A strange thing about this movie: Ed Koch won his first term as mayor in 1977, three years after Pelham 123 was released. Abe Beame was mayor when the movie was made; Koch was still a congressman.
You’re so right! The timing of that is crazy. Though Koch briefly ran for NYC Mayor in 1973 (but dropped out once it was clear Beame was the runaway Democratic candidate), he was a long-term and well known NY congressman. It’s almost as if the filmmakers presaged that Koch would make a good mayor-as long as they gave him a fictitious wife!
Boy, I haven't seen this in decades. I'll have to watch it this weekend. I love you guys doing Beasties connections when they come up. Some of those posters were disappointing, given the 70s was the heyday of beautifully illustrated posters. The Warriors comes to mind. I remember my buddies and I waiting to be picked up from the Fiesta Twin pointing out all the cool gangs on the poster in front of the tiny theater. The Bad News Bears had a goofy but good one too. I don't know if it was a movie you guys covered, but I recently watched Steve McQueen's The Thomas Crown Affair, which had a similar heist gang setup. The gang not knowing each other, no real names, dressed similarly. Looking forward to it. Love Matthau.
Yeah, you're definitely due for a rewatch! This was a favorite for years, and I'm so glad I went a long time before seeing it again with fresh eyes. It lost nothing, and even gained some extra nostalgia points. I think artists today--even amateur photoshop jockeys on redbubble--could and would bang out far better posters today. Then again, those studios had no idea what great films they had on their hands back then, and few in-house artists even got to see the film, so we got what we got poster-wise. The Warriors and The Bad News Bears are definitely deserving bedfellows with this flick. The '70s was just a treasure trove of quality modern cinema we'll never see the likes of again. And The Thomas Crown Affair is definitely the sexiest movie McQueen ever made. Thanks for the comment, Marc!
@@PopCultureGraveyard watching it now. Man, middle-aged men back then all looked like they had one foot in the grave. The unhealthiest-looking cast I've ever seen. They don't make movies (or music) like they did in the 70s. So gritty and raw. No fat, or unnecessary spectacle.
@@SD_Marc Haha! Yeah, it's hysterical to watch '70s films with fifty-something-looking actors, only to find out later that they were actually thirty-somethings.
A strange thing about this movie: Ed Koch won his first term as mayor in 1977, three years after Pelham 123 was released. Abe Beame was mayor when the movie was made; Koch was still a congressman.
You’re so right! The timing of that is crazy. Though Koch briefly ran for NYC Mayor in 1973 (but dropped out once it was clear Beame was the runaway Democratic candidate), he was a long-term and well known NY congressman. It’s almost as if the filmmakers presaged that Koch would make a good mayor-as long as they gave him a fictitious wife!
Boy, I haven't seen this in decades. I'll have to watch it this weekend. I love you guys doing Beasties connections when they come up. Some of those posters were disappointing, given the 70s was the heyday of beautifully illustrated posters. The Warriors comes to mind. I remember my buddies and I waiting to be picked up from the Fiesta Twin pointing out all the cool gangs on the poster in front of the tiny theater. The Bad News Bears had a goofy but good one too. I don't know if it was a movie you guys covered, but I recently watched Steve McQueen's The Thomas Crown Affair, which had a similar heist gang setup. The gang not knowing each other, no real names, dressed similarly. Looking forward to it. Love Matthau.
Yeah, you're definitely due for a rewatch! This was a favorite for years, and I'm so glad I went a long time before seeing it again with fresh eyes. It lost nothing, and even gained some extra nostalgia points. I think artists today--even amateur photoshop jockeys on redbubble--could and would bang out far better posters today. Then again, those studios had no idea what great films they had on their hands back then, and few in-house artists even got to see the film, so we got what we got poster-wise. The Warriors and The Bad News Bears are definitely deserving bedfellows with this flick. The '70s was just a treasure trove of quality modern cinema we'll never see the likes of again. And The Thomas Crown Affair is definitely the sexiest movie McQueen ever made. Thanks for the comment, Marc!
@@PopCultureGraveyard watching it now. Man, middle-aged men back then all looked like they had one foot in the grave. The unhealthiest-looking cast I've ever seen. They don't make movies (or music) like they did in the 70s. So gritty and raw. No fat, or unnecessary spectacle.
@@SD_Marc Haha! Yeah, it's hysterical to watch '70s films with fifty-something-looking actors, only to find out later that they were actually thirty-somethings.