The Taking of Pelham 123 Page #6

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
1,146 Views


Step up my, man!

Lets go! Lets go!

That kids going places.

Alright close the doors!

Pelham 1-2-3, come in.

Pelham 1-2-3, please come in.

Alright, everybody sit down!

Who is this?

This is, Lieutenant Camonetti, I'm with

the, NYPD hostage negotiation team.

I'd like to talk to you

about this situation that we're in.

Where the f*** is, Garber?

Mr. Garber is a train dispatcher

this, then this is now a police matter...

I want to talk to, Garber!

I'm sorry, Mr Ryder, but Mr

Garber is no longer involved.

Stand!

Put, Garber on the line!

To be honest, Mr Garber has gone home.

Put, Garber on the f***ing

line, or I kill the motorman!

I guarantee you, Mr. Ryder... that

I am the best person for you to be

talking to right now, just give me

a moment and I'l explain why.

I always knew you were going

to be the first one to go.

Mr. Camonetti, youv'e got 60

f***ing seconds before I kill another.

Okay? 59... 58...

Get, Garber!

- 56... 55...

- We are trying to locate...

Mr Garber, ASAP, Mr. Ryder.

Why did you do that, ?

Mr. Camonetti, or whatever f***ing

grease ball name you got...

the city of f***ing new york

killed Mr. Jerry, okay?

Garber! Garber!

Come, come quick he...

he killed, Jerry Pollard, man.

Come on, he wants to

talk to you right now!

He's here! He's on the way!

- 8... 7...

- He's approaching the desk!

Hey it's me! It's, Garber!

Garber!

You didn't say goodbye!

- You killed, Jerry.

- The city of f***ing new york killed, Jerry okay?

The biggest rat-hole in

the world f***ing killed, Jerry!

Okay? Now you can chuck

another victim up to, NYC.

- Now can everybody hear me?

- Yeah we here you, loud and clear.

Well good, now you don't

have to tell the cops

they don't tell me how to do it, or how

it's going to be! I'll f***ing tell them.

Don't you ever, ever leave me again,

or, I'll hunt you down and I'll kill you!

Now,

you got 39.

ESU 2. What's your position?

ESU 2:
we're approaching hostage

car from the south tunnel.

Go, go, go!

$10 million! Let's just write him

a check and get it over with.

- He wants it in cash.

- I was joking, LaSalle.

We've been given 1 hour

to get the money together.

$10 million! Where do

they get these numbers?

Actually ten's the limit, Sir.

- Why is that?

- We just sign a request to the city control

he forges it to one of our lenders, cash get's released to

the federal reserve. Limit at any one time, is 10 million.

Well some idiot with a gun wouldn't

know that. I didn't know that.

- Well you're very busy, sir.

- How do you know that?

Here he is.

- Henry, what's the situation?

- They just killed a hostage.

B*tch of a way to find out, but

these guys may be the real deal.

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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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