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SYNOPSIS __________
Plot:
Acclaimed filmmaker Paul Greengrass (Bloody Sunday, The Bourne
Supremacy) writes and directs an unflinching drama that tells
the story of the passengers and crew, their families on the
ground and the flight controllers who watched in dawning horror
as United Airlines Flight 93 became the fourth hijacked plane
on the day of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil:
September 11, 2001.
United 93 recreates the doomed trip in actual time, from
takeoff to hijacking to the realization by those onboard that
their plane was part of a coordinated attack unfolding on
the ground beneath them. The film attempts to understand the
abject fear and courageous decisions of those who--over the
course of just 90 minutes--transformed from a random assembly
of disconnected strangers into bonded allies who confronted
an unthinkable situation.
As 2006 marks the passing of five years since the epochal
events of 9/11, the time has come for contemporary cinema's
leading filmmakers to dramatically investigate the events
of that day, its causes and its consequences, and the everyday
individuals whose fates were forever altered while simply
going about their common workday rituals.
Greengrass, known for films such as Resurrected and Bloody
Sunday, brings to United 93 a history of compassionate filmmaking
that has explored some of the most troubled incidents of recent
world history--when politics turns to violence, when beliefs
slip into zealotry. As there is no perfect record of the hijacking's
exact details and hostage retaliation, Greengrass takes a
careful hand and partially improvises the events with an ensemble
cast of unknown actors who were given studies of their United
93 counterparts.
United 93 intends to dignify the memory of those on that
flight, the men and women whose sacrifice remains one of the
most heroic legacies of the incomprehensible tragedies that
unfolded on that autumn morning.
DETAILS__________
Studio:
Universal Pictures
Release Date:
April 28, 2006
RELATED LINKS__________
POSTER / PHOTOS FROM THE FILM:
www.latinoreview.com --- CLICK
HERE
OFFICIAL SITE: UK
www.theflight93project.com --- CLICK
HERE
OFFICIAL SITE: Working Title Films
www.workingtitlefilms.com --- CLICK
HERE
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