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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
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Wednesday Mar 3, 2010 (8pm)
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12
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Part of the series Closely Watched Films, hosted by Elliot Kalan, with special guest Wyatt Cenac.
Four armed men led by silky-voiced Robert Shaw take a subway car hostage and if they don't receive one million dollars in exactly one hour they'll start killing. But this is 1974! New York doesn't have that kind of money! It's up to schlubby transit cop Walter Matthau to save the day in the most hideous tie-shirt-jacket combination imaginable. That is, if he isn't too distracted by the constant kvetching of the metropolitan populace.
A nearly flawless suspense-thriller, a shockingly foul-mouthed comedy and an amazing window into those legendary days when New York was crumbling and exciting. Don't let lame remakes fool you, you owe it to yourself to see this movie!
Elliott will discuss why some old movies are better now than when they were first released, the anatomy of suspense and why Pelham just might have the least handsome cast in Hollywood history."
Director: Joseph Sargent. 104 min. 1974. 35mm.
