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Nebs
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeQuote: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, also known as The Taking of Pelham 123 is a 1974 American thriller film directed by Joseph Sargent, produced by Edgar J. Scherick and starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Jerry Stiller, Julius Harris, and Martin Balsam. Peter Stone adapted the screenplay, from the novel of the same name by Morton Freedgood (under the pen name John Godey).
It was remade in 1998 as a TV movie and was again remade in 2009 as a film.
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Squee
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:01 pm Posts: 13270 Location: Yuppieville
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Re: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Taking of Pelham 1:23: **** (A+)
Never heard of this movie until just recently. Glad I followed through on my friend's recommendation, cause this movie is top 100 material almost assuredly. I may even put it in my top 50. The movie is that good.
It's about 4 criminals who take a train car and its 18 civilians hostage for 1 million dollars. Mr. Blue, Mr. Brown, Mr. Grey, and Mr. Green are their aliases (later borrowed by Tarantino for Reservoir Dogs). They ask for 1 million dollars in 1 hour or they will kill a hostage for each minute after the deadline.
A fantastic ending highlights an already fantastic movie going into that ending. The last 10 seconds may be a bit too corny for my tastes, but I prefer to remember the 20 minutes that came before it.
I may even like this movie more than Reservoir Dogs. Shockingly excellent.
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Gulli
Jordan Mugen-Honda
Joined: Mon May 01, 2006 9:53 am Posts: 13403
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Re: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Awesome Squee reccomendation.
Ill write more later, but ace movie.
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Johnny Dollar
The Lubitsch Touch
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Re: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
This is a terrific, tight and funny thriller and it never missteps.
Peter Stone's screenplay is just bursting with smart, authentic dialogue. The bickering in the transit office, the casual racism and sexism, the riotous scenes with Tony Roberts (what a pleasant surprise to see him!).
And that ending...just brilliant. Squee's too hard on the last 10 seconds. I was giddy for at least a half hour after the movie ended. I even rewound the DVD to see final moments again.
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trixster
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Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm Posts: 19697 Location: ville-marie
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Re: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
I liked it. It's witty and entertaining. But I can't help but feel they could've done more with it. The plot goes in a totally conventional direction, and at no point are you unsure of where it'll end up; it never really seems to build to anything, and then it's over. The dialogue is sharp and crackling, but doesn't gets a chance to breathe; the radio conversations should've been a lot more. Shaw and Matthau are both unrelentingly dry, and the film needed a spark to play off them. The whole thing feels too slight.
Who was Tony Roberts, yosh?
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Optimus_Prime
Okay, I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:34 pm Posts: 817
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Re: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Great movie, I wish they made more action movies like this, grounded in reality dealing with real people. Not every action movie has to have a national monuments being destroyed and about superheroes.
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Flava'd vs The World
The Kramer
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:36 am Posts: 23921 Location: Classified
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Re: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
What a great movie! Very intense throughout even though it shows a step by step response to the crisis rather than just focusing on the hero and the villain like the remake. That's not an easy balance to achieve, especially for an old movie. Yet the pace never falters and the movie is never not thrilling.
9.5/10
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