Crash was directed by paul haggis, whose screenplay for million dollar baby led to academy awards. It looks suspiciously like an md88, but i suppose when youre making a movie about an aviation disaster you dont want the liability of naming an actual type of plane. The film features an ensemble cast, including sandra. An airline pilot saves almost all his passengers on his malfunctioning airliner which eventually crashed, but an investigation into the. Read the the crash of flight 401 movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. As with the other user comment, crash follows the real life story of the first crash of a jumbo jet, eastern airlines flight 401. After the crash, another flight attendants head is pinned bloodily beneath a piece of protruding metal. First having aired on tv in 1992, crash landing is a highly wellmade dramatization of the saga of united airlines flight 232 which, while enroute from denver to chicago on july 19, 1989, suffered a catastrophic explosion in its tail engine which severed all the planes hydraulic lines. A selfdescribed passion piece for haggis, crash was inspired by a reallife incident in which his porsche was carjacked in 1991 outside a video store on wilshire boulevard. Sep 02, 2016 earlier in the movie, recall that the pilot had taken the controls to get the plane through the thunderstorm and up to cruising altitude. What exactly is happening with the plane before the crash in. Yet, as his personal addictions come to light, the hero becomes the villain. I have to commend paramount for not blocking this video.
On december 29, 1972, eastern air lines flight 401 crashes into the florida everglades, resulting in 101 fatalities. The plane crash, which happens in the first 20 minutes, is hairraising. Director robert zemeckis is no stranger to disaster scenes, having filmed a. Flight is a 2012 american drama film directed by robert zemeckis and written by john gatins. Parents need to know that flight is an excellent, albeit mature, drama about an alcoholic airline pilot and the investigation surrounding a plane crash he was involved in. And in flight, washington simply continues his run of outstanding films, turning in a mesmeric performance worthy of an academy award. The plane is a jr88, a type that exists only in the mind of a screenwriter. Minutes later they have a fire in the right engine. Not often does a movie character make such a harrowing personal journey that keeps us in deep sympathy all of the way. Many elements are lifted from the accident into the film, such as the cause of the accident, segments of the radio communication and the decision to invert the airplane. The protagonist captain whip whitaker denzel washington experiences these crashes, some due to his addiction and others due to mechanical failures of his plane. Flight is a 2012 american drama film directed by robert zemeckis. Drinking and drugs are also big issues, as the main character is an alcoholic who frequently binges sometimes.
The airplane in flight, a twoengine ttailjet airliner, appears to be from the same model family as alaska airlines 261, a variant of the md80. The rescue of flight 232 1992 the captain charlton heston of a crippled jet steers toward tristate rescueteam experts richard thomas, james coburn waiting in sioux city. Consider sully sullenbergeror al haynes, the captain of united airlines flight 232, a dc10 that crashlanded on july 19, 1989, after the. Nov 02, 2012 the flight takes a turn for the worse as the engines fail, and whitaker is forced to pull off a stunning maneuver in order to crashland the plane and save the lives of those on board. Jul 02, 2009 it was christmas eve, 1971, when koepcke, then aged 17, and her mother boarded a lockheed electra turboprop for a flight from lima, peru, to pucallpa in the amazonian rainforest. The film stars denzel washington as william whip whitaker sr. Left in whitakers wake is a great story, but also plenty of questions that require answers. Plane crash in flight inspired by reallife disaster.
Robert zemeckis at an event for flight 2012 bar paly at an event for flight 2012 brian. Flight is an absolutely harrowing character study, and evokes a level of emotional intensity ive rarely seen in any film. The crash in flight is one of the most realistic ever captured on film, though director zemeckis has had some practice after helming a similar scene in cast away. In truth, the only thing that saves flight from being a catastrophic disaster is denzel washingtons excellent performance as an alcoholic pilot who saves most of the passengers and crew on his malfunctioning plane after pulling off an audacious maneuver. Jul 14, 2017 real pilots laugh at flight the men and women who fly commercial planes may have given up long ago on realistic portrayals of their profession in hollywood, but flight takes the. The initial procedures as the plane took off, with whitman and his copilot reporting their speed and height to. As the crew explains in our exclusive makingoff video see above, the intense effect was created by building the entire plane cabin which weighed 30,000 pounds and. What you need to know about 1989 plane crash in iowa. Released november 2nd, 2012, flight stars denzel washington, don cheadle, kelly reilly, john goodman the r movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 18 min, and received a score of 76 out of 100 on. Pilots are not idiots and do read post accident investigation reports published by the ntsb in the u. Originally made for television and based on true events from 1972, the story concerns an airline crash in the everglades and the courageous adventures of the 73 survivors. Not often does a movie character make such a harrowing personal journey.
Real pilots laugh at flight the men and women who fly commercial planes may have given up long ago on realistic portrayals of their profession in. Oct 30, 2012 the crash sequence in flight is one of the most dramatic, harrowing scenes of the year. So rare, in fact, that we dont ever train for these kind of compound failures. At the last second he flips it back right side up so that the belly of the aircraft takes the grunt of the crash landing. It was christmas eve, 1971, when koepcke, then aged 17, and her mother boarded a lockheed electra turboprop for a flight from lima, peru, to pucallpa in the amazonian rainforest. Nov 01, 2012 and that flight cant stay aloft forever, which suggests another title for the film. Oct 16, 2012 and that flight cant stay aloft forever, which suggests another title for the film. A list of movies you should never watch on a plane insider. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash landing that results in only six lives lost.
Oct 30, 2012 zemeckis added that the crash in flight was based on an actual alaska airlines accident in 2000 that killed all 88 people on board. How unrealistic is the crash scene from flight denzel. The flight was operated with a boeing 737204c, registration lvwrz, that crashed on 31 august 1999 at 20. Once you see the money shot of the movie, i for one. It connects stories based on coincidence, serendipity, and luck, as the lives of the characters crash against one another other like pinballs. If you get the opportunity, try that one, it covers the crash and the paranormal aspect that was detailed in the john fuller book, if you are interested in that angle. Zemeckis crash lands his movie with a shoddy romantic subplot and an ending shoehorned in so american audiences wont walk away bitching about the film being a downer.
The crash sequence in flight is one of the most dramatic, harrowing scenes of the year. As well an airplanedisaster movie, flight is a solemn and faintly anticlimactic tale of personal growth and. The screenwriter, john gatins, had originally planned for the flight movie to be filmed in oklahoma, but ended up changing the setting to atlanta. Nov 05, 2012 consider sully sullenbergeror al haynes, the captain of united airlines flight 232, a dc10 that crashlanded on july 19, 1989, after the catastrophic failure of its tailmounted engine led to. Released november 2nd, 2012, flight stars denzel washington, don cheadle, kelly reilly, john goodman the r movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 18 min, and. Flight 2012 the freefall scene 110 movieclips youtube. Earlier in the movie, recall that the pilot had taken the controls to get the plane through the thunderstorm and up to cruising altitude. Flight is a 2012 american drama that was nominated. With denzel washington, nadine velazquez, don cheadle, john goodman. It stars denzel washington as william whip whitaker sr. Crash is a 2004 american drama film produced, directed, and cowritten by paul haggis. But for the survivors of flight 571, the catastrophic crash was merely the beginning of another horror story one that just 16 of them would make it out of alive, but only after they made an.
Discover top rated, most viewed, and editorial picked air disasters movies on allmovie. In this actionpacked mystery thriller, academy award winner, denzel washington stars as whip whitaker, a seasoned airline pilot, who miraculously crash lands his plane after a midair catastrophe. As an airline pilot i have a unique perspective and break down several scenes in this movie from the flight takeoff scene. Met meesterlijke vliegkunsten vermijdt hij hoogstpersoonlijk een crash in een dichtbevolkt stedelijk gebied en. After opening with one of the most terrifying flying scenes ive witnessed, in which an airplane is saved by being flown upside down, robert zemeckis flight segues into a brave and tortured performance by denzel washington one of his very best. Lapa flight 3142 was a scheduled buenos airescordoba flight operated by the argentine airline lineas aereas privadas argentinas. With charlton heston, james coburn, richard thomas, leon russom. Nov 14, 2012 but in the movie, the engine keeps running. This is the first liveaction feature for zemeckis since cast away in 2000. In the movie, washingtons character, pilot whip whitaker, is forced to. In this actionpacked mystery thriller, academy award winner, denzel washington stars as whip whitaker, a seasoned airline pilot, who miraculously crash lands his plane after a. The crash sequence itself is realistic and harrowing, with injuries and wounds. And that flight cant stay aloft forever, which suggests another title for the film.
To keep the plane gliding, he inverts the plane until it reaches a very low altitude. Washingtons outstanding performance is primarily responsible for this. The flight takes a turn for the worse as the engines fail, and whitaker is forced to pull off a stunning maneuver in order to crashland the plane and save the lives of those on board. In truth, the only thing that saves flight from being a catastrophic disaster is denzel washingtons excellent performance as an alcoholic pilot who saves most of the passengers and crew on his malfunctioning plane after pulling off an. As well an airplanedisaster movie, flight is a solemn and faintly anticlimactic tale of personal growth and moral choices, with some religiose. For his latest movie, denzel washington takes on a harrowing role in flight, which involves a revealing moment literally. With william shatner, adrienne barbeau, brooke bundy, christopher connelly. Passenger describes surviving united flight 232 crash that. Nov 02, 2012 for his latest movie, denzel washington takes on a harrowing role in flight, which involves a revealing moment literally. The chances of two independent engine fires right on the heels of a catastrophic flight control failure are just astronomical. Shaken to the core, whip vows to get sober but when the crash. Flight marks robert zemeckis first liveaction film in 12years, but is this a soaring triumph for the director or does it crash and burn. When it comes to accuracy, flight lost me at the walkaround. The movie presumes that most people feel prejudice and resentment against members of other groups.
United airlines flight 232, bound for chicago from denver, crashed at. Whip pulls off a miraculous crashlanding that results in only six lives lost. The grey finds liam neeson battling the elements after a plane crash. Its a rainy morning in orlando, and captain whitaker is completing his preflight walkaround inspection of the plane. In the movie flight, denzel washingtons plane loses one engine and some other controls. Zemeckis added that the crash in flight was based on an actual alaska airlines accident in 2000 that killed all 88 people on board. Immediately following the crash, he is hailed a hero but an investigation soon leads to questions that put the captain. An airline pilot saves almost all his passengers on his malfunctioning airliner which eventually crashed, but an investigation into the accident reveals something troubling. In the next scene, hes walking down the hall to his next flight, looking like a million bucks in his uniform. Passengers are rattled mightily throughout the planes plunge. Flight 232 was headed from denver to chicago in july 1989 when the tail engine on the united dc10 exploded and ultimately caused the plane to crash and catch fire. How realistic or not was the crash scene in flight. The crash of asiana flight 214 asiana plane crash victims reach settlements 20 crash at san franciscos airport killed 3 chinese teenagers, injured nearly 200 other people. The movie flight not only depicts the crash of a plane, but also the crash a man experiences after his high on drugs and alcohol.
Feb 11, 20 the crash itself was difficult to make sense of. An independent scientist is joined by former members of the official investigation into the crash of twa flight 800 1996 to blow the whistle on the coverup of the real cause of the crash. Wicked turbulence during southjet flight 227s initial descent takes out one flight attendant by bashing her head brutally against two bulkheads. If you get the opportunity, try that one, it covers the crash and the paranormal aspect that was detailed in the john fuller book, if. Things turn out much differently in his fictional version. Whitaker, in flight and thats enough reason for me to see the movie big denzel fan. Flight is een amerikaanse dramafilm uit 2012 onder regie van robert zemeckis. United airlines flight 232, bound for chicago from denver, crashed at the sioux city airport on july 19, 1989. The captain of a crippled jet steers toward tristate rescueteam experts waiting in sioux city, iowa. Crash of flight 401 1978 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. A realtime account of the events on united flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on september 11th, 2001 that crashed near shanksville, pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot. What exactly is happening with the plane before the crash. Feb 11, 20 with no other choice, whip rolls the plane upside down to bring it out of the dive and maneuvers the plane rightside up just before crash landing in a field. The initial procedures as the plane took off, with whitman and his copilot reporting their speed and height to ground control, were spot on.
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