Taking of Pelham 123

The third, and most recent, adaptation of John Godey’s 1973 novel, Taking of Pelham 123 charts one of the most iconic subway stories ever put to film. When ‘Ryder’ (Travolta) and his accomplices hijack a 6 train, dispatcher Walter Garber (Washington) is thrust into the position of negotiator. Despite the 6 train setting, most of the film was shot on the track between Hoyt-Schermerhorn and the Transit Museum in Downtown Brooklyn. With a roster of iconic New York/Jersey actors, Scott’s adaptation—arriving near the end of his visually and editorially baroque late period—thrusts a timeless story into the modern era.