The taking of Pelham 123, Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures present in association with Relativity Media, a Scott Free/Escape Artists production ; produced by Todd Black, Tony Scott, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch ; screenplay by Brian Helgeland ; directed by Tony Scott
Type
Label
The taking of Pelham 123, Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures present in association with Relativity Media, a Scott Free/Escape Artists production ; produced by Todd Black, Tony Scott, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch ; screenplay by Brian Helgeland ; directed by Tony Scott
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; violence and pervasive language
Main title
The taking of Pelham 123
Medium
videorecording
Responsibility statement
Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures present in association with Relativity Media, a Scott Free/Escape Artists production ; produced by Todd Black, Tony Scott, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch ; screenplay by Brian Helgeland ; directed by Tony Scott
Runtime
106
Summary
New York Metropolitan Transit Authority train dispatcher Walter Garber's day is turned upside down when he must face-off against Ryder, the criminal mind that has hijacked the passengers of subway train, Pelham 1-2-3. Ryder is the leader of a highly-armed gang of four, including a henchman who used to work for the MTA. NYPD Hostage Negotiator Detective Camonetti initially takes charge of the situation, but quickly realizes that Ryder will only deal with Garber. Garber begins to employ his vast knowledge of the subway system in a battle to outwit Ryder and save the hostages
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Taking of Pelham one-two-three
Classification
Contributor
- Tisch, Steve
- Helgeland, Brian
- Scott, Tony, 1944-2012
- Gandolfini, James
- Turturro, John, 1957-
- Godey, John, 1912-2006
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Escape Artists (Firm)
- Columbia Pictures Corporation
- Black, Todd
- Travolta, John, 1954-
- Guzmán, Luis, 1957-
- Washington, Denzel, 1954-
- Rispoli, Michael
- Blumenthal, Jason
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
- Scott Free Productions
- Relativity Media
Genre
Subject
- DVD-Video discs
- Subways -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Crime films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Descriptive video service (DVS)
- Hostage negotiations -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- New York City Transit Authority -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Criminal behavior -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Action and adventure films
Content
Actor
Director
resource.screenwriter
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor18
- Tisch, Steve
- Helgeland, Brian
- Scott, Tony, 1944-2012
- Gandolfini, James
- Turturro, John, 1957-
- Godey, John, 1912-2006
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Escape Artists (Firm)
- Columbia Pictures Corporation
- Black, Todd
- Travolta, John, 1954-
- Guzmán, Luis, 1957-
- Washington, Denzel, 1954-
- Rispoli, Michael
- Blumenthal, Jason
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
- Scott Free Productions
- Relativity Media
- Genre8
- Subject12
- DVD-Video discs
- Subways -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Crime films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Descriptive video service (DVS)
- Hostage negotiations -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- New York City Transit Authority -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Criminal behavior -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Action and adventure films
- Content1
- Actor6
- Director1
- Producer4
- resource.screenwriter1