Additional information for The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, which has a domestic theatrical release set for June 12, 2009. The film is being distributed by Sony Pictures and has not yet been rated. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 has a total running time of 106 minutes.
R
USA
15
UK
15
South Korea
15A
Ireland
NC-16
Singapore
K-15
Finland
PG
Canada
15
Sweden
16LV
South Africa
R-13
Philippines
M/12
Portugal
15
Denmark
16
Netherlands
IIB
Hong Kong
R16
New Zealand
14
Switzerland
B15
Mexico
R
Japan
16
Argentina
16
Iceland
R-12
Taiwan
MA
Australia
A
India
16
Germany
14
Brazil
14
Peru
14
Austria
U
France
18PL
Malaysia
Y7
Chile
T
Italy
106min
Die Entführung der U-Bahn Pelham 1 2 3
Austria
Die Entführung der U-Bahn Pelham 1 2 3
Germany
Rescate del metro 123
Mexico
Rescate del metro 123
Peru
The Taking of Pelham 123
UK
The Taking of Pelham 123
USA
Опасные пассажиры поезда 123
Russia
Únos metra 123
Slovakia
Únos vlaku Pelham 123
Czech Republic
Asalto al tren Pelham 1 2 3
Spain
Assalto ao Metro 123
Portugal
Epithesi ston syrmo
Greece
Hajsza a föld alatt
Hungary
Kaappaus metrossa - Pelham 1 2 3
Finland
Kapring af Metro 1 2 3
Denmark
L'attaque du métro 1 2 3
France
Linje 1 2 3 kapad
Sweden
Metro 123 kapret
Norway
Metro strachu
Poland
Metro uzgrobimas
Lithuania
Metrodan kaçis
Turkey
Metroorongi 123 röövimine
Estonia
O Sequestro do Metrô 123
Brazil
Otmica metroa 123
Croatia
Otmica u metrou 1 2 3
Serbia
Pelham 1 2 3 - Ostaggi in Metropolitana
Italy
Pelham 123 - L'ultime station
Canada
Rescate del Metro 123
Argentina
S-a furat un tren 123
Romania
Sabuwei 123: Gekitotsu
Japan
Ugrabitev metroja Pelham 123
Slovenia
Vilciena 1 2 3 nolaupisana
Latvia
June 04, 2009
USA
June 10, 2009
Egypt
June 11, 2009
Kuwait
June 11, 2009
Lebanon
June 11, 2009
Singapore
June 11, 2009
South Korea
June 11, 2009
United Arab Emirates
June 12, 2009
Canada
June 12, 2009
Philippines
June 12, 2009
Taiwan
June 12, 2009
USA
July 16, 2009
Argentina
July 23, 2009
Greece
July 23, 2009
Israel
July 23, 2009
Malaysia
July 24, 2009
Spain
July 29, 2009
Belgium
July 29, 2009
France
July 29, 2009
Morocco
July 29, 2009
Switzerland
July 31, 2009
Estonia
July 31, 2009
Finland
July 31, 2009
Ireland
July 31, 2009
Lithuania
July 31, 2009
Turkey
July 31, 2009
UK
August 05, 2009
Sweden
August 07, 2009
Denmark
August 07, 2009
Latvia
August 07, 2009
Norway
August 07, 2009
Romania
August 12, 2009
Indonesia
August 13, 2009
Czech Republic
August 19, 2009
Iceland
August 20, 2009
Croatia
August 20, 2009
Netherlands
August 21, 2009
Poland
August 27, 2009
Australia
August 27, 2009
Peru
August 28, 2009
Panama
September 03, 2009
Hong Kong
September 03, 2009
Hungary
September 03, 2009
Kazakhstan
September 03, 2009
New Zealand
September 03, 2009
Portugal
September 03, 2009
Russia
September 03, 2009
Slovakia
September 04, 2009
Brazil
September 04, 2009
Japan
September 11, 2009
Bulgaria
September 11, 2009
Chile
September 11, 2009
Colombia
September 17, 2009
Cyprus
September 18, 2009
Italy
September 18, 2009
Switzerland
September 23, 2009
South Africa
September 24, 2009
Germany
September 24, 2009
Switzerland
September 25, 2009
Austria
September 25, 2009
Mexico
October 08, 2009
Slovenia
October 15, 2009
China
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Four heavily armed men, led by Bernard Ryder (John Travolta), board the New York City subway 6 train departed from Pelham Bay Park Station at 1:23 p.m., and proceed to take control of it.Meanwhile, MTA dispatcher Walter Garber (Denzel Washington) is assigned to the Rail Control Center, due to an ongoing investigation that he took a bribe to recommend a Japanese car manufacturer for the next subway car contract. The group then uncouple the front car from the rest of the train and hold the passengers in this front car hostage. One of the hijackers, Bashkim (Victor Gojcaj), kills an undercover police officer in the course of the action. Ryder and a former MTA train operator named Ramos settle down in the front of the car, while the other hijackers watch the hostages in the back. They demand $10 million in ransom money to be paid within 60 minutes. For each minute past the deadline, one passenger will be killed. Garber and Ryder exchange conversations through the microphone, while his men set up a wi-fi booster apparatus to enable Ryder to access his laptop in the tunnel to watch the stock market plunge nearly 1,000 points during the next hour.Unknown to him, one of the male passengers has an active laptop with a webcam, that was casually knocked to the floor, facing the car's interior previously when they took their hostages, which simultaneously reconnects using that same wifi link; reestablishing the feed to his girlfriend's desktop with whom he was videochatting; when she returns to her PC, she sees the hostage situation through her webcam and provides the live feed to a local television station. Garber agrees to have the city pay Ryder the $10 million ransom, after the Mayor (James Gandolfini) is intercepted by his staff aboard a train in the Bronx and is transported back to RCC.NYPD Emergency Service Unit Lt. Camonetti (John Turturro) enters RCC, and Garber's boss, who has a rocky relationship with Garber, orders Garber to leave the premises. Camonetti takes over the hostage negotiations, infuriating Ryder, who demands that Garber be put back on the mic and that he will speak only to Garber. When Camonetti refuses, explaining Garber has already left the building, Ryder shoots and kills the train operator, James Pollard, who was Garber's classmate in motor school. Camonetti immediately has Garber brought back on the mic, talking to Ryder, while he sets up a sniper unit in the tunnel where the car is stuck, ordering all officers not to fire upon any hijacker until told to do so. Camonetti is puzzled as to why Ryder will only talk to Garber, but when he learns about Garber's bribery investigation, he asks Garber in consenting to search his home, which Garber agrees and tells his wife about it. Ryder learns through news reports about Garber's alleged bribe in Japan and forces him to confess by holding the boy with the laptop at gunpoint, saying the reason for taking the money was to pay for his kids college education but that the Japanese company was his first choice anyway. While the police stand down in the tunnel, a rat on the roadbed crawls up an officer's leg, causing him to discharge his sniper rifle, killing Ramos, who was sitting in the motorman's position.The money is transported uptown to Grand Central and Ryder demands Garber to personally deliver it within 7 minutes. Garber calls his wife to inform her about his new responsibility, in order to save the hostages, but she cares only for his own safety. She makes him promise to pick up some milk on the way home, because he must come home safely. Garber delivers the money (An officer has loaned and concealed a 9mm pistol in one of the bags), then is ordered to operate the train to another location, where the hijackers exit. To ensure that the police go to the wrong location, Ryder uses a special mechanism to lock the driving lever in the full-speed position, bypassing the dead-man's switch and causing the train to accelerate and go down Coney Island at high speed.The MTA are unaware of the mechanism holding the driving lever down and believe the hijackers and Garber to still be inside the train. Garber manages to escape from the hijackers and follows them to the emergency exit inside an abandoned subway station underneath The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Inside the hotel, Ryder splits away from Bashkim and Emri, who are surrounded outside the hotel by police; as they both reach for their guns, the police open fire on the two of them, killing them. The runaway train is tripped by a red signal one station away from Coney Island and the train comes to a halt safely. Ryder boards a taxi with Garber in pursuit. Ryder checks his laptop, where it is revealed that he has shortsold the market and invested in gold, earning him a profit far larger than the ransom money. Ryder goes to the Manhattan Bridge, where he leaves the cab, due to heavy traffic, and uses the pedestrian walkway on the bridge. Garber confronts Ryder on the bridge where Ryder demands Garber kill him before the police do. Ryder gives Garber 10 seconds to shoot him. When Ryder finishes counting to 10, he takes out his gun, but Garber gets the first shot out. Before Ryder dies, he calls Garber his "goddamn" hero.The mayor thanks Garber for saving the hostages, and vows his staff in representing him in the bribery investigation ("Tomorrow, the city is going to go to bat for you and the city has a very good batting average."). The Mayor then offers Garber a ride home in his car along with the escort service. Garber refuses the offer, saying the subway is faster and is his lifeblood. He then heads home with the last shot of the film being Garber, walking into his home holding a halfgallon of milk in a grocery bag.
Tony Scott
Director(s)
Brian Helgeland
John Godey
Writer(s)
Richard Baratta
associate producer
Todd Black
producer
Jason Blumenthal
producer
Michael Costigan
executive producer
Anson Downes
co-executive producer
Linda Favila
co-executive producer
Don Ferrarone
associate producer
Ryan Kavanaugh
executive producer
Tony Scott
producer
Steve Tisch
producer
Barry H. Waldman
executive producer (as Barry Waldman)
John Wildermuth
associate producer
Producer(s)
Harry Gregson-Williams
Composer(s)
Walter Garber
Denzel Washington
Ryder
John Travolta
Phil Ramos
Luis Guzmán
Bashkim
Victor Gojcaj
Emri
Robert Vataj
Camonetti
John Turturro
John Johnson
Michael Rispoli
Delgado
Ramon Rodriguez
Mayor
James Gandolfini
Deputy Mayor LaSalle
John Benjamin Hickey
George
Alex Kaluzhsky
Wallace
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Mom
Katherine Sigismund
8-Year-Old Boy (as Jake Siciliano)
Jake Richard Siciliano
Mr. Thomas
Jason Butler Harner
Jerry Pollard (Motorman)
Gary Basaraba
Regina (Conductor)
Tonye Patano
Therese (Garber's Wife)
Aunjanue Ellis
'Q' Train Motorman
Anthony Annarumma
Maintainer Three
Victor Cruz
Maintenance Worker
Glen Tortorella
Maintenance Worker
Bobby Bojorklund
Dispatcher One
Saidah Arrika Ekulona
Puerto Rican Girl
Jasmin Tavarez
George's Girlfriend
Alice Kremelberg
Undercover Cop
Sean Meehan
Supervisor
Todd Susman
Officer Moran / NYPD Liaison
J. Bernard Calloway
Zealous Aide
Chip Brookes
LaSalle's Aide
Zach Poole
Reporter at MTA
Reuben Jackson
ESU One
Sean Nelson
ESU Two
Deak Evgenikos
Sniper
Ty Jones
Dr. Weiss
Lee Shepherd
Money Car Driver
Mike Houston
Money Car Shotgun (as Rene Ifrah)
René Ifrah
Police Commissioner Sterman
Frank Wood
Police Captain Hill (MTA)
Brian Haley
Financial Reporter
Maria Bartiromo
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.
Director(s)
John Godey
Writer(s)
associate producer
Todd Black
producer
Jason Blumenthal
producer
Michael Costigan
executive producer
Anson Downes
co-executive producer
Linda Favila
co-executive producer
Don Ferrarone
associate producer
Ryan Kavanaugh
executive producer
Tony Scott
producer
Steve Tisch
producer
Barry H. Waldman
executive producer (as Barry Waldman)
John Wildermuth
associate producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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