The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)

Timing: 1:46 (106 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2009-06-10

Country

United States, United Kingdom

Production

Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Escape Artists

Genre

Crime, Thriller, Action

Budget

$100 000 000

Revenue

$150 166 126

Website

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thetakingofpelham123/

Director

Tony Scott

Actors

Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, Luis Guzmán, James Gandolfini, Michael Rispoli, Gary Basaraba, Alex Kaluzhsky, Alice Kremelberg, Katherine Sigismund
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Scenario

Producer

Richard Baratta, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal

Operator

Tobias A. Schliessler

Composer

Harry Gregson-Williams

Artist

Audition

Denise Chamian

Editing

Chris Lebenzon
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• To realistically portray Ryder, Tony Scott specifically sought out several people who had been in prison for the crime committed by John Travolta's character.
• The film's title comes from a dispatching tradition. When a New York subway train sets off, it is assigned a call sign according to the time and station of departure; in this case, it is Pelham, 1:23.
• For a long time, the New York Transportation Authority has not scheduled train departures from Pelham for 1:23 AM and 1:23 PM. There is no formal prohibition, but out of superstition, dispatchers still try to avoid scheduling departures for those times.
• John Travolta chose not to participate in the film's promotional campaign with the rest of the creative team because he had not yet fully recovered from the death of his son at the age of 16.
• The filmmakers worked closely with the city's transportation authorities and even had access to the traffic control center.
• John Travolta and his entourage emerge from the subway – specifically, track 61, located beneath the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. It wasn’t built specifically for Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), but during World War II, the US President used it to enter and leave the hotel to reach his personal train, and to keep secret the fact that he used a wheelchair.
• The film is based on John Godey’s novel “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” (1973).