Flight 93 (2006) (TV)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Peter Markle

Writer (WGA):

Nevin Schreiner (written by)

Release Date:

30 January 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History

Tagline:

Four terrorists wanted to turn flight 93 into a weapon. Forty brave passengers and crew stopped it from reaching its target.

Plot:

Flight 93 is the story of the heroic passengers that took back their plane in an effort to stop a 9-11 terrorist attack.

Plot Keywords:

Terrorist | Passenger | United Airlines Flight 93 | Airplane | Plane

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Jeffrey Nordling	...	Tom Burnett
Brennan Elliott	...	Todd Beamer
Kendall Cross	...	Deena Burnett
Ty Olsson	...	Mark Bingham
Monnae Michaell	...	Lisa Jefferson (Verizon Supervisor)
Colin Glazer	...	Jeremy Glick
April Telek	...	Lyz Glick (as April Amber Telek)
Laura Mennell	...	Elizabeth Wainio
Dominic Rains	...	Ziad Jarrah (as Amin Nazemzadeh)
Gwynyth Walsh	...	Esther Heyman
Jacqueline Ann Steuart	...	Lauren Grandcolas
Karen Holness
Marilyn Norry	...	Alice Hogland (Mark Bingham's mother)
Kirsten Williamson	...	Melodie Homer
Biski Gugushe	...	LeRoy Homer Jr.

Also Known As:

Le vol 93 (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence and emotional depiction of the hijack situation.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

Arabic | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | USA:PG-13 | UK:12 | Germany:12 | Finland:K-11 | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Goofs:

Continuity: When the terrorist first sits in the pilot's seat, a close-up of his clothes shows a bloodstain. It completely vanishes in the all other shots.

Movie Connections:

Version of The Flight That Fought Back (2005) (TV)

Well done film focused on the people involved

I believe this film accomplished what it set out to do. No big stars, no big special effects, it focused just on the ordinary people that got caught up in this event. The film "United 93" is quite good but that is told in close to real time and includes several air traffic controllers where as this movie mainly comes from the communications the people on board had with people on the ground.

I have read some reviews that were based on the politics of the situation, I won't comment on those. If you read the reviews that talk to the actual movie I think you will get a better idea of the actual merits of the film itself.

The no name cast did quite well. As I said the focus is on the communications between people on the ground and those in the air who could see they were going to die. I think it's a movie that will be rated higher as we move away from the actual events. As far as the reviews go that say it's not realistic because everyone involved has blonde hair and or has a baby is on par with the reviewers who knocked the Lord of the Rings because so many of the main characters had blue eyes.