The Flight That Fought Back (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Bruce Goodison

Writers:

Phil Craig (writer)
Victoria Spark (technical material)

Release Date:

8 September 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A docudrama about the efforts of the passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 to derail the 9/11 terrorists' plan for the hijacked airliner. |

Plot Keywords:

Terrorist | Pentagon | Airplane Hijack | Plane Crash | Terrorism

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Greg Benson	...	Tom Burnett
Jason LeGrande	...	Mark Bingham
Bryce Wagoner	...	Richard Guadagno
Kevin Paul	...	Jeremy Glick
Bryan Friday	...	Todd Beamer
Steve Izay	...	Joe Nacke
Raj Maan	...	Ahmed Al Nami
Toni Youngblood	...	Cee Cee Lyles
Ankur Bhatt	...	Saaed Al Ghamdi
Pej Vahdat	...	Ziad Jarrah
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michelle Baldwin	...	Herself
Dick Bennett	...	Don Peterson
Mark Bingham	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robin Bird	...	Georgine Corrigan
Stan Bly	...	Mickey Rothberg
Derril Bodley	...	Himself
Phil Bradshaw	...	Himself
Irene Bulhak	...	Hilda Marcin
Deena Burnett	...	Herself
Tom Burnett	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jerry Butler	...	Himself
Roger Cantu	...	Joe Wallace
Christy Clark	...	Lauren Grandcolas
Robert Cushman	...	Donald Green
Lenore Cutler	...	Colleen Fraser
Brian DeCato	...	Matt
Annette Dominguez	...	Sandy Bradshaw
Diana Marie Ferra	...	Linda Grolund
Dorothy Garcia	...	Herself
Liz Glick	...	Herself
Jack Grandcolas	...	Himself
Lauren Grandcolas	...	Herself (archive footage)
Bea Guadagno	...	Herself
Gerry Guadagno	...	Himself
Lori Guadagno	...	Herself
Larry Hanes	...	Ed Ballinger
Esther Heymann	...	Herself
Alice Hoglan	...	Herself
Bernie Hourihan	...	Andy Garcia
Lisa Jefferson	...	Herself
Holli Joyner	...	Herself
Jessica Kaplan	...	Deora Bodley
Arne Kruithof	...	Himself
Phil Ladner	...	John Tagliani
Tracy Miller	...	Cleveland Air Traffic Controller
Louis Paul Nacke II	...	Himself
Kenny Nacke	...	Himself
Madden Page	...	Edward Felt
Julia Parker	...	Debbie Welsh
Lynda Perlman	...	Jean Peterson
Bert Rodriguez	...	Himself
Suzanna Sanchez	...	Elizabeth Wainio
Victoria Spark	...	Lorraine Bay
Nefetari Spencer	...	Melodie Homer
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Narrator (voice)
Ben Wainio	...	Himself
Elizabeth Wainio	...	Herself (archive footage)
Sarah Wainio	...	Herself
Robert Wood	...	Capt. Jason M. Dahl
Don Worley	...	United Airline supvr.
Bill Wright	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Flight 93: The Flight That Fought Back (UK)
The Plane That Fought Back (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Brook Lapping Productions

Movie Connections:

Version of Flight 93 (2006) (TV)

Tasteful, but occasionally like an episode of 24

The Flight That Fought Back is a tasteful dramatization of the events leading up to and following the hijacking of Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. Narrated by Keifer Sutherland and featuring many actual recordings and many other recreations of the passenger's attempt to regain control of the aircraft. Passenger families and associates interviews are frequent, to give a better understanding of the people involved.

The movie is very tasteful and tactful in it's recreation and interviews, and gives an excellent of the events that happened on that tragic Tuesday morning.

The movie is heavily stylized. Thanks to Sutherland's narration and the frequent multiple camera angles in one shot, not to mention the occasional clock at the bottom of the screen, the film occasionally seems like an episode of 24.

Overall a good watch and showcase of the first people to give their life fighting terrorism.