9/11 (2002) (TV)

Directors:

James Hanlon
Rob Klug
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Writers:

Greg Kandra
Tom Forman

Release Date:

10 March 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

A real life documentary following the events of September 11 from an insider's view, through the lens of two French filmmakers who were in Manhattan that one day.

Plot Keywords:

September 11 2001 | New York City | Firefighter | Fire Station | Fire Department

Awards:

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Tony Benatatos	...	Himself
Jamal Braithwaite	...	Himself
Steve Buscemi	...	Himself in TV Broadcast
Joseph Casaliggi	...	Himself
Robert De Niro	...	Himself / Host in TV Broadcast
James Hanlon	...	Himself
Gédéon Naudet	...	Himself
Jules Naudet	...	Himself
Joseph Pfeifer	...	Himself
Tom Spinard	...	Himself
Dennis Tardio	...	Himself
George W. Bush	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mychal Judge	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
James Hanlon
Rob Klug
Gédéon Naudet
Jules Naudet

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tom Forman
Greg Kandra

Produced by
Richard Barber	....	producer
Graydon Carter	....	executive producer
Tom Forman	....	senior producer
David Friend	....	executive producer
Hal Gessner	....	supervising producer
James Hanlon	....	executive producer
Paul Larossa	....	producer
Michael Maloy	....	producer
Gédéon Naudet	....	executive producer
Jules Naudet	....	executive producer
Sinead O'Mara	....	associate producer
Bruce Spiegel	....	producer
Mead Stone	....	producer
Susan Zirinsky	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Richard Fiocca

Cinematography by
James Hanlon
Gédéon Naudet
Jules Naudet

Film Editing by
Richard Barber
Michael Maloy
Jason Schmidt
Bruce Spiegel
Mead Stone

Sound Department
John Bowen	....	sound editor
Danny Caccavo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Neil Cedar	....	sound editor
Philippe Desloovere	....	sound editor
Ken Hahn	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Hassler	....	sound
Grant Maxwell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ray Palagy	....	sound editor
Tony Pipitone	....	sound editor
Tony Slocum	....	sound editor
James David Redding III	....	sound technician (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jeff Muhlstock	....	Steadicam operator

Editorial Department
Neal Kassner	....	colorist

Music Department
Richard Fiocca	....	orchestrator
Lisa Gerrard	....	composer: song "Sacrifice"
Sonny Kompanek	....	orchestrator
Michael S. Patterson	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Christopher George	....	associate director
Daisy Schwartz	....	assistant: Mr. De Niro

Thanks
Ronan Tynan	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
• Goldfish Pictures
• Reveille Productions
• Silverstar Productions

Distributors

• CBS Worldwide Inc. (2002) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (2002) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Paramount Filmes do Brasil (Brazil) (video)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (2002) (USA) (video)
• SBS6 (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Other Companies

• Sync Sound  sound editorial and mixing facilities

Also Known As:

Runtime:

112 min | USA:128 min (video version) | Argentina:131 min

Country:

USA | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:6 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | USA:TV-PG | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Ground Zero, World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

The camera that Gideon is operating captures then mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani walking north on Broadway with his staff and news cameras. The footage was shot while riding down to the World Trade Center with off-duty firemen in a pickup truck.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When firefighter Tony Benatatos is angrily commenting about the attack on the Pentagon, the clock above him reads exactly 9:30. The attack on the Pentagon did not occur until 9:37.

Quotes:

[Jules tries to cook a French meal for the firefighters, but doesn't make enough food]
Firefighter:Couple more meals like this, we'll be able to share shirts.
Jules Naudet:Alright, alright, I got a small piece, so what. My mistake.
[camera cuts to James Hanlon and Gedeon, who burst out laughing]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in TV's Most Censored Moments (2002) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Defy

It got me thinking

My roommate had bought this documentary and invited me to watch it with her. She's from China and only heard so much about 9/11 and wanted to know the cold hard truth and she wanted me to tell her more after the documentary. I felt awful watching this documentary, it was like reliving the nightmare and it still brings tears to my eyes.

But I'm extremely grateful that I watched this documentary, because on the day of September 11th, I'm sure we all remember where we were and what we were doing when we heard, all of us could only think certain questions: "Why?", "How?", "What's going on?", "Oh, my God!". Almost all the Americans were grateful for the brave firemen and policemen that risked their lives to save others. But I don't think we thought about what they were really going though. This wasn't actually supposed to be a documentary about 9/11, the cameraman was just filming a typical day on the job and they just happened to be a couple blocks away from the World Trade Centers and got everything, outside and in, on tape.

On Sep. 11th, I thought to myself "It's OK, the policemen and firemen will get the people out that survived". To be honest, I thought it was an accident, I was in my junior year of high school and getting changed from gym and getting ready to go to my science class. Someone came into the locker room shouting "Some building just got bombed in New York!", we all got dressed quickly and ran to our classrooms as we watched the first tower burning on TV. Not only 15 seconds later live on TV does the second plane crash into the other World Trade Center and we knew this was no accident. A few minutes later, we heard about the Pentagon and that there was a plane headed for Chicago but was shot down. So many thoughts ran through our heads and I kept on thinking "What are the firemen and policemen going to do?". But it's procedure to them I thought, they'll know what to do.

The first tower collapsed, we knew it, so many lives are now gone, the second tower crashed, things would never be the same. Those firemen in this documentary showed courage, confusion, and strength, the real raw human emotions. They didn't know what to do, they were just as scarred as those other people who were in the towers. They heard the bodies collapsing on the ground from people jumping out the windows. And here I was in a classroom just crying seeing all that was going on on TV. I was amazed with this film and just wanted to go to New York and tell them how grateful all the Americans were for their help. I know they feel like they were just doing their job, but they did more, they were hero's. Every day after Sep. 11th for 3 weeks they kept on digging knowing that there were no survivors, but they kept on hoping and praying. May God bless their kind and brave hearts.

As for my roommate she was crying and admitted this was her first time crying at these attacks. She got to see the truth of what had happened that tragic day. She asked "Why?". I didn't know what to say, it breaks my heart that people can be that evil. "It sounds clique', but it was a normal day for everyone" one of the firemen said in the documentary. No one expected this to happen. Not like that, those people in the World Trade Centers or the Pentagon or the planes that were hijacked, they were just doing their job, happen to be there, or even just was there for a second passing by. They were not just murdered, they were slaughtered, and those hijackers did it with a song in their heart. Then seeing in the middle east all the people celebrating, why do people do this? They celebrated death and the lose of: mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, friends, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. Why?

So, thanks to those people for making this documentary. You truly think about the firemen, policemen, and the troops in Iraq and it keeps your hope up that there are good people in this world. Thank you to all those people, you are our heroes.

10/10