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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792843641
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792843649
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 29, 2000
Running Time: 104 minutes
Sales Rank: 7548
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1974
Editorial Review:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Hijacked a what?
Absolutely one of the most definitive 70's gritty NYC films. I've read how other reviewers have called it "dated". But what does that mean? It captured the time so well? It captured the way people spoke in Manhattan on subway trains? The lead character (Walter Matthau as Zach Garber) isn't PC enough? (Yes, he makes fun of a group of visiting Japanese men as he gives a tour of the subway operations, but he gets it back in the end.) It's not dated at all. It's spot-on.
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Rating: - New York, New York!
A great capper movie with a New York attitude! Indeed, what do these riders expect for their lousy 35 cents? The acting and writing are fantastic. The wit-laden stress and frustration expressed by Lt. Garber, mixed with the cool, calculated brutalness of Mr. Blue makes this movie pure fun and completely entertaining. The bizarrness of the two character's figuring the other out and playing off one another has been unmatched since.
Rating: - Like New York, like that movie!
Not just for transit buffs, and those loving good, solid classic movies! It should not miss in any New York City lovers DVD libairy. Classic New York language presented by great actors.
The story is thrilling an even so, you saw the movie a couple of times, it is enjoyable over and over again!
Rating:  - A CLASSIC THRILLER THAT HAS MELLOWED WITH AGE!
This is a classic crime/drama movie from the 70's. Excellently cast, this well written story is a bit dated now but, not so much that it isn't a very enjoyable experience. I guess we're all spoiled by the intensity of today's action films but, I'm sure this one was pretty intense for it's time. Watching this film now, I barely remembered it. I'm glad I got to see it uncut in my home theater, it's an excellent movie, well worth seeing or revisiting.
Rating: - Theres just one thing baby. They're all green!!
This movie is truly a timeless classic, from the goofy college girl meditating for a red light, the gruf not suffering any fools police officers.The powerless MTA officials expressing their frustration of powerlessness at the unrevaling of events.The portrayal of NYC in grips with a financial crisis of the 70s.The dialogue and reaction of the average person on the subway train.The glimpses of the WTC in the background(who knew those glimpses would mean so much for someone who grew up in NYC).The facetious ... Read More
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