A superb thriller is now better than ever on 4K. We’ve always known why it rewards viewings: it’s both thrilling and funny. When Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam and Hector Elizondo hijack a subway train, Walter Matthau must scramble to collect a ransom while trying to figure out how they’ll make their escape. Peter Stone’s dialogue is delightful — the loud & mouthy ’70s New Yorkers are hilariously abrasive — and lovable. “Who wants to know?!!!” Includes a Blu-ray disc and a new commentary.
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 4K
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1974 / Color B&w / 2:35 widescreen / 104 min. / Street Date December 20, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 39.95
Starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo, Earl Hindman, James Broderick, Dick O’Neill, Lee Wallace, Tom Pedi, Jerry Stiller, Rudy Bond, Kenneth McMillan, Doris Roberts, Julius Harris,Robert Weil.
Cinematography Owen Roizman
Original Music David Shire...
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 4K
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1974 / Color B&w / 2:35 widescreen / 104 min. / Street Date December 20, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 39.95
Starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo, Earl Hindman, James Broderick, Dick O’Neill, Lee Wallace, Tom Pedi, Jerry Stiller, Rudy Bond, Kenneth McMillan, Doris Roberts, Julius Harris,Robert Weil.
Cinematography Owen Roizman
Original Music David Shire...
- 12/27/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
A killer book (Dog Soldiers) must hide behind a Credence Clearwater tune. Karel Reisz’s killer movie about the moral residue of Vietnam scores as both drama and action, as disillusioned counterculture smugglers versus corrupt narcotics cops. Just don’t expect it to really have much to say about the Vietnam experience. But hey, the cast is tops — Nick Nolte, Richard Masur, Anthony Zerbe — and the marvelous Tuesday Weld is even better as a pill-soaked involuntary initiate into the pre- War On Drugs smuggling scene.
Who’ll Stop the Rain
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1978 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 126 min. / Street Date May 16, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Anthony Zerbe, Richard Masur, Ray Sharkey, Gail Strickland, Charles Haid, David Opatoshu, Joaquín Martínez, James Cranna, Timothy Blake.
Cinematography: Richard H. Kiline
Supervising Film Editor: John Bloom
Original Music: Laurence Rosenthal
Written by Judith Rascoe, Robert Stone...
Who’ll Stop the Rain
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1978 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 126 min. / Street Date May 16, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Anthony Zerbe, Richard Masur, Ray Sharkey, Gail Strickland, Charles Haid, David Opatoshu, Joaquín Martínez, James Cranna, Timothy Blake.
Cinematography: Richard H. Kiline
Supervising Film Editor: John Bloom
Original Music: Laurence Rosenthal
Written by Judith Rascoe, Robert Stone...
- 5/23/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
On Oct. 2, 1974, the R-rated, 105-minute thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three debuted in theaters with a plot that was "perfect for the national obsession with disaster." The Hollywood Reporter's original review is below.
With a clear conception of contemporary values, Joseph Sargent has directed the best of the multiple jeopardy pictures to date. This co-presentation of Palomar Pictures and Palladium Productions, produced by Edgar J. Scherick and Gabriel Katzka, is sure-fire entertainment, gripping, exciting and humanly funny from beginning to end.
Peter Stone has adapted John Godey's compelling novel about ...
With a clear conception of contemporary values, Joseph Sargent has directed the best of the multiple jeopardy pictures to date. This co-presentation of Palomar Pictures and Palladium Productions, produced by Edgar J. Scherick and Gabriel Katzka, is sure-fire entertainment, gripping, exciting and humanly funny from beginning to end.
Peter Stone has adapted John Godey's compelling novel about ...
- 10/2/2016
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
On Oct. 2, 1974, the R-rated, 105-minute thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three debuted in theaters with a plot that was "perfect for the national obsession with disaster." The Hollywood Reporter's original review is below.
With a clear conception of contemporary values, Joseph Sargent has directed the best of the multiple jeopardy pictures to date. This co-presentation of Palomar Pictures and Palladium Productions, produced by Edgar J. Scherick and Gabriel Katzka, is sure-fire entertainment, gripping, exciting and humanly funny from beginning to end.
Peter Stone has adapted John Godey's compelling novel about ...
With a clear conception of contemporary values, Joseph Sargent has directed the best of the multiple jeopardy pictures to date. This co-presentation of Palomar Pictures and Palladium Productions, produced by Edgar J. Scherick and Gabriel Katzka, is sure-fire entertainment, gripping, exciting and humanly funny from beginning to end.
Peter Stone has adapted John Godey's compelling novel about ...
- 10/2/2016
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A special edition of this confirmed '70s crowd pleaser? I'm there. Robert Shaw has big plans to hijack a New York subway car, and subway cop Walter Matthau is determined to stop him. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 42nd Anniversary Special Edition Blu-ray Kl Studio Classics 1974 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 104 min. / Street Date July 5, 2016 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 1974 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 104 min. / Street Date November 1, 2011 / 19.99 Starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo, Earl Hindman, James Broderick, Dick O'Neill, Lee Wallace, Tom Pedi, Jerry Stiller, Rudy Bond, Kenneth McMillan, Doris Roberts, Julius Harris. Cinematography Owen Roizman Original Music David Shire Written by Peter Stone from the novel by John Godey Produced by Gabriel Katzka, Edgar J. Sherick Directed by Joseph Sargent
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
I reviewed an MGM-Fox Blu-ray of United Artists' The Taking of Pelham One Two Three back in late 2011, and I can't...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
I reviewed an MGM-Fox Blu-ray of United Artists' The Taking of Pelham One Two Three back in late 2011, and I can't...
- 7/2/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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