Taking of Pelham 1-2-3
by Joseph Sargent
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Actor: Earl Hindman, Hector Elizondo, Martin Balsam, Robert Shaw, Walter MatthauDirector: Joseph Sargent
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog; Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 104 minutes
Release Date: 1996-07-16
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
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Movie Review: Caricatures-not characters
Summary: 1 Stars
The NYCTransit was not like this in 1971. You couldn't have pulled off this caper. Again-a 70's heist that has no thought, no plan, on how to get away clean. A disgruntled TA employee goes back to his house to await capture while rolling in cash. A nutcase gangmember puts everyone at risk from momemt 1. Another laughable 70's nyc movie without the advantage of showing old ny. Caricatures not characters inhabit the` supporting parts.
Summary of Taking of Pelham 1-2-3
Dog Day Afternoon. Annie Hall. Taxi Driver. In the pantheon of classic New York films, these three take pride of place. But there are, of course, others, some of which have fallen through the cracks over the years, criminally overlooked and unjustly relegated to commercial-riddled Saturday-afternoon TV broadcasts. Joseph Sargent's The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is just such a picture. This taut 1974 thriller about four armed men who highjack a New York City subway train and hold it and its passengers for ransom may be hopelessly dated (it's loaded with ethnic stereotypes, impossibly wide neckties, and bad hairdos--and there are no explosions!), but that's part of the fun. A gruffly sardonic Walter Matthau heads a fine cast that includes Jerry Stiller, Hector Elizondo, Martin Balsam, and a perfectly villainous pre-Jaws Robert Shaw. Think you'll find a better film that depicts a nearly broke city led by an inept mayor forced to deal with armed terrorists? Fuhgeddaboutit! --Steve LandauAction & Adventure VHS Video
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