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NOIR CITY 15: THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 / THUNDERBOLT & LIGHTFOOT

Thursday, January 26

The price of admission gets you into the double bill.

7:15
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123
(USA, 1974. United Artists (Park Circus). 104 min.)

Screenplay by Peter Stone, from the novel by John Godey
Produced by Gabriel Katzka and Edgar J. Scherick. Directed by Joseph Sargent

The most New York movie ever made, a time capsule of the Big Apple's hellish Fun City days. A quartet of desperadoes led by Robert Shaw's icy soldier of fortune hijacks a subway train loaded with passengers -- and only an unlikely duo of transit cops, Walter Matthau and Jerry Stiller, can foil their ingenious ransom scheme. Fierce, funny, and full of fetid atmosphere that hits you like a gust from a passing Lexington Avenue Express. Powered by David Shire's propulsive score and culminating in one of the all-time great closing shots. Presented in 35mm

9:20
THUNDERBOLT & LIGHTFOOT
(USA, 1974. Malpaso Company / United Artists (Park Circus). 115 min.)

Screenplay by Michael Cimino. Produced by Robert Daley. Directed by Michael Cimino

Before the accolades for The Deer Hunter and the controversy of Heaven's Gate, Michael Cimino made one of Hollywood's most offbeat heist films. Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges play the title characters, a professional thief and a footloose drifter who fall in together. Thunderbolt's old running buddies are hot on the trail of the loot from their last job, and it may take a new robbery to get rid of them. From its wildly memorable opening to its gut-wrenching climax, the film provides viewers with a unique ride. Presented in 35mm