The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
I can't get it out of my head. I'm gonna die today.
Country
Production
Budget
$100 000 000
Box office
$150 166 126
Director
Actors
Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, Luis Guzmán, James Gandolfini, Michael Rispoli, Gary Basaraba, Alex Kaluzhsky, Alice Kremelberg, Katherine Sigismund
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Richard Baratta, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Chris Seagers
Audition
Denise Chamian
Editing
Short description
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
What's left behind the scenes
- 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).
- The film is based on the novel 'The Taking of Pelham One Two Three' (1973) by John Godey.
- To portray Ryder authentically, Tony Scott specifically sought out several individuals who had been imprisoned for the same type of crime committed by John Travolta's character.
- John Travolta chose not to participate in the film's promotional campaign alongside the other members of the creative team, as he had not yet fully recovered from the death of his son, who was only 16 years old.
- The scene where John Travolta and his men exit the subway actually takes place in Route 61, located beneath the Waldorf Astoria hotel. While it wasn't built specifically for Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), during World War II, the U.S. President used this route to enter and leave the hotel to reach his private train, keeping the fact that he used a wheelchair a secret.
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Casting calls in USA
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