The Elevated Acre
55 Water Street
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
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Monday July 13, 2009 (8pm)
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Tinseltown's motto is simple: when in doubt, redouble. Last month's Washington & Travolta rendition of the 1974 metro thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three was just business as usual — another in a conga line of follow-the-leader remakes. Tonight's outdoor screening proves yet again that the original can't be eclipsed. In this NYC classic, Walter Matthau's half-empty-leaning transit lieutenant becomes the negotiator when four armed men methodically hijack a midday train. Marshaled by Robert Shaw and his sonorous voice, the ad-hoc crew — each anonymous robber called Mr. Blue, Grey, and so on — demands a million-dollar ransom for the passengers before setting a tense and ingenious getaway in motion.
