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

Why did it take so long?

When the WTC was attacked in 1993 - Iwas shocked that this could happen. Why did it take so long - 8 long years - before we took this threat seriously? Treating it as a crime instead of as an act of war? This movie (& it is only a movie) goes a long way to explaining some of the events of that period. It is clear that there were many good people on the ground doing their job - like the Filipino cop, the border crossing guard, the Harvey Keitel character - but that there were many higher ups who did not connect the dots and left the country vulnerable. There is much to be learned here. As Tony Blair said recently - many of the world's leaders are aware of the danger of Islamic fascisim but that for some reason the general public seems blissfully unaware of the danger. The WTC was not one wake up call - it was two wake up calls.