Here’s the poster for a second remake of the 70’s crime classic “The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three”. The original starred the excellent British actor Robert Shaw as “Mr. Blue” (Tarentino credited the movie for influencing his character’s names in “Reservoir Dogs”) and Walter Matthau as Transit Police Lieutenant, Garber.
The movie was remade for TV in 1998 with Vincent D’Onofrio as “Mr. Blue”. In this latest version John Travlota reprises the role of “Mr. Blue” and Denzel Washington plays the Transit Police Lieutenant Garber. It will be a tall order for the new film to measure up to the original. Regardless, it has the cast and the story for a must see. One might think the design firm would have considered a throwback design similar to the what was done for the “The Bank Job” as a homage to the original.. No luck..we get the standard two headed contemporary design...
Is it just me or does Travolta resemble Duane Johnson just a bit???
Posted by: Know_It_All | February 16, 2009 at 04:37 PM
he DOES look like the Rock! wow, i didn't even notice that. it's the painted goatee. creepy.
Posted by: moviegoods | February 16, 2009 at 04:43 PM