The Taking of Pelham 123 Page #3

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
1,128 Views


Okay.

Nine months of this and I'm free.

Next may, I'll get inaugurated be

sitting in central bay on the beach,

with a pia colada and I will never

have to ride the subway ever again!

- Never say never, sir.

- Never!

Alright. What's next for the afternoon?

East harlem elementary at 2:30 you were supposed

to read "A cat in the hat" to the third grade.

Everytime I go to the schools, I get sick.

They all have runny nose's.

Call Dr. Katz tell him,

I want him waiting at

the school with a flu shot.

- He's in car 3.

- Yeah.

What happened?

Somebody just hijacked a 6 train.

It stopped in the tunnel between.

Between 51st and 22nd.

Another idiot with a gun

- What do we know?

- It's not clear but, I have a car waiting for us downstairs.

The subway will get us there faster.

Alright. Have the doors closed,

tell them will meet them at 59 street.

Tell the conductor this is now an express.

We're skipping the next 5 stops.

- What?

- This is not right!

Hold on, hold on. Everybody

will get where they need to go,

we'll make all the stops.

Maybe he's not such a

douchebag after all, huh?

That's funny!

I think you should be the

one to get a call like this.

The negotiating team

will be here in 5 minutes

and the mayor's been notified.

- Gonna tell him?

- Get the f*** out of here!

- My shift's over in 10 minutes.

- What are you staring at?

Your face, trying to remember

it for when it's not here anymore.

You going to start in on me now?

Damn right I'm going to start in

on you. Don't f*** this up, Garber!

You wanna do it?

- It's your station, it's your call.

- Oh, it's my call now?

That's right, your call.

Pelham 1-2-3, come in, this is rail

control centre. Are you there?

Gerber, baby boy! What's up?

"Garber". Just wanted to let you

know the, mayor's been notified.

Think he'll pay?

I don't know. I'm just the... a...

what did you call me? The broker.

No! no ,no you represents the

city of new york right now, buddy!

Well, I can tell you that your dealing

with one of the old time bureaucracy.

I know that, I mean it takes time.

Well, then you better

fix the bureaucracy,

because when the time comes,

these motherfuckers, these

hostages are gonna go real quick!

You got it. You got it.

Any other demands?

Yeah well no f***ing

pizza for 'em either, man!

No, I mean... are you guys like terrorist's?

Do I sound like a terrorist?

Do I terrorize you?

Actually, you don't but um...

not that I've ever talked to one.

So... So... What?

This is just about money?

- Oh is there anything else?

- There's not dying...

Yeah, well... you know you live you

die, you either go with the current,

or you bite and you all

end up in the same place.

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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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