The Path to 9/11 (TV 2006)

A television mini-series on the events leading up to the US terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

Director:

David L. Cunningham

Writers:

John Miller (based in part on the book 'The Cell'), Michael Stone (based in part on the book 'The Cell'),

Stars:

Harvey Keitel, Michael Benyaer, Wendy Crewson

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Harvey Keitel	...	John O'Neill
Michael Benyaer	...	Khalid Sheikh Mohammed / 'KSM'
Wendy Crewson	...	Valerie James
Shirley Douglas	...	Madeline Albright
Kevin Dunn	...	Samuel 'Sandy' Berger
Nabil Elouahabi	...	Ramzi Yousef
Mido Hamada	...	Massoud
Barclay Hope	...	John Miller
Frank John Hughes	...	Bill Miller
Dan Lauria	...	George Tenet
Amy Madigan	...	Patricia Carver
Art Malik	...	Colonel Raymond Malik
Michael Murphy	...	William Cohen
Stephen Root	...	Richard Clarke
William Sadler	...	Neil Herman

Storyline

A television mini-series on the events leading up to the US terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

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Plot Keywords:

september 11 2001 | world trade center manhattan new york city | washington d.c. | new york city | manhattan new york city | 

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Urdu Dari Arabic

Release Date:

10 September 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

11 settembre - Tragedia annunciata

Filming Locations:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Marc Platt Productions, Touchstone Television, UHP Productions Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

240 min 277 min (5 parts) 263 min (extended)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

At 67, Harvey Keitel was significantly older than the real John O'Neal, who was 40 when the World Trade Center was bombed and was 49 on 9/11.

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Goofs

One of the main characters, John O'Neal, speaking to Ambassador Bodine, says that the Hadhramaut region is "northwest Yemen". Actually, Hadhramaut is southeast Yemen.

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Quotes

Kirk: War is about killing the enemy and destroying his property. It's not about sittin' around a conference room coverin' your own asses!

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Connections

References Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing. (1997)

User Reviews

It asks some good questions...

I'm currently watching the film right now, and I have to say, it's quite enthralling. I remember that morning so clearly, the past few years just seem to fade away all in a moment. I was 16, and making up the chemistry test that I had missed. Before then, I'd been at my locker, and I overheard my principal whispering to one of the teachers about the plane that had hit the World Trade Center in New York. It didn't dawn on me at first how big a deal this would soon be, or the depth of pain that this even would cause for so very many.

The fact is that this day affected each of us, and if someone wants to show what they feel needed to be addressed about the reasons it was allowed to take place, then I think that it should be allowed to be at least up for consideration. And from what I've seen, there were wrongs on both sides. And one of the big reasons these men pulled this off was our own petty squabbling.

And how often can Hollywood be trusted to produce a wholly accurate portrayal of anything? Exactly.

But this film raises some good questions about how much we could have prevented.