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Certificate 15

Cast Walter Matthau Robert Shaw Martin Balsam Hector Elizondo Earl Hindman James Broderick.

Directors Joseph Sargent.

Screenwriters Peter Stone.

Running Time 104 minutes

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The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three
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A group of criminals take a New York subway train hostage and make a brutal demand: the city pay $1 million in ransom within one hour or they will begin killing the passengers for every minute they are late. It is up to veteran detective Lt. Garber to undertake the difficult negotiations.

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RE: The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three

Old Man: "Excuse me Mister. Shouldn't we be let in on what's going on?"   Mr Blue: "What's happening, Sir, is that you are being held by 4 very dangerous men armed with machine guns."   70's New York classic. Fantastic score by David Shire, the End Theme is particulary good with the added melotron (sp?) section. ... More

Posted by Rafer Janders at 12:28, 03 April 2007 | Report This Post

RE: The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three

a classic which proved that Walther Mattau was a good serious as well as comic actor 8/10 oh and a great score too  ... More

Posted by filmburner30 at 12:21, 03 April 2007 | Report This Post

RE: The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three

One of those films film geeks love to get their hands on, especialy since it was this film that Tarantino got the idea of naming the characters in reservoir dogs by colour. ... More

Posted by libertine at 19:04, 01 April 2007 | Report This Post

RE: The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three

/align] this when I was younger.Haven't seen it for years though. ... More

Posted by Cuchulainn at 17:00, 01 April 2007 | Report This Post

RE: The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three

Though built around a superb, seamless performance from Matthau, this film isn't without weaknesses. Although I really love Shaw I didn't think there was an awful lot of menace in his performance, just a dull coldness, and as mentioned the rent-a-hostages hardly help the situation, but Sargent keeps the focus moving and the film is finely paced so the potential damage from an underwhelming hostage situation is mostly averted as we ping back and forth between situations. Overall an entertaining ... More

Posted by Lydia_H at 00:29, 31 March 2007 | Report This Post

RE: The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three

there is ever a mention on these boards about lost classics this is the film I point them to. One of my all time favourite films and one that should be mentioned more when 70's cinema is talked about. ... More

Posted by stuieboy at 21:34, 30 March 2007 | Report This Post

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