John Travolta plays a foul-mouthed criminal mastermind named Ryder, who has hijacked a subway car with 17 or so passengers on board. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009). September 18, 2020 LAKE COUNTY, IL (September 18) The Lake County Film Festival is thrilled to announced the first twenty titles for their 2020 edition.
The novel was adapted for this movie by American screenwriters Brian Helgeland and David Koepp.
Brian Helgeland, the only one receiving credit for the screenplay, took the script in a different direction, making the remake more like the 1974 film than the novel and, as Helgeland put it, making it about "two guys who weren't necessarily all that different from each other." New Yorkers don't need terror in the subway, and it would be terrible, indeed, if real life were to follow the fiction of "Pelham. This, the film-makers suggest, is a good thing.Shaw's villain in One Two Three is a military veteran with experience as an international mercenary, an urbane, understated manner and a steely determination to have things run according to plan. The train continues forward, picking up speed until the passengers become alarmed and the authorities at the MTV conclude that no one is driving the train anymore.
The novel was adapted for the movie by American screenwriter Peter Stone. It is not possible as the tracks do not cross. In contrast, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is very much a Scott film: loud, bombastic, fast-paced, with thrilling whip-pans and key scenes milked for melodrama. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.The film debuted in the number three spot with approximately US$25 million at the box office in the United States in its opening weekend, in what There’s not much wrong with Tony Scott’s “The Taking of Pelham 123,” except that there’s not much really right about it.
"The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" (2009) makes no claims that it's a true story or based on a true story. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three: 1974: 104: R: Ending: Four armed men hijack a New York City subway train (Pelham 123), separating the train, sending most of the passengers to safety and holding the last 17 on a single lead car with a demand for $1 million ransom, due in 60 minutes.
Garber catches up to him on the pedestrian walkway and confronts him with a gun. "Goddammit," he blurts out when the ransom demand comes through, "this city hasn't got a million dollars!" Peter Stone adapted the screenplay from the 1973 novel of the same name written by Morton Freedgood under the pen name John Godey.
This lightning-paced thriller of a remake about the hijacking of a New York City subway train is as entirely fictitious as the original film, released in 1974, which starred Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, and Martin Balsam.
The "123" refers to the time that it leaves 1:23. Actually, they all keep Grey in line. So for access, you'll just have to board "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3," which is one helluva thrilling ride. Koepp's drafts were meant to be "essentially familiar" to those who read the novel, preserving the "great hero vs. villain thing" of the original.
Travolta's pointy beard, on the other hand, seems to be a sincere fashion statement on the part of his character and, by extension, the film-makers. The ending … They get off the train at the Roosevelt spur, a derelict tunnel built under the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. And, no, there will not be "Pelham 1 2 3" tours of the subway. Published on Wed 1 Jul 2009 05.29 EDT. The "taking" refers to a hijacking.The first drafts of the script faced the challenge of updating the novel with contemporary technology, including cellphones, GPS, laptops, thermal imaging, and a post-9/11 world in New York City. The film received critical acclaim and holds a rating of 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 38 reviews.
In the new picture, out later this month, John Travolta is the baddie.It's fair to say that 1974 was an altogether less tactful time for both cops and robbers.
No, really.The false moustaches worn by Shaw's gang are intended as disguises and perhaps even meant to look a little silly, to distract witnesses from other identifiable facial features.
In the earlier film, directed by Joseph Sargent, Robert Shaw is the leader of the gang, Walter Matthau the subway employee trying to negotiate with him and avoid a bloodbath; the title, from the hijacked train's radio call sign, spells out its numbers in words.
John Travolta in The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) Ben Walters. The original version of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three was made 35 years ago, yet it retains a quality of cool that will remain long after people have forgotten the current version.
This probably reflects some genuine social changes around the perceived characteristics of soldiers and businessmen but it is a bad thing for audiences, unless you prefer manic Travolta to determined Shaw.
And that's a really good thing. And their wearing silly moustaches while they do it.Both the 1974 thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and Tony Scott's new version adapt that basic plot from John Godey's 1973 novel. Ryder only wants to talk to Walter about the ransom. "The Taking of Pelham 123" is based on the 1973 novel "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" by American author Morton Freedgood, writing under the pen name of John Godey.
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John Travolta plays a foul-mouthed criminal mastermind named Ryder, who has hijacked a subway car with 17 or so passengers on board. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009). September 18, 2020 LAKE COUNTY, IL (September 18) The Lake County Film Festival is thrilled to announced the first twenty titles for their 2020 edition.
The novel was adapted for this movie by American screenwriters Brian Helgeland and David Koepp.
Brian Helgeland, the only one receiving credit for the screenplay, took the script in a different direction, making the remake more like the 1974 film than the novel and, as Helgeland put it, making it about "two guys who weren't necessarily all that different from each other." New Yorkers don't need terror in the subway, and it would be terrible, indeed, if real life were to follow the fiction of "Pelham. This, the film-makers suggest, is a good thing.Shaw's villain in One Two Three is a military veteran with experience as an international mercenary, an urbane, understated manner and a steely determination to have things run according to plan. The train continues forward, picking up speed until the passengers become alarmed and the authorities at the MTV conclude that no one is driving the train anymore.
The novel was adapted for the movie by American screenwriter Peter Stone. It is not possible as the tracks do not cross. In contrast, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is very much a Scott film: loud, bombastic, fast-paced, with thrilling whip-pans and key scenes milked for melodrama. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.The film debuted in the number three spot with approximately US$25 million at the box office in the United States in its opening weekend, in what There’s not much wrong with Tony Scott’s “The Taking of Pelham 123,” except that there’s not much really right about it.
"The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" (2009) makes no claims that it's a true story or based on a true story. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three: 1974: 104: R: Ending: Four armed men hijack a New York City subway train (Pelham 123), separating the train, sending most of the passengers to safety and holding the last 17 on a single lead car with a demand for $1 million ransom, due in 60 minutes.
Garber catches up to him on the pedestrian walkway and confronts him with a gun. "Goddammit," he blurts out when the ransom demand comes through, "this city hasn't got a million dollars!" Peter Stone adapted the screenplay from the 1973 novel of the same name written by Morton Freedgood under the pen name John Godey.
This lightning-paced thriller of a remake about the hijacking of a New York City subway train is as entirely fictitious as the original film, released in 1974, which starred Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, and Martin Balsam.
The "123" refers to the time that it leaves 1:23. Actually, they all keep Grey in line. So for access, you'll just have to board "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3," which is one helluva thrilling ride. Koepp's drafts were meant to be "essentially familiar" to those who read the novel, preserving the "great hero vs. villain thing" of the original.
Travolta's pointy beard, on the other hand, seems to be a sincere fashion statement on the part of his character and, by extension, the film-makers. The ending … They get off the train at the Roosevelt spur, a derelict tunnel built under the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. And, no, there will not be "Pelham 1 2 3" tours of the subway. Published on Wed 1 Jul 2009 05.29 EDT. The "taking" refers to a hijacking.The first drafts of the script faced the challenge of updating the novel with contemporary technology, including cellphones, GPS, laptops, thermal imaging, and a post-9/11 world in New York City. The film received critical acclaim and holds a rating of 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 38 reviews.
In the new picture, out later this month, John Travolta is the baddie.It's fair to say that 1974 was an altogether less tactful time for both cops and robbers.
No, really.The false moustaches worn by Shaw's gang are intended as disguises and perhaps even meant to look a little silly, to distract witnesses from other identifiable facial features.
In the earlier film, directed by Joseph Sargent, Robert Shaw is the leader of the gang, Walter Matthau the subway employee trying to negotiate with him and avoid a bloodbath; the title, from the hijacked train's radio call sign, spells out its numbers in words.
John Travolta in The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) Ben Walters. The original version of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three was made 35 years ago, yet it retains a quality of cool that will remain long after people have forgotten the current version.
This probably reflects some genuine social changes around the perceived characteristics of soldiers and businessmen but it is a bad thing for audiences, unless you prefer manic Travolta to determined Shaw.
And that's a really good thing. And their wearing silly moustaches while they do it.Both the 1974 thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and Tony Scott's new version adapt that basic plot from John Godey's 1973 novel. Ryder only wants to talk to Walter about the ransom. "The Taking of Pelham 123" is based on the 1973 novel "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" by American author Morton Freedgood, writing under the pen name of John Godey.
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John Travolta plays a foul-mouthed criminal mastermind named Ryder, who has hijacked a subway car with 17 or so passengers on board. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009). September 18, 2020 LAKE COUNTY, IL (September 18) The Lake County Film Festival is thrilled to announced the first twenty titles for their 2020 edition.
The novel was adapted for this movie by American screenwriters Brian Helgeland and David Koepp.
Brian Helgeland, the only one receiving credit for the screenplay, took the script in a different direction, making the remake more like the 1974 film than the novel and, as Helgeland put it, making it about "two guys who weren't necessarily all that different from each other." New Yorkers don't need terror in the subway, and it would be terrible, indeed, if real life were to follow the fiction of "Pelham. This, the film-makers suggest, is a good thing.Shaw's villain in One Two Three is a military veteran with experience as an international mercenary, an urbane, understated manner and a steely determination to have things run according to plan. The train continues forward, picking up speed until the passengers become alarmed and the authorities at the MTV conclude that no one is driving the train anymore.
The novel was adapted for the movie by American screenwriter Peter Stone. It is not possible as the tracks do not cross. In contrast, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is very much a Scott film: loud, bombastic, fast-paced, with thrilling whip-pans and key scenes milked for melodrama. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.The film debuted in the number three spot with approximately US$25 million at the box office in the United States in its opening weekend, in what There’s not much wrong with Tony Scott’s “The Taking of Pelham 123,” except that there’s not much really right about it.
"The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" (2009) makes no claims that it's a true story or based on a true story. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three: 1974: 104: R: Ending: Four armed men hijack a New York City subway train (Pelham 123), separating the train, sending most of the passengers to safety and holding the last 17 on a single lead car with a demand for $1 million ransom, due in 60 minutes.
Garber catches up to him on the pedestrian walkway and confronts him with a gun. "Goddammit," he blurts out when the ransom demand comes through, "this city hasn't got a million dollars!" Peter Stone adapted the screenplay from the 1973 novel of the same name written by Morton Freedgood under the pen name John Godey.
This lightning-paced thriller of a remake about the hijacking of a New York City subway train is as entirely fictitious as the original film, released in 1974, which starred Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, and Martin Balsam.
The "123" refers to the time that it leaves 1:23. Actually, they all keep Grey in line. So for access, you'll just have to board "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3," which is one helluva thrilling ride. Koepp's drafts were meant to be "essentially familiar" to those who read the novel, preserving the "great hero vs. villain thing" of the original.
Travolta's pointy beard, on the other hand, seems to be a sincere fashion statement on the part of his character and, by extension, the film-makers. The ending … They get off the train at the Roosevelt spur, a derelict tunnel built under the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. And, no, there will not be "Pelham 1 2 3" tours of the subway. Published on Wed 1 Jul 2009 05.29 EDT. The "taking" refers to a hijacking.The first drafts of the script faced the challenge of updating the novel with contemporary technology, including cellphones, GPS, laptops, thermal imaging, and a post-9/11 world in New York City. The film received critical acclaim and holds a rating of 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 38 reviews.
In the new picture, out later this month, John Travolta is the baddie.It's fair to say that 1974 was an altogether less tactful time for both cops and robbers.
No, really.The false moustaches worn by Shaw's gang are intended as disguises and perhaps even meant to look a little silly, to distract witnesses from other identifiable facial features.
In the earlier film, directed by Joseph Sargent, Robert Shaw is the leader of the gang, Walter Matthau the subway employee trying to negotiate with him and avoid a bloodbath; the title, from the hijacked train's radio call sign, spells out its numbers in words.
John Travolta in The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) Ben Walters. The original version of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three was made 35 years ago, yet it retains a quality of cool that will remain long after people have forgotten the current version.
This probably reflects some genuine social changes around the perceived characteristics of soldiers and businessmen but it is a bad thing for audiences, unless you prefer manic Travolta to determined Shaw.
And that's a really good thing. And their wearing silly moustaches while they do it.Both the 1974 thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and Tony Scott's new version adapt that basic plot from John Godey's 1973 novel. Ryder only wants to talk to Walter about the ransom. "The Taking of Pelham 123" is based on the 1973 novel "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" by American author Morton Freedgood, writing under the pen name of John Godey.
You know, … THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 stars Denzel Washington as Walter Garber, a New York City subway dispatcher, temporarily demoted pending a bribery investigation. Ending / spoiler for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. Green drives the train, Grey menaces the hostages, and Brown keeps Grey in line.
But UNSTOPPABLE was okay and then the poor guy died and my eyeballs started to feel kinda bad and got nostalgic for all the good times of TRUE ROMANCE and CRIMSON TIDE and all that, and they finally saw REVENGE and they liked that quite a bit. "), racism ("shut your mouth, nigger") and xenophobia: a supposedly comic set piece sees Matthau referring to Japanese visitors as "Chinamen" and "monkeys". "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" (2009) makes no claims that it's a true story or based on a true story. Ryder demands that Garber kill him before the police do and gives him 10 seconds to shoot.
John Travolta plays a foul-mouthed criminal mastermind named Ryder, who has hijacked a subway car with 17 or so passengers on board. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009). September 18, 2020 LAKE COUNTY, IL (September 18) The Lake County Film Festival is thrilled to announced the first twenty titles for their 2020 edition.
The novel was adapted for this movie by American screenwriters Brian Helgeland and David Koepp.
Brian Helgeland, the only one receiving credit for the screenplay, took the script in a different direction, making the remake more like the 1974 film than the novel and, as Helgeland put it, making it about "two guys who weren't necessarily all that different from each other." New Yorkers don't need terror in the subway, and it would be terrible, indeed, if real life were to follow the fiction of "Pelham. This, the film-makers suggest, is a good thing.Shaw's villain in One Two Three is a military veteran with experience as an international mercenary, an urbane, understated manner and a steely determination to have things run according to plan. The train continues forward, picking up speed until the passengers become alarmed and the authorities at the MTV conclude that no one is driving the train anymore.
The novel was adapted for the movie by American screenwriter Peter Stone. It is not possible as the tracks do not cross. In contrast, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is very much a Scott film: loud, bombastic, fast-paced, with thrilling whip-pans and key scenes milked for melodrama. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.The film debuted in the number three spot with approximately US$25 million at the box office in the United States in its opening weekend, in what There’s not much wrong with Tony Scott’s “The Taking of Pelham 123,” except that there’s not much really right about it.
"The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" (2009) makes no claims that it's a true story or based on a true story. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three: 1974: 104: R: Ending: Four armed men hijack a New York City subway train (Pelham 123), separating the train, sending most of the passengers to safety and holding the last 17 on a single lead car with a demand for $1 million ransom, due in 60 minutes.
Garber catches up to him on the pedestrian walkway and confronts him with a gun. "Goddammit," he blurts out when the ransom demand comes through, "this city hasn't got a million dollars!" Peter Stone adapted the screenplay from the 1973 novel of the same name written by Morton Freedgood under the pen name John Godey.
This lightning-paced thriller of a remake about the hijacking of a New York City subway train is as entirely fictitious as the original film, released in 1974, which starred Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, and Martin Balsam.
The "123" refers to the time that it leaves 1:23. Actually, they all keep Grey in line. So for access, you'll just have to board "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3," which is one helluva thrilling ride. Koepp's drafts were meant to be "essentially familiar" to those who read the novel, preserving the "great hero vs. villain thing" of the original.
Travolta's pointy beard, on the other hand, seems to be a sincere fashion statement on the part of his character and, by extension, the film-makers. The ending … They get off the train at the Roosevelt spur, a derelict tunnel built under the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. And, no, there will not be "Pelham 1 2 3" tours of the subway. Published on Wed 1 Jul 2009 05.29 EDT. The "taking" refers to a hijacking.The first drafts of the script faced the challenge of updating the novel with contemporary technology, including cellphones, GPS, laptops, thermal imaging, and a post-9/11 world in New York City. The film received critical acclaim and holds a rating of 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 38 reviews.
In the new picture, out later this month, John Travolta is the baddie.It's fair to say that 1974 was an altogether less tactful time for both cops and robbers.
No, really.The false moustaches worn by Shaw's gang are intended as disguises and perhaps even meant to look a little silly, to distract witnesses from other identifiable facial features.
In the earlier film, directed by Joseph Sargent, Robert Shaw is the leader of the gang, Walter Matthau the subway employee trying to negotiate with him and avoid a bloodbath; the title, from the hijacked train's radio call sign, spells out its numbers in words.
John Travolta in The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) Ben Walters. The original version of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three was made 35 years ago, yet it retains a quality of cool that will remain long after people have forgotten the current version.
This probably reflects some genuine social changes around the perceived characteristics of soldiers and businessmen but it is a bad thing for audiences, unless you prefer manic Travolta to determined Shaw.
And that's a really good thing. And their wearing silly moustaches while they do it.Both the 1974 thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and Tony Scott's new version adapt that basic plot from John Godey's 1973 novel. Ryder only wants to talk to Walter about the ransom. "The Taking of Pelham 123" is based on the 1973 novel "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" by American author Morton Freedgood, writing under the pen name of John Godey.
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