I can't get it out of my head. I'm gonna die today.
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Denzel WashingtonWalter Garber
- John TravoltaRyder
- John TurturroLt. Camonetti
- Luis GuzmánPhil Ramos
- James GandolfiniMayor
- Michael RispoliJohn Johnson
- Gary BasarabaJerry Pollard, motorman
- Alex KaluzhskyGeorge, teen hostage
- Alice KremelbergGeorge's Girlfriend
- Katherine SigismundMother-hostage
Crew
- Tony ScottDirector
- Brian HelgelandScreenplay
- John GodeyNovel
- Tobias A. SchliesslerDirector of Photography
- Harry Gregson-WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- Chris LebenzonEditor
- Todd BlackProducer
- Jason BlumenthalProducer
- Richard BarattaProducer
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