I just heard that John Travolta is planning to star in a remake of the 1974 crime caper movie "The Taking Of Pelham 1-2-3".
The story is about a bunch of guys (given names after colors: Mr. White, Mr. Green, Mr. Gray) who rob and take hostage of a New York City subway train and demand $1 million within one hour.
The original starred Walter Matthau, Martin Balsam, and Robert Shaw.
IIRC, there was a TV-movie remake in 1998.
But anyway, has anyone here seen the original?
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
Never saw it, but it sure sounds good.
Posted by Richman (Member # 7113) on :
I am not an old person(43) but I saw the original(on tv in the 70's. The original cast out classes any group of Current actors. You forget Jerry Stiller in a supporting role.
Posted by MotleyRulz (Member # 3598) on :
Did Tarentino get his idea of the names of the characters in Reservoir Dogs from this movie?
Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
quote:Originally posted by MotleyRulz: Did Tarentino get his idea of the names of the characters in "Reservoir Dogs" from this movie?
Yes, he did. Tarantino is a big fan of 70's movie and 70's pop culture.
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
quote:Originally posted by MotleyRulz: Did Tarentino get his idea of the names of the characters in Reservoir Dogs from this movie?
As above, he also got the sartorial style from 'A Better Tomorrow II'.
I saw 'The taking of Pelham 1-2-3' on TV once: it took a little while to get going but I liked it a lot, apparently it was also a major influence on Christopher McQuarrie when he was writing 'The Usual Suspects'.
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