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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Joseph Sargent |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1974 |
| MANUFACTURER: | MGM (Video & DVD) |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Closed-captioned, Color, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-action/Adventure, Movie, Mystery, Mystery / Suspense, Mystery / Suspense / Thriller, Suspense |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 027616837523 |
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Customer Reviews of Taking of Pelham One Two Three
NYC subway hijack The Joseph Sargent directed "Taking of Pelham One Two Three", with a terrific cast and filmed on the streets of New York had all the earmarks to be a top flight thriller. It however ultimately fizzles as the plot drags on and cannot be saved by a fine array of actors. <
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>A four man crew headed by ex-mercenary Robert Shaw and featuring a deviant Hector Elizondo and ex-subway conductor Martin Balsam hijack a NYC subway train. They demand a one million dollar ransom to be delivered in one hour (don't laugh because the subway fare was 35 cents) to release the eighteen hostages they hold. Transit police lieutenant Zachary Garber played by the gruff and often disheveled Walter Matthau directs a task force while remaining in communication with Shaw. <
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>As the deadline arrives a bankrupt city lead by a hated mayor played by a flu suffering Lee Wallace scrounges together the ransom. An army of cops desperately attempts to deliver the money to the hijackers in time. The real conundrum becomes the means by which the crew will escape with their spoils. <
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>Matthau tries to keep a cool head in his dealings with Shaw but is egged on by star of the film, TV veteran character actor Dick O'Neill playing the cantankerous Frank Correll head of the Transit Authority. <
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>The drama plays out but lacks any real feeling of tension and suspense as the characters often appear to just be going through the motions.
The "Great Train Robbery" with a twist
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is a well-written thriller that features an all-star cast at its very best. Walter Matthau palys a transit system cop. Robert Shaw, & Martin Balsam put on a tour de force performance as the heavies. Instad of robbing the train and its passengers, they hold a New York subway train full of people hostage. They only want money--and they'll give New York only one hour before they begin killing hostages...but they bit off more than they can chew in the person of Transit Cop Lt. Zachary Garber (Matthauy). His wisecracking, life's-a-joke style helps him do the impossible--find a way to cut through a bankrupt city hall's politics, obtain the million dollar ransom demanded by the hijackers, and deliver it--all within the one hour limit.
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>This is a fast-paced, intense, fun film that stands the test of time. If you want a gripping story and performance with mild language, this is the one for you.
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>As Garber says: "Aw, go play with your trains, Frank!"
Excellent Movie
I was searching for this movie because I loved it when I was young. I came across it being on DVD and I bought it immediately. This is an excellent thriller involving hijacking the subway train and threatening to kill everyone. Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw are excellent actors and make you feel the action going on in the movie. I recommend it to anyone who loves movies about hijacking and killing (over 17 years old that is).