shoot back in 1975.
 
"They stood out there in the rain for a long time."
 
Eric Volmers.