{"id":19211,"date":"2017-11-24T05:03:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T09:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=19211"},"modified":"2017-11-22T15:44:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T19:44:05","slug":"21-things-we-learned-from-the-taking-of-pelham-one-two-three-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=19211","title":{"rendered":"21 Things We Learned from “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rob Hunter and Film School Rejects<\/a> present\u00a021 Things We Learned from The Taking of Pelham One Two Three<\/em> Commentary<\/a>.\u00a0 Here are three of my favorites…<\/h6>\n
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7. The novel doesn\u2019t spend much time at all with the transit cop character played here by Walter Matthau as Lt. Garber, and the book actually has a separate character named Garber as well. The actor loved the script, written by Peter Stone \u2014 who had written two previous films co-starring Matthau \u2014 and once he expressed interest they began beefing up the role.<\/p>\n

19. Sargent recalled it being a \u201cgolden safety rule\u201d during filming that no one get close to the electrified third rail despite the mostly confident belief that it was powered off by the transit authorities. There was apparently always a risk that someone might turn it back on again by accident or because they were unaware that it was off for a reason.<\/p>\n

20. They rightly point out that today\u2019s action films would rarely allow the villain to take his own life. \u201cHe would have to be shot eighteen times by Walter Matthau, and then fall and then a train would run him over, and that would propel him into the street where he\u2019d get hit by a bus.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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