Charles Dickens Dickens was involved in the Staplehurst rail crash. The train's first seven carriages plunged off a cast iron bridge that was under repair. The only first-class carriage to remain on the track was the one in which Dickens was travelling. Before rescuers arrived, Dickens tended and comforted the wounded and the dying with a flask of brandy and a hat refreshed with water, and saved some lives. Before leaving, he remembered the unfinished manuscript for "Our Mutual Friend", and he returned to his carriage to retrieve it. Dickens later used this experience as material for his short ghost story, "The
Kim Dickens she appeared in "Great Expectations", a film adaptation of the Charles Dickens's novel, and had the female leading roles in "Zero Effect" and "Mercury Rising". In 1999, she starred alongside Antonio Banderas in the comedy film, "The White River Kid". In 2000, Dickens had co-starring roles in films "Committed" opposite Heather Graham, "Hollow Man" with Elisabeth Shue and Kevin Bacon, and "The Gift" starring Cate Blanchett. The following year, she played the lead in the independent film, "Things Behind the Sun". Dickens received critical acclaim for her performance, and an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead nomination. Later that