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629:(MTA) refused to cooperate with the filmmakers. Godey's novel was more detailed about how the hijackers would accomplish their goal and recognized that the caper's success did not rely solely on defeating the "deadman feature" in the motorman's cab. Screenwriter Stone, however, made a linchpin of the script a fictional override mechanism. Director Sargent explained, "We're making a movie, not a handbook on subway hijacking. ... I must admit the seriousness of
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supporting role—they built it up a bit when I expressed interest in it—but it's still secondary." In the novel, Inspector
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tunnels and on teeming platforms and at the barricaded street-level entrances. The subway nerve center is fascinating, and indeed one of the pleasures of the film is its glimpse of how things work... . The violence is handled with restraint; the dangers are mixed with raucous humor and what stays clear is that the aim is swift entertainment."
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through their interrogation, and complains indignantly about being suspected. Garber vows to return with a search warrant. As Garber closes the apartment door behind him, Longman sneezes, and Garber reflexively says "Gesundheit", as he had over the radio. Garber re-opens the door and gives
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called it "fast, funny and fairly terrifying" and "a nerve-racking ride", and appreciated the "wry humor" of Stone's script. It tapped into a darker reality: "A short time ago subways were safe; today some of them are full of the dark rage of asylums. And who really is to say a Pelham-type incident
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called it "a good action caper", but "the major liability is Peter Stone's screenplay, which develops little interest in either
Matthau or Shaw's gang, nor the innocent hostages", who are "simply stereotyped baggage". Although the trade paper complained that the Mayor was "played for silly laughs",
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appear in the film. Graffiti had become increasingly prevalent on trains starting in 1969. Mayor
Lindsay had first announced his intention to remove graffiti in 1972, but the last graffiti-covered car was not removed from service until 1989. "New Yorkers are going to hoot when they see our spotless
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trains portrayed Pelham 123. As it enters the 28th Street station, the head car is labeled 7339. However, in an early scene at Grand
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Matthau, who had one scene in the tunnel, said, "There are bacteria down there that haven't been discovered yet. And bugs. Big ugly bugs from the planet Uranus. They all settled in the New York subway tunnels. I saw one bug mug a guy. I wasn't down there a long time—but long enough to develop the
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so that the train will run without anyone at the controls. Garber joins
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subway cars," Sargent said. "But the TA was adamant on that score. They said to show graffiti would be to glorify it. We argued that it was artistically expressive. But we got nowhere. They said the graffiti fad would be dead by the time the movie got out. I really doubt that."
941:(Perhaps the only element of fantasy is the implication that the city's departments could function so smoothly together). Meanwhile, the movie adds up to a fine piece of reporting—and it's the only action picture I've seen this year that has a rousing plot."
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replacing Shaw as the senior hijacker. Although not particularly well received by critics or viewers, this version was reportedly more faithful to the book, although it revised the setting with new technologies. It was filmed in
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