In celebration of the New York Transit Museum’s 50th Anniversary, the Film Forum is hosting a NYC In Transit series, featuring some of transit’s most notable roles on screen. Check out the lineup of iconic films where buses, elevated trains, and subway cars take center stage.
New York Transit Museum Members can purchase up to two tickets per transaction for Film Forum’s NYC in Transit series screenings at a discounted price of $14 by presenting their Transit Museum membership card to their box office or booking online with promo code (for details, see July 21 member email).
U.S., 1971
Directed by William Friedkin
Starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey
WINNER Academy Awards® – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Hackman), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, 1972
Approx. 104 min. 35mm.
Traffic problems in Brooklyn, as Gene Hackman’s Popeye Doyle car-chases a killer-bearing B train, after being snookered by Fernando Rey in a cross-midtown shadowing topped by a classic subway door jamming. Multi-Oscar®-ed re-creation of a legendary drug bust.
Presented with support from The Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film
