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©-DR- THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 p2
04/02/2012 04:43
Trivia (part 1)
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The Roosevelt Tunnel built under the Waldorf Astoria to which Ryder uses as part of his escape from the subway is actually based on the secret track 61 which is built under the Waldorf Astoria and was commissioned to help President Franklin Roosevelt keep his use of a wheelchair secret.
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John Travolta chose not to promote the film with the rest of the cast, because he was still reeling from the loss of his son, Jett.
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The R-142 and R-142A subway cars portrayed in this film are permanently linked into 5-car sets and cannot operate as single units. R-62A 2079, a single car capable of operating alone, was cosmetically modified to resemble a modern car for this film and restored to its original appearance after filming was completed.
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Garber talks about choosing between purchasing trains from a Japanese company and a Canadian company. Although not mentioned by name, this refers to Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Bombardier Transportation, who have both manufactured subway trains for New York.
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The movie pays homage to Walter Matthau, who played Lt. Zachary Garber in the 1974 movie by naming ' Denzel Washington's character Walter Garber. Also, while Lt. Zachary Garber wore a plaid shirt and yellow tie, Walter Garber wears a yellow shirt and similar pattern plaid tie. *
John Travolta's character (Ryder) wears a Breitling watch. Travolta is a spokesperson for Breitling.
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Ryder says to Garber, "You live, you die, you either go with the current or you fight it, but you all end up in the same place", to which Garber asks, "Where's that, Jersey". Ryder then says, "Yeah, you watch it, I was born there man." John Travolta, who plays Ryder, was born in Englewood, New Jersey. *
The production team worked closely with the MTA and was given access to the MTA control room for research.
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In the movie, from the audience's viewpoint, Ryder ( John Travolta) is seen wearing an earring on his right ear while Walter Garber ( Denzel Washington) has one on his left. Also notice that both of them has only a single earring. *
The IND Hoyt-Schermerhorn station in Brooklyn was used in the scene where Garber enters the tunnel to deliver the ransom money.
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Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
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The original film is considered a classic, while the remake is considered better then expected but nothing more than that.
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The title derives from the train's radio call sign. When a New York City subway train leaves to make a run, it's given a call sign based on the time it left and where, in this case Pelham Bay Park Station at 1:23pm.
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Shipped to theaters under the code name "Watch Your Step".
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One of the bad guys was a teamster on the set with an actual criminal past who Tony Scott hired because he felt he played a bad guy convincingly enough.
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In the novel, Ryder doesn't mind talking to others, but in the remake he talks only to Garber. He also converses more with the hostages in the book.
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First blood is a railroad term describing the first time an engineer killed someone on the tracks.
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In the novel we learn more of the hijackers motivations and converse more with the hostages.
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In the novel, Ryder's mother died of cancer and his father was bludgeoned by an ashtray. He entered military service like Vietnam and perhaps this was the case in the original film but doubtful the remake.
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The novel explores more of what the media and the public thinks of the hijacking.
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In the novel, the Mayor has flu but in the remake he says he always gets flu when visiting schools so wants a flu shot on standby. But the Mayor is ill with something that could be life-threatening. His wife is in the novel but they've separated in the remake because of his infidelity.
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In the novel, Ryder's men come from criminal backgrounds that were recommended to him.
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In the novel, the first time we meet the Mayor is at his mansion, having a tryst with a monk, and not on another train like the remake. In the remake, his marriage is in trouble but not for the same reason. The Mayor (Sam in the novel) even considers letting the hijackers keep the train because New York doesn't have a million dollars, which was a lot of money in 1973 when the book was written.
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A scene in the novel omitted from the remake was a 14-year old girl was raped.
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In the novel, Ryder allows for the money to be delivered to the station by 3:13pm, but not the remake.
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In the novel, the Mayor considers going to the train, but not in the remake.
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In the novel, the money comes just on the deadline, but in the remake, they go over the deadline and Ryder kills a hostage.
We see the money being withdrawn and the people doing it in the novel but not in the remake.
In the novel....In the novel...FUCK the novel je n'ai pas lu la novel !!!!!!!!!
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©-DR- THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 fin
04/02/2012 04:48
Trivia (fin)
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In the film, Ryder wants Garber to deliver the money, but in the novel he wants cops to drop it off in ten minutes or he kills a hostage. There is no road accident that makes them miss the deadline or lying to Ryder that they've got the money.
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In the novel, some of the cops think about pocketing some of the money for themselves.
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Lasalle's first name in the novel is Murray and we see him trying to get the money.
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In the novel, a sniper kills a hijacker on purpose, but in the remake it happens by accident.
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Ryder is calmer in the novel and the original film but angrier in the remake.
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The motorman dies differently in the novel; he gets gunned down when a sniper kills one of the hijackers, and not by Ryder. It also angers the public and the cops trying to control them.
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Ryder's men hijack the train at 2:00pm, but in the novel it's at 1:23pm, like the number of the train.
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In the novel, the ransom demand is $1,000,000 and so it was in the original film, but the remake has upgraded it to $10,000,000; Ryder says a million dollar ransom is a corny asking price.
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In the novel it takes longer to get to the hijacking than it does in the film.
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Ryder in the book is a methodical criminal mastermind, like Robert Shaw in the original film, but not like John Travolta who has a hair trigger temper. *
Ryder's men wear disguises in the novel and in the original film but not the remake.
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The hijackers use tommy-guns in the novel but not the remake, perhaps because they're only effective at close range.
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In the novel, the hostages tell Ryder why they need to be released and he says why they can't, but not the remake. An off-duty cop is on the train too but not the remake, where he takes matters into his own hands at the climax. He shoots Ryder in the tunnel, but Ryder dies by electrocution in the original film, but is killed by Garber outside in the remake.
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In the novel, Ryder gets the idea for the hijacking after reading in the paper about two men who stuck up a change booth at a subway station in the Bronx.
The novel .... OUAIS ben y en a marre !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Body count: 7 (3 hostages and 4 bad guys).
Je n'ai pas trop développé pour ce film...C'est que j'aimerai bien en finir avec J.T
(que j'aime bien mais...là je commence à fatiguer
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©-DR- John Travolta
04/02/2012 04:51
Avec Scarlett Johansson (un film que je n'ai pas vu)
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©-DR- John Travolta (fin)
04/02/2012 04:57
Avec Salma Hayek,James Gandolfini et Jared Leto.
Un film que je n'ai pas vu non plus
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©-DR- Catherine Deneuve
06/02/2012 02:04
LA CITE DES DANGERS (HUSTLE) de Robert Aldrich -1975 avec Burt Reynolds
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Pourquoi commencer par ce film ? (que je n'ai même pas vu) d'une part elle est jolie sur la photo,d'autre part il faut bien commencer par quelque chose et je n'ai pas l'intention de couvrir TOUTE la filmo de cette dame. Je ne vais même pas parler de BELLE DE JOUR que je n'aime pas- bien qu'il y soit fortement question de sexe-.J'ai surtout deux films en tête....
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Catherine Deneuve
née Catherine Dorléac le 22 octobre 1943 à Paris, est une actrice française.
Biographie
La famille de Catherine Deneuve
Son père, Maurice Dorléac, était acteur de théâtre et de cinéma mais également directeur de doublage à la Paramount Pictures. Sa mère, Renée Simonot, dont elle a utilisé le véritable patronyme, Deneuve, avait été pensionnaire du théâtre de l'Odéon, où sa grand-mère avait été souffleuse.Elle est la troisième des quatre filles de Renée Simonot ; ses trois sœurs sont Danielle (née en 1937 du comédien Aimé Clariond), Françoise (née en 1942, morte dans un accident de voiture en 1967) et Sylvie (née en 1946).
Ses débuts au cinéma
Elle débute au cinéma en 1956, sous son nom (Catherine Dorléac),avec un petit rôle dans Les Collégiennes d'André Hunebelle."Je joue en uniforme de collège,et c'est là que j'apprends à nouer des cravates" dira-t-elle.Quatre ans plus tard, sa sœur Françoise lui dit : « Tu sais.Ce serait amusant que tu fasses des essais. Je dois tourner cet été un film qui s'appelle Les portes claquent et le réalisateur, Jacques Poitrenaud, cherche une jeune fille pour jouer ma sœur. Tu devrais y aller."
Après avoir obtenu l'accord de ses parents, Catherine Deneuve passe des essais et elle est choisie pour le rôle. Elle n'est cependant pas intéressée par le métier. Cet épisode l'amène pourtant à interrompre ses études, au cours de sa classe de seconde.Le réalisateur Mel Ferrer lui trouve une ressemblance avec Audrey Hepburn (!?)et l'engage pour tourner L'Homme à femmes, avec Danielle Darrieux. Les critiques saluent sa performance.
« La révélation du film, c'est une petite personne exquise qui s'appelle Catherine Deneuve. Discrète, sans être empaillée, proprette sans être banale, ingénue sans être niaise, et jolie, si jolie, sans avoir l'air de le savoir. Elle devrait être d'ici à trois mois la proie favorite des metteurs en scène fatigués du style Saint-Germain-des-Prés. »
— France Roche, France Soir (1960).
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