Gandolfini joins cast of Pelham remake
James Gandolfini, the Sopranos mob boss, is moving across the river to play the role of the beleaguered mayor in the upcoming Tony Scott remake of The Taking of Pelham 123. In the original, Lee Wallace...
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New Grand Theft Auto cuts down our subways
This is not the world’s most efficient subway system. In a few short weeks, on April 29, one of the year’s most anticipated video games hits the shelves. That game, as many New Yorkers know, is the...
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The Photographing of Pelham 1-2-3
Live from the subways, it’s The Remaking of Pelham 1-2-3. New York’s seminal subway movie from the 1970s, The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 stands a classic view of both the subways and the city frozen in a...
View ArticleThe Taking of Grand Central Terminal
While we last saw Denzel Washington running around above ground during the filming of the remaking of The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3, amNew York’s Urbanite blog found the film crews prepping an underground...
View ArticleThe Taking of Photographs of Pelham 1-2-3 and bridge-crossing trains
On and off over the last few months, I’ve posted about the remake of The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3. Today, we have some pictures. An intrepid Subchatter with insider access to some of the subway cars used...
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The reinventing of ‘Pelham 1 2 3′
In 1974, Joseph Sargent made a movie out of a John Godey book about a trainjacking in New York City. The movie — The Taking of Pelham One Two Three — is so quintessentially an element of 1970s New...
View ArticlePreviewing Pelham 1 2 3
This Friday, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 will open at theaters around New York. The action remake of the 1974 cult classic tale of a subway hijacking features John Travolta and Denzel Washington in the...
View ArticleThe Screening of Pelham One Two Three
As part of its series showcasing heist movies, Film Forum is taking everyone’s favorite subway caper out of storage. The arthouse will screen the 1974 original version of The Taking of Pelham One Two...
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Second Ave. Sagas goes to the movies
As I’m out of New York for a few days this week, I’m not going to be around to cover all of the breaking subway news. I did, however, want to make sure that some fresh content finds its way to the...
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BAMcinématek brings classic subway films to the big screen (and weekend...
It’s been a while since a classic movie about, or even with scenes in, the New York City subway hit theaters. The 2009 version of The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is something everyone would rather ignore,...
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