9/11: The Twin Towers (2006)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Richard Dale

Writers:

Andrew Bampfield (writer)
Ed Fields (contributing writer)

Genre:

Drama | History

Plot Keywords:

September 11 2001 | Reenactment | Terror Attack | Fireman | Number In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Terence Stamp	...	Narrator (voice)
Hong Zhu	...	Himself - interviewee, 9 / 11 survivoir
Jay Jonas	...	Himself - Interviewee, NYC fireman
Al Smith	...	Himself - interviewee, 9 / 11 survivoir
Jan Demczur	...	Himself - Interviewee, 9 / 11 survivoir
Paul De Martini	...	Himself, interviewee, brother of Frank De Martini
Rick Bryan	...	Himself - Interviewee, 9 / 11 survivoir
Stella Olender	...	Herself - Interviewee, mother of Christine Olender
Stanley Praimnath	...	Himself - Interviewee, 9 / 11 survivoir
Dianne DeFontes	...	Herself - Interviewee, 9 / 11 survivoir
Brian Clark	...	Himself - Interviewee, 9 / 11 survivoir
Jack Gentul	...	Himself - Interviewee
Rebecca Clemento	...	Herself - Interviewee, wife of Victor Wald
Nina De Martini	...	Herself - Interviewee, sister of Frank De Martini
Josephine Harris	...	Herself - Interviewee, 9 / 11 survivoir
Thomas Kean	...	Himself - Interviewee, chairman of the 9-11 Commission (as Thomas H. Kean)
William Hope	...	Harry Ramos
Robert Ashe	...	Victor
François Chau	...	Hong Zhu
Stuart Milligan	...	Frank De Martini
Denica Fairman	...	Nicole
Teddy Kempner	...	Pablo
Sakalas Uzdavinys	...	Mak Hanna
John Wesley	...	Al Smith
Serge Soric	...	Jan Demczur
Nate Reese	...	Stanley Praimnath
Robert Jezek	...	Brian Clark
Richard Laing	...	Jay Jonas
Miquel Brown	...	Diane Defontes
Trevor White	...	Rick Bryan
Charlotte Comer	...	Melanie De Vere
Laurel Lefkow	...	Christine
Anthony Edridge	...	Male Delegate
Alibe Parsons	...	Josephine
Debora Weston	...	Alayne Gentul
Andrius Zebrauskas	...	Ed Emery
Suzette Llewellyn	...	Operator #2
Eleanor Matsuura	...	Operator #1
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aleksas Kazanavicius	...	Fireman
Peter Kloeppel	...	German TV Newscaster (credit only)
Antanas Surgailis	...	Harry's co-worker (uncredited)

Directed by
Richard Dale

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Andrew Bampfield		writer
Ed Fields		contributing writer

Produced by
Denys Blakeway	....	executive producer
Grace Chapman	....	producer
Richard Dale	....	executive producer
Tim Goodchild	....	producer
Lucy Hetherington	....	executive producer
Bill Howard	....	executive producer
Michael Robins	....	line producer
Lineta Zukauskiene	....	line producer

Original Music by
Per Kihlborg

Cinematography by
Paul Jenkins

Film Editing by
Peter Parnham

Casting by
Lynn Reinstein
Arturas Zukauskas

Production Design by
Tim Goodchild

Makeup Department
Vilma Garliauskiene	....	makeup artist
Vaida Navickaite	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Vladas Lyndo	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rita Clifford	....	second assistant director
Tatjana Jakovleva	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Tim Goodchild	....	set designer
Monika Sakalauskaite	....	art department assistant/runner

Sound Department
Nick Baldock	....	assistant sound
Peter Baldock	....	sound effects editor
Peter Baldock	....	supervising sound editor
Ben Carr	....	adr recordist
Ben Carr	....	foley editor
Michael Feinberg	....	dialogue editor
Adele Fletcher	....	adr recordist
Adele Fletcher	....	assistant sound
Cliff Jones	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christian Koefoed	....	sound effects editor
Dave Sloss	....	foley recordist
Tim White	....	sound mixer
Tom Williams	....	boom operator

Visual Effects by
Hayden Jones	....	visual effects supervisor: Rushes
Alex Llewellyn	....	digital compositor
Mark Pascoe	....	digital compositor
Jonathan Privett	....	visual effects supervisor: Rushes
Jez Tucker	....	senior systems administrator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Algis Babravicius	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting
Brendan Donnison	....	adr voice casting
Natasha Greenberg	....	casting: UK

Other crew
Kevin Badgery	....	production accountant
Helen Conlan	....	production coordinator
Denise Dorn	....	researcher
Loreta Zajarskyte	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Dangerous Films

Distributors

• Discovery Channel (2006) (USA) (TV)
• Cuatro (2006) (Spain) (TV)
• Schweizer Fernsehen (FS) (2006) (Switzerland) (TV)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (TV) (TV1)

Other Companies

• Art4noise  ADR recording
• Art4noise  sound post-production
• Baltic Film Services  production services
• Mint Post  foley studio
• Molesworth Enterprises  footage provided by

Also Known As:

9/11: The Day the World Changed (International: English title)
Inside the Twin Towers (USA)

Runtime:

Finland:98 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Lithuania

Company:

Dangerous Films

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards (2007) (TV)

Fitting tribute

Mostly dramatised, mixed in with some archive footage and interviews with survivors / relatives, this account of 11th September 2001 is a deeply affecting film that is honest, upsetting and dramatic in equal measure. The film follows the stories of a few people from inside both towers, some who survived, some who did not. While several sequences involving selfless bravery (specifically Harry's and Frank's tales) fill you with a sense that the human race may not be all that bad, what is really moving is the interviews with the survivors, most of whom feel guilty at surviving, and a few who even insist they are cowards because they escaped the WTC's collapse while others elected to remain behind to save lives. Dramatising such a stunningly traumatic event will always be difficult, but this film makes the right choice by mixing it with interview footage. If there is one grumble to be made, it is that Terence Stamp's narration seems impersonal and sets the wrong tone throughout.