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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Category: Crime
All Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA, UK
Runtime: 106
Rating: (0)
Languages: English
Director: Tony Scott
Sound: SDDS, DTS, Dolby Digital
Taglines:
Writing by: Brian Helgeland – (screenplay)
John Godey – (novel)
Produced by: Richard Baratta – associate producer
Todd Black – producer
Jason Blumenthal – producer
Michael Costigan – executive producer
Anson Downes – co-executive producer
Linda Favila – co-executive producer
Don Ferrarone – associate producer
Tony Scott – producer
Steve Tisch – producer
Barry H. Waldman – executive producer (as Barry Waldman)
John Wildermuth Jr. – associate producer
Cast: Denzel Washington – Walter Garber
John Travolta – Ryder
Luis Guzmán – Phil Ramos
Victor Gojcaj – Bashkim
John Turturro – Camonetti
James Gandolfini – Mayor
Michael Rispoli – John Johnson
Ramon Rodriguez – Delgado
Saidah Arrika Ekulona – Dispatcher One
John Benjamin Hickey – Deputy Mayor LaSalle
Alex Kaluzhsky – George
Music: Harry Gregson-Williams
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Plot Outline: A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him.
Plot: Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Movie Quotes:
Ryder: Life is simple now. They just have to do what I say.
Crazy Credits: We know about 3 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
Subway footage and sounds are mixed in with the production company logos shown after the end credits.
Goofs: We know about 21 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: In one shot, George is right in front of his laptop talking to his girlfriend. When the shot goes to the control station the TV is broadcasting the video and George is not in the view of the computer at all.
Trivia: There are 8 entries in the trivia list – like these:
- In this movie Denzel Washington wears a bright yellow shirt with a multicolored tie. This is the reverse of the outfit Walter Matthau wore in the original The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) which was a multicolored shirt with a bright yellow tie.
- The name of the Denzel Washington's character, originally named “Zachary Garber”, is changed to “Walter Garber” as a nod to Walter Matthau, who starred in the 1974 version.
- The R-142 and R-142A subway cars portrayed in this film are permanently linked into 5-car sets and cannot operate as single units. R-62A 2079, a single car capable of operating alone, was cosmetically modified to resemble a modern car for this film and restored to its original appearance after filming was completed.
