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Ground Control (1998)
5.6
A disgraced former air traffic controller is called back into service when the airport's traffic control system malfunctions. Director:Richard Howard |
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| Kiefer Sutherland | ... | ||
| Bruce McGill | ... |
T.C. Bryant
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| Kristy Swanson | ... |
Julie Albrecht
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| Robert Sean Leonard | ... |
Cruise
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| Kelly McGillis | ... |
Susan Stratton
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| Margaret Cho | ... |
Amanda
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| Ruben Paul | ... |
Sam
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| Charles Fleischer | ... |
Randy
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| Henry Winkler | ... |
John Quinn
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Farrah Forke | ... |
Laura Franklin
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| Michael Gross | ... |
Murray
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| Vito D'Ambrosio | ... |
Weather Analyst
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| Jack Plotnick | ... |
Curtis
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| Mike Kimmel | ... |
Pudgy
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| Brian George | ... |
Shamaal
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Storyline
Chicago air controller Jack Harris is a wreck with guilt nightmares after a major Transair crash, killing all 174 aboard, gives up the job and designs air control software instead. Five years later, his ex-colleague T.C. Bryant, meanwhile also transferred to Phoenix, desperately asks him to help out short-term, given desperate staff shortage on Newyears eve with a bad storm predicted, after a power cut hits, which is actually the sabotage work of technical whiz John Quinn, who has meanwhile messed up the systems on several airports, so they see their workload multiplied. Colleagues welcome him in very different states of mind but he quickly proves his capabilities, alas then the fatal memories start creeping up again: will his lack of self-confidence cause another drama? Written by KGF Vissers
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No Radar. No Contact. No Control.Parents Guide:
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Title Card: On an average day above the United States, over 200,000 aircraft carry more than 2,000,000 people guided by less than 3,000 air traffic controllers.
Title Card: "My biggest fear? When you've done all you can do and you still have to listen as the image disappears from your screen." - Air Traffic Controller, Los Angeles En Route Center
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Factual errors: A 737 has three hydraulic systems, System "A" drives the primary flight controls and landing gear, system "B" drives the flaps and brakes and is the backup for system "A", system "C" is the backup for the rudder and flaps in the event "A" and "B" are inop. The ailerons and elevators are mechanically linked to the yoke using traditional cables and pulleys, the hydraulics simply augment the input forces so the flight crew doesn't have to work as hard. So, even if the lost all hydraulic fluid they would still have control using manual reversion in the control linkages (except rudder), also the undercarriage can be manually lowered. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Title Card: On an average day above the United States, over 200,000 aircraft carry more than 2,000,000 people guided by less than 3,000 air traffic controllers.
Title Card: "My biggest fear? When you've done all you can do and you still have to listen as the image disappears from your screen." - Air Traffic Controller, Los Angeles En Route Center
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