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Taking of Pelham One Two Three |  | Director: Joseph Sargent
Actors: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo, Earl Hindman
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  94 reviews
Sales Rank: 478
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 908375
ISBN: 0792843649
UPC: 027616837523
EAN: 9780792843641
ASIN: 0792843649
Theatrical Release Date: 1974
Release Date: February 29, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | An all-star cast, including Oscar® winners* Walter Matthau and Martin Balsam, teams up with Robert Shaw (Jaws) to deliver sure-fire entertainment [that s] gripping and exciting from beginning to end (The Hollywood Reporter). Based on the sizzling best seller by John Godey, this pulse-pounding picture is guaranteed to give you the ride of your life! Somewhere underground, in New York s subway |
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Product Description
An all-star cast including Oscar® winners* Walter Matthau and Martin Balsam teams up with Robert Shaw (Jaws) to deliver sure-fire entertainment [that s] gripping and exciting from beginning to end (The Hollywood Reporter). Based on the sizzling best seller by John Godey this pulse-pounding picture is guaranteed to give you the ride of your life! Somewhere underground in New York s subway system just outside the Pelham Station a gang of armed men hijack a train threatening to kill one hostage per minute unless their demands are met. Forced to stall these unknown assailants until a ransom is delivered or a rescue is made transit chief Lt. Garber (Matthau) must ad-lib bully con and shrewdly outmaneuver one of the craftiest and cruelest villains (Shaw) in a battle of wits that will either end heroically or tragically. From the minute you board this train until its exhilarating climax you will be taken by plenty of surprises and lots of nail-biting action (Blockbuster Movie Guide)!Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Rating: NR UPC: 027616837523 Manufacturer No: 908375
Amazon.com essential video
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 Landau
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 The Original does not blow away the remake.... November 5, 2009
Farnsworth M. Dye (Wentzville, Mo, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In fact after looking back, the original, with the exception of Robert Shaw, who was an excellent bad-guy -
the movie was really slow and boring. I am 59 year old and I was around for the original, and it is not a
classic, and if you call it a classic then please define what makes it a "Classic"! You can ask a half-dozen
people right not and the majority of them would not have even heard of the original Taking of Pelham 123.
The re-make of pelham 123 will blow the original out of the water! John Trivolta is the most excellent bad-guy!
You old droopy eyed Walter Matthau lovers, I'm sorry - but the old Pelham 123 is history. Put it on the sheleves
with the rest of your old things, like the WEIGHT your were when you first saw it.
 good movie to recall September 30, 2009
Mylene Palacios (Panama, Rep. of Panama)
this is the original movie and considering the year of the film, this is a good movie
The Original, is best September 14, 2009
Jake Basset
I just bought this dvd off amazon, and was glad I did. I saw the re-make in the theater when it came out, and as always, it sparked my interest in the original, that I never knew existed! A great movie, there is enough action, suspense, and mystery to entertain you throughout. The dvd was well formatted and played well. A must have for the collector of great movies like charley varrick, and other classics from the 70's. A real enertaining story.
Once Again! September 8, 2009
GretschViking (Northeastern, USA)
Once again the original blows away the remake. I love this flick. All the over the top "Noo Yawk" accents plus a bird's eye view of Manhattan in 1974 are a plus. Walter Matthau as the smelly looking, badly dressed Lieutenant is- as usual- in form as are Robert Shaw and Martin Balsam. This is one of those flicks where familiar faces pop up and you continuously scratch your head asking the inevitable question: "Where do I know that guy?!"
No need to see the unnecessary remake. Just buy this DVD and you are set.
 A New York Time Capsule September 3, 2009
Opinion_Sharer (Kinderhook, NY United States)
I bought this movie after seeing the advertising posters for the remake on the platform of various stations on the NYC Subway. This struck me as kind of odd, but it piqued my curiosity enough to buy the original film on DVD. As a sometimes strap-hanger, I found the story to be compelling with lots of tension. But what struck me the most was the depiction of New York in its seedy 1970's death-spiral. There are lots of outdated racial and sexist attitudes presented here as well. Others may say that this has kept the movie from aging well but to me, this rounds out the story and firmly lodges it in its setting. Instead of being dated, this movie is burnished. As the price of this particular DVD is really low, it's a great value.
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