The Taking of Pelham 123 Page #9

Synopsis: In early afternoon, four armed men hijack a subway train in Manhattan. They stop on a slight incline, decoupling the first car to let the rest of the train coast back. Their leader is Ryder; he connects by phone with Walter Garber, the dispatcher watching that line. Garber is a supervisor temporarily demoted while being investigated for bribery. Ryder demands $10 million within an hour, or he'll start shooting hostages. He'll deal only with Garber. The mayor okays the payoff, the news of the hostage situation sends the stock market tumbling, and it's unclear what Ryder really wants or if Garber is part of the deal. Will hostages, kidnappers, and negotiators live through this?
Director(s): Tony Scott
Production: Sony/Columbia Pictures
  1 win & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
51%
R
Year:
2009
106 min
$65,452,312
Website
1,208 Views


I've got a gun. I'm going to use it.

I'm going to take your life back.

- Hey!

- Come on, man!

Okay, you want

reach zero?

Come on, motherf***er!

Shoot me!

I am not going to shoot you!

- Come on!

- Hey!

Police. Drop your weapon!

- I'm disappointed in you.

- 2...

You're my goddamn hero.

Drop your weapon!

Mr. Garber?!

- Intresting day, huh?

- Yes, sir.

Just about every day I make a speech...

and a... it start's with:

I'd like to thank you on behalf of the

city of, new york, blah, blah, blah...

and I never know what

I'm thinking or why.

But you...

did a hell of a thing today. You

went to bat for the city of, new york

and on behalf of me,

I'd like to thank you.

Your welcome, I mean,

It's been an amazing day, everyone's

been thanking me all day, but I...

appreciate it. You're welcome.

I want you to know...

that tomorrow the city of, new

york is going to go to bat, for you.

- In a big way. You understand?

- Yes, sir.

And the city has a very

good batting average.

- Appreciate it.

- Alright.

I'm going to get home.

Well take my car.

- No, I think...

- Put the siren on and everything.

- Nah... You got the siren on there?

- Yes!

No, I'll take the subway. But I appreciate it.

- Really?

- Yeah, yeah.

You know, me, subway all my life.

I get home faster than you anyway.

I mean not you but everybody

else. But thank you, sir,

You a, yankee fan?

No,... Well, yes! Yes, of course.

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Brian Helgeland

Brian Thomas Helgeland (born January 17, 1961) is an American screenwriter, film producer and director. He is most known for writing the screenplays for L.A. Confidential (for which he received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay), Mystic River, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Helgeland also wrote and directed 42 (2013), a biopic of Jackie Robinson, and Legend (2015), about the rise and fall of the Kray twins. more…

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