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(82,849 posts) Sat Mar 25, 2023, 12:37 AM Mar 2023

Watching the remake of The Taking of Pelham 123

A pretty good remake, even if Robert Shaw isn't in it. It occurs to me, that when I hit the lottery and I open my movie house, it would be a good double feature with Dog Day Afternoon.

If you are familiar with the double feature of Harold & Maude and King of Hearts, you could be a friend of mine.

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Hated the original film ... NanceGreggs Mar 2023 #1

I haven't seen the remake before gratuitous Mar 2023 #2

I love the original... First Speaker Mar 2023 #3

NanceGreggs

(27,816 posts)

1. Hated the original film ...

Reply to gratuitous (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2023, 12:46 AM

Mar 2023

... LOVE the remake.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

2. I haven't seen the remake before

Reply to NanceGreggs (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 25, 2023, 12:48 AM

Mar 2023

But I did like the original. I'm a sucker for Robert Shaw.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

3. I love the original...

Reply to gratuitous (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2023, 01:29 AM

Mar 2023

...Shaw, Martin Balsam, and a perfect Walter Matthau. No film of that era quite matches its portrayal of the 1970s urban NY hellscape, an unfeeling bureaucracy, and the grittiness of the subway.

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