World Trade Center (2006)

Two Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.

Director:

Oliver Stone

Writers:

Andrea Berloff, John McLoughlin (true story),

Stars:

Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Michael Peña

2 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicolas Cage	...	John McLoughlin
Maria Bello	...	Donna McLoughlin
Connor Paolo	...	Steven McLoughlin
Anthony Piccininni	...	JJ McLoughlin
Alexa Gerasimovich	...	Erin McLoughlin
Morgan Flynn	...	Caitlin McLoughlin
Michael Peña	...	Will Jimeno
Armando Riesco	...	Antonio Rodrigues
Jay Hernandez	...	Dominick Pezzulo
Joe Starr	...	Subway Rider
Jon Bernthal	...	Christopher Amoroso
William Jimeno	...	Port Authority Officer (as Will Jimeno)
Nick Damici	...	Lieutenant Kassimatis
Jude Ciccolella	...	Inspector Fields
Martin Pfefferkorn	...	Homeless Addict #1

Storyline

On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.

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Plot Keywords:

rescue | trapped | rubble | police | rescue team | 

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Taglines:

Every generation has a defining moment.This was ours.

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense and emotional content, some disturbing images and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp] Paramount Pictures [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 August 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

September

Filming Locations:

Clifton, New Jersey, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$63,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$86,904 (Chile) (3 November 2006)

Gross:

$271,684 (Chile) (24 November 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Double Feature Films, Intermedia Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Approximately 240 tons of material was used to recreate a fully 3-dimensional Ground Zero in Los Angeles.

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Goofs

In the early scenes at the Port Authority, there is a wrap-around ad on a building for the Charles Schwab "Talk to Chuck" campaign, which wasn't introduced until 2005.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Radio announcer: You give us 22 minutes, we'll give you the world
[1010 WINS Radio]
Radio announcer: .

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Connections

Featured in Smagsdommerne: Episode #4.5 (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Theme from Starsky & Hutch (Gotcha)"
by Tom Scott

User Reviews

Total and big disappointment! Non-American viewers, beware!

First, I vote 1 for this dreadful piece of celluloid just because IMDb hadn't provided negative votes yet. Absolutely big disappointment coming from one of the finest directors of all time - Oliver Stone. Having in mind that he directed such masterpieces as JFK and Naturally born killers, I have no excuse for him making such blatant propaganda movie except for the paycheck. Every single cliché you name it, you have it here. Patriotism is flowing from every possible hole, the opposite of smart Bush showing like a cockroaches from every frame. Yes, for sure, Americans do deserve to have such idiotic film made for such tragic event, so let them have it. A apropos, when do we have movie about more than half million innocent civilians killed in Iraq by Americans? For all those women and children cold-heartedly slaughtered and maimed by American soldiers and not even statistically put as collateral damages? A movie about how the US invasion of Iraq provoked and increased the uniting of the world terrorism in that poor country? Where is THAT movie, mister Stone?