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The Taking of Pelham 123 is a 2009 American action thriller film [2] directed by Tony Scott from a screenplay by Brian Helgeland. It is the third film adaptation of the John Godey novel of the same name (following the 1974 theatrical film and 1998 television film).
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A man calling himself Ryder and his accomplices—Bashkin, Emri, and former train operator Phil Ramos—hijack Pelham 123, a New York City Subway 6 train, at 77th Street. Uncoupling the front car of the train below 51st Street, they take the passengers hostage. Metropolitan Transportation Authorityemployee Walter Garber, working the Rail Control Center...
Denzel Washington as Walter Garber, an MTA subway dispatcher, who is negotiating with the hijackers. The negotiator in the 1974 film was a transit policeman named Lt. Zachary Garber (portrayed by W...John Travolta as Dennis 'Ryder' Ford / Mr. Blue, the leader of the hijackers. Instead of playing a mercenary, he plays a former Wall Street "high roller" who blames New York City and the mayor for...John Turturro as Lieutenant Vincent Camonetti, hostage negotiator with the NYPD's Emergency Service Unit.James Gandolfini as the Mayor of New York, who is under heavy pressure to address the hostage crisis. The character was originally portrayed by Lee Wallacein the 1974 film.The first drafts of the script faced the challenge of updating the novel with contemporary technology, including cell phones, global positioning systems, the Internet, laptops, and thermal imaging, as well as the environment of a post-9/11 world in New York City. In December 2007, David Koepp, who adapted the novel for Scott and Washington said: Ko...
Production began in March 2008 with all cast and crew being required to attend a track safety course taught by MTA personnel, as much of the filming would take place in the subway on active tracks. For the initial hijack sequence at Grand Central on the Flushing Line, the crew used the westbound track during late night hours while regular 7 train s...
The film was originally scheduled to release on July 31, 2009, but the release was moved earlier to June 12, 2009. The first theatrical poster was released on February 10, 2009, while the first trailer for the film debuted at the screenings of The Internationalon February 13, 2009. John Travolta decided against promoting the film, as it was release...
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 51% based on 230 reviews, with an average rating of 5.45/10. The site's critical consensus says: "Despite a strong cast, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 suffers under the excesses of Tony Scott's frantic direction, and fails to measure up to the 1974 original." On Metacriticthe film has a weighted average score of 55 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Jim Ridley of the Village Voice noted that the new Pelha...
Box office
The film debuted in the number three spot with approximately US$25 million at the box office in the United States in its opening weekend, in what The New York Times called "an unusually quiet weekend at the box office because of soft ticket sales for The Taking of Pelham 123". The film was beaten out by The Hangover and Up for the number one and number two spots. The Taking of Pelham 123 had a production budget of $100 million and was co-financed with Relativity Media and Sony Pictures. Ben F...
DVD and Blu-ray versions of the movie with bonus features were released on November 3, 2009. The film opened up at No. 3 at the DVD sales chart, making $14.1m off 919,000 DVD units in the first week of release. These features included commentaries and behind-the-scenes featurettes. In South Korea, the DVD and Blu-ray were released in October, 2009....
Web site: The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three. ComingSoon.net. December 25, 2008.Tatiana. Siegel. Michael. Fleming. Denzel Washington set for 'Pelham'. Variety. September 23, 2007.Michael . Fleming . Tatiana . Siegel . Travolta boards 'Pelham' remake . . October 25, 2007 .News: Shawn. Adler. 'Taking Of Pelham' Not As Easy As '123,' Says Screenwriter. MTV Movies Blog. MTV. December 27, 2007. July 18, 2008.Mar 9, 2012 · That seems to be a reoccurring question in Tony Scott’s “The Taking of Pelham 123”, a stylish but sometimes preposterous remake of the 1974 film. At its core this is a pretty formulaic, run-of-the-mill action thriller that takes no chances but also never wastes a moment.
Jun 10, 2009 · There’s not much wrong with Tony Scott’s “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3,” except that there’s not much really right about it. Nobody gets terrifically worked up, except the special-effects people.
Oct 24, 2012 · One holds a subway car, the infamous Pelham 123, and its inhabitants hostage with his team of colour-coded henchmen (something Tarantino would ‘homage’ many years later).
Jun 4, 2009 · Chuck the Movieguy interviews director Tony Scott for the movie The Taking of Pelham 123. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired and translated into all l...
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Jan 8, 2015 · How director Scott updates the 1974 'cult classic' centered around a New York City subway train hijacking
