Flight (2012/I)

Director:

Robert Zemeckis

Writer:

John Gatins (written by)

Release Date:

2 November 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

An airline pilot saves almost all his passengers on his malfunctioning airliner which eventually crashed, but an investigation into the accident reveals something troubling.

Plot Keywords:

Addiction | Blood | Cocaine | Lawyer | Alcoholic

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 31 nominations

Cast

Nadine Velazquez	...	Katerina Marquez
Denzel Washington	...	Whip Whitaker
Carter Cabassa	...	Son on Plane
Adam C. Edwards	...	Father on Plane (as Adam Ciesielski)
Tamara Tunie	...	Margaret Thomason
Brian Geraghty	...	Ken Evans
Kelly Reilly	...	Nicole
Conor O'Neill	...	Kip
Charlie E. Schmidt	...	Tiki Pot
Will Sherrod	...	Schecter
Boni Yanagisawa	...	Camelia Satou
Adam Tomei	...	Fran
Dane Davenport	...	Derek Hogue
John Crow	...	Field Reporter
Bruce Greenwood	...	Charlie Anderson
E. Roger Mitchell	...	Craig Matson
Ravi Kapoor	...	Dr. Kenan
John Goodman	...	Harling Mays
Jill Jane Clements	...	Morning Nurse
Tommy Kane	...	Mark Mellon
James Badge Dale	...	Gaunt Young Man
Don Cheadle	...	Hugh Lang
Susie Spear Purcell	...	Waitress
Philip Pavel	...	Bartender
Piers Morgan	...	Himself
Jim Tilmon	...	Himself
Reverend Charles Z. Gardner	...	Pentecoastal Minister
Peter Gerety	...	Avington Carr
Tom Nowicki	...	Len Caldwell
Jason Benjamin	...	Carr's Business Guy
Ric Reitz	...	Carr's Attorney
Timothy Adams	...	Whip's Dad
Darius Woods	...	Young Will
Ron Caldwell	...	Trevor
Dylan Kussman	...	Two Beer Barry
Janet Metzger	...	Sheila
Bethany Anne Lind	...	Vicky Evans
Sharon Blackwood	...	Peach Tree Employee
Pam Smith	...	Peach Tree Employee
Garcelle Beauvais	...	Deana
Justin Martin	...	Will
Shannon Walshe	...	Tilda Banden
Rhoda Griffis	...	Amanda Anderson
Michael Beasley	...	Officer Edmonds
Ted Hall	...	TV Reporter
Laila Pruitt	...	Girl on Elevator
Precious Bright	...	Mom on Elevator
Melissa Leo	...	Ellen Block
Steve Coulter	...	NTSB Officer at Hearing
Ted Huckabee	...	Prison Guard
Sarah Clark	...	Radio Talk Show Host (voice)
Vinnie Hasson	...	Radio Talk Show Host (voice)
Randy Thom	...	Radio Stock Market Reporter (voice) (as Randall Thom)
Dennis P. Wise	...	Air Traffic Controllers (voice)
Paul Volle	...	Air Traffic Controllers (voice)
Hal Williams	...	Whip's Dad (voice)
Kwesi Boakye	...	Young Will (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anthony W. Allen	...	Democrat Staff Member (uncredited)
Jon Bailey	...	FBI Agent (uncredited)
Jennifer Olympia Bentley	...	Naked Girl in Helmet (uncredited)
Candace Blanchard	...	Reporter #7 (uncredited)
Tara Bond	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Nicky Buggs	...	Reader (uncredited)
Cabrenna H Burks	...	Hospital Patient Visitor (uncredited)
Miller Carbon	...	Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Charles Casey	...	Hotel Bellman (uncredited)
Alonzo Cook	...	NTSB Hearing Member (uncredited)
Jonathan Cook	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Gerald Duckworth	...	Whit's Sober Friend (uncredited)
Brian F. Durkin	...	Young Cop (uncredited)
Thomas Elliott	...	Orderly Mike (uncredited)
Holly Firfer	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Curtis Gammage	...	Margaret's Husband (uncredited)
Anthony B. Harris	...	Republican at NTSB Hearing (uncredited)
Bradford Haynes	...	News Reporter (uncredited)
Anisa Johnson	...	NTSB Hearing Board Member (uncredited)
Tara Jones	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Marie Keefe	...	Field Reporter (uncredited)
Zack Kibria	...	NTSB Board Member (uncredited)
Todd Maynor	...	NTSB Agent (uncredited)
Kevin Michael Murphy	...	Passenger #7 (uncredited)
Camille Murray	...	NTSB Attendee (uncredited)
Miles Mussenden	...	Passenger (uncredited)
Sean Nix	...	FAA Investigator (uncredited)
Garrick Parks	...	Cop (uncredited)
Christopher Payne	...	NTSB Hearing Republican (uncredited)
Travis Pressley	...	Inmate (uncredited)
Keith Ratchek	...	Doctor (uncredited)
L. Stephanie Ray	...	NTSB Hearing Democrat (uncredited)
Tammy Luthi Retzlaff	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Joel Rogers	...	Senior FBI Agent (uncredited)
Timothy Scott	...	Prisoner (uncredited)
J.T. Seidler	...	Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
Harley Shellhammer	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Al G. Sillah	...	NTSB Officer (uncredited)
Tony D Sims	...	Bus Boy (uncredited)
Gregory Marshall Smith	...	Greg / Driver (uncredited)
Don Teems	...	Red Cross Volunteer (uncredited)
Jermaine Thomas	...	News Reporter (uncredited)
Jackson Walker	...	Passenger (uncredited)
Wayne Webb	...	Wounded Passenger (uncredited)
Memi West	...	Hospital Patron (uncredited)
Amy Wolkis	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Jacqueline Marie Zwick	...	TV Reporter (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Zemeckis

Writing credits
John Gatins		(written by)

Produced by
Heather Kelton	....	associate producer
Laurie MacDonald	....	producer
Cherylanne Martin	....	executive producer
Walter F. Parkes	....	producer
Jack Rapke	....	producer
Steve Starkey	....	producer
Robert Zemeckis	....	producer

Original Music by
Alan Silvestri

Cinematography by
Don Burgess		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jeremiah O'Driscoll

Casting by
Victoria Burrows

Production Design by
Nelson Coates

Art Direction by
David Lazan

Set Decoration by
James Edward Ferrell Jr.		(as James Edward Ferrell)

Costume Design by
Louise Frogley

Makeup Department
Stephanie Barnes	....	key makeup artist
Katrina Chevalier	....	key hair stylist
Lawrence Davis	....	hair stylist
Teressa Hill	....	hair department head
Bill Johnson	....	special makeup effects artist
Tracey L. Miller-Smith	....	makeup artist (as Tracey L. Miller)
Quintessence Patterson	....	makeup artist
Toby Sells	....	special makeup effects artist
Nikoletta Skarlatos	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Will Sherrod	....	production supervisor
Gretel Twombly	....	production supervisor
Valerie Flueger Veras	....	post production executive

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Greg Gilman	....	second assistant director
Matthew Goodwin	....	second second assistant director
Robert S. Hoffman	....	additional second assistant director
Dana J. Kuznetzkoff	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Rose Ashikyan	....	props
Bil Barnes	....	set dresser
Kip Bartlett	....	on-set dresser
Danny Brown	....	set designer
Jonathan Carlos	....	assistant art director
Sam Carter	....	set dresser
Sarah Carter	....	set decoration buyer
Michelle Caruso	....	art department: production assistant
Cristina Lucia Cesari	....	buyer
Hugh Conlon	....	construction foreman
Michael D'Imperio	....	assistant property master
Robert Danté Denne	....	paint supervisor
Carol Francoso	....	on set painter
Keith A. Frutiger	....	scenic foreman
Laurie Garner	....	property assistant
Nelson Hagood	....	additional set dresser
Rob Hamby	....	toolman
Sammy Ray Hill	....	set dresser
David Hobbins	....	vehicle designer
John Paul 'J.P.' Jones	....	property master
Rich Koll	....	shop foreman
Konrad Lewis	....	gang boss
Ruth Mitchell	....	scenic artist
Sarah Myers	....	set dresser
Mark Nave	....	metal foreman
Taraja Ramsess	....	gang boss: set dressing
JoAnna Robinson	....	set dresser: day player
Patrick Rofoli	....	art department coordinator
Thomas Michael Ryan	....	foreman
Jeffrey Schlatter	....	construction coordinator
Bob Smith	....	leadman
James Vasilovic	....	set dresser
Christopher 'Woody' Wdowin	....	key greens foreman
Alexandra West	....	assistant property master
Robert Williams	....	construction foreman
Nichole Wleklinski	....	props

Sound Department
Christopher Barnett	....	additional re-recording mixer
Jonathan Borland	....	assistant supervising sound editor (as Jon Borland)
Jeremy Bowker	....	additional re-recording mixer
Jenna Dalla Riva	....	foley recordist
Kim Foscato	....	dialogue editor
Sandra Fox	....	foley assistant
William B. Kaplan	....	sound mixer
Noah Katz	....	digital audio engineer
Goro Koyama	....	foley artist
Daniel Laurie	....	dialogue/adr supervisor
Leff Lefferts	....	sound effects editor
Dennis Leonard	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dennis Leonard	....	supervising sound editor
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Marilyn McCoppen	....	dialogue editor
Stuart McCowan	....	adr editor
Christopher Mills	....	efp sound
Charlotte Moore	....	post production sound accountant
Greg J. Peterson	....	sound effects recordist
Dennis S. Sands	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ric Schnupp	....	adr recordist
James Spencer	....	assistant re-recording mixer
Kevin J. Summers	....	boom operator
Randy Thom	....	sound
Stephen Urata	....	sound recordist
Don White	....	foley recording mixer
Qian Bai Hui Yang	....	sound design intern
Drew Oliveras	....	recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Jay King	....	special effects foreman
Michael Lantieri	....	special effects supervisor
Ian C. McArthur	....	welding foreman
Andrew Miller	....	special effects shop supervisor
Scott Willis	....	special effects technician (as Sparky Willis)

Visual Effects by
Jessica Alcorn	....	digital compositor: Atomic Fiction
Daphne Apellanes-Ackerson	....	digital compositor: Atomic Fiction
Rajesh Babu	....	visual effects production manager
Kevin Baillie	....	visual effects supervisor: Atomic Fiction
Natalie Baillie	....	digital compositor (as Natalie Nolan)
Mauricio Baiocchi	....	computer graphics supervisor: Atomic Fiction
Rachel Borkow	....	previsualization production coordinator: The Third Floor
Kirstin Bradfield	....	digital compositor: Atomic Fiction
YouJin Choung	....	digital compositor: Atomic Fiction
James Galen Clark	....	systems engineering: Atomic Fiction
Andrew Cottingham	....	previsualization coordinator: The Third Floor
Jenn Emberly	....	animation supervisor: Atomic Fiction
Brian Freisinger	....	digital artist: Atomic Fiction
Jason Funk	....	digital compositor: Atomic Fiction
Jim Gibbs	....	digital artist: Atomic Fiction
A.B. Govardhan	....	lead matchmove artist: Botvfx
Shawn Griswold	....	digital compositor: Atomic Fiction
Shawn Hull	....	directors layout artist: The Third Floor
Shawn Hull	....	previsualization supervisor: The Third Floor
Annemieke Loomis Hutchins	....	digital matte painter: Atomic Fiction
Tom L. Hutchinson	....	digital artist: Atomic Fiction
Michael Janov	....	digital artist: Atomic Fiction
Julie Jaros	....	animator: Atomic Fiction
Robert Jordan	....	systems engineering: Atomic Fiction
Mahesh Kannan	....	paint/prep artist: Botvfx
Leon Kogan	....	matte painter: Atomic Fiction
Bill Konersman	....	digital artist: Atomic Fiction
Allie Koppel	....	previsualization accountant: The Third Floor
Radha Krishnan	....	rotoscopy artist: Botvfx
John Kubasco	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Woei Lee	....	compositing supervisor: Atomic Fiction
Laura Livingstone	....	digital production manager: Atomic Fiction
Steven Lo	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Danie Lupovici	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Simranjit Mahil	....	digital compositor: Atomic Fiction
Natanya Marks	....	previsualization production manager: The Third Floor
Roger Mathews	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Allan McKay	....	digital artist: Atomic Fiction
Motoki Nishii	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Justin Oliphant	....	visual effects editor: Atomic Fiction
David Philogene	....	digital compositor: Atomic Fiction
Jesse Russell	....	digital compositor: Atomic Fiction
Mahyar Sadri	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Mk Sajith	....	roto/prep artist: Botvfx
Nathan Santell	....	previsualization head of production: The Third Floor
Chad Schoonover	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Eric Schweickert	....	digital compositor: Atomic Fiction
Alex Schworer	....	lead developer: Atomic Fiction
Srikanth	....	lead compositor: Botvfx
DeAndra Stone	....	production coordinator: Atomic Fiction
Chris Stoski	....	digital art director: Atomic Fiction
Dale Taylor	....	visual effects associate producer: Atomic Fiction
Mike Terpstra	....	digital compositor: Atomic Fiction
Tiju	....	paint/prep artist: Botvfx
Olga Tsibulina	....	digital compositor: Atomic Fiction
Ryan Tudhope	....	visual effects producer: Atomic Fiction
Catie Vercammen-Grandjean	....	production assistant: Atomic Fiction
Colie Wertz	....	digital artist: Atomic Fiction
Huck Wirtz	....	animator: Atomic Fiction
Hetal Jain	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Hitesh Shah	....	visual effects supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts
Kacie Borrowman	....	stunt double
Jwaundace Candece	....	stunts
John Casino	....	stunts
Monty Cox	....	stunts
Cameron Croughwell	....	stunts
Charles Croughwell	....	stunt coordinator
Scott Dale	....	assistant to stunt coordinator
Scott Dale	....	stunts
Ruth Dalton	....	stunt double: Melissa Leo
Elizabeth Davidovich	....	stunts
Adam C. Edwards	....	utility stunts
Jeannie Epper	....	stunts
Troy Faruk	....	stunts
Bob Fisher	....	stunt performer
W. Dante Ha	....	stunts
Jason Kehler	....	stunts
Abigail Martin	....	stunts
Jessica Merideth	....	stunts
Kevin Michael Murphy	....	stunt performer
Miles Mussenden	....	stunt double: Denzel Washington
Andy Rusk	....	stunts
Gregory Marshall Smith	....	stunt driver
Petra Sprecher	....	stunt double: Tamara Tunie
Boni Yanagisawa	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Matt Alexander	....	grip
Greg Argarin	....	best boy rigging electric
Joshua Adam Bermudez	....	grip
Hans Bjerno	....	aerial director of photography
Michael Burgess	....	camera operator
Michael Burgess	....	director of photography: splinter unit
Jeffrey N. Civa	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Michael J. Coo	....	key grip
Aaron 'Cujo' Cooley	....	rigging grip
Juvonn Daves	....	grip
Joshua Davis	....	rigging gaffer
David Ellis	....	electrician
Geoff Ernst	....	electrician
Terry Fitzpatrick	....	video playback operator
Terry Fitzpatrick	....	video playback
Mark Gilmer	....	digital imaging technician
Kevin Hightower	....	electrician
Yusif Hughes	....	day player: rigging grip
Mauriece Jacks Jr.	....	video assist operator
Timothy Jipping	....	rigging grip best boy
Jeb Johenning	....	video playback
Patrick King	....	rigging electrician
Craig Kohtala	....	best boy grip
Jason Lerczak	....	rigging electrician
Hanna McGugan	....	dimmer board operator
Christopher L. Miller	....	grip
Greg Morse	....	digital video assist operator: second unit
Greg Morse	....	video playback operator
James H. Pair III	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Christopher E. Pettus	....	balloon light technician (as Christopher Earl Pettus)
Charles Praileau	....	rigging grip
Robert Presley	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Robert Presley	....	steadicam operator
Patrick Redmond	....	edge head technician: aerial unit
Kenny Rivenbark	....	libra operator
John S. Robertson	....	key rigging grip
Mike Sansom	....	video assistant
Nathan Spencer	....	rf technician
Scott Sprague	....	best boy electric
Don Steinberg	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Michael Stippich	....	electrician
Rafael E. Sánchez	....	gaffer
Randy Tharpe	....	rigging grip
Cris Toebben	....	electrician
Carissa Ridgeway Tudor	....	digital imaging technician
Trey Twitty	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Mike Tyson	....	additional rigging gaffer
Chris Weigand	....	electrician
Alan B. Wright	....	video technician
Robert Zuckerman	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Toby Guidry	....	casting associate
Samantha Kacho	....	extras casting assistant
Judith Sunga	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Valarie Benning Barney	....	costumer
English Benning	....	costume shopper
Jim Alan Cook	....	costumer
Dustin Fletcher	....	ager/dyer
Daniel George	....	costumer
Nicky Hirata	....	costume assistant
Valerie Laven-Cooper	....	costume shopper
Robert Q. Mathews	....	costume supervisor
Jessica Mauricio	....	costume production assistant
Sarah Schuessler	....	costume assistant
Ellen Semones	....	set costumer
Kenn Smiley	....	key costumer
Sally Wilkerson	....	set costumer
Kenyatta Williams	....	costume production assistant
Joulles Wright	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Matthew Blackshear	....	digital intermediate editor
Corinne Bogdanowicz	....	digital intermediate colorist
Des Carey	....	digital intermediate producer
Ryan Chan	....	associate editor
Michael Cioni	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Monique Eissing	....	digital intermediate finishing editor
Katie Fellion	....	post production consultant
Evan Finn	....	additional editor
Drew Kilcoin	....	outpost operator
Drew Kilcoin	....	second assistant editor
Nicholas Lareau	....	outpost engineer
Kevin London	....	digital intermediate engineer
Arthur Schmidt	....	additional editor
Carin-Anne Strohmaier	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor
Steve Kempster	....	score recordist
Randy Kerber	....	musician: piano solos
Larry Mah	....	digital score recordist
Victor Pesavento	....	music preparation
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer
Peter Oso Snell	....	music editor
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Transportation Department
Samuel Wayne Beitz	....	driver: honeywagon
Tracy L. Coker	....	transportation co-captain
Pamela Hovies	....	driver
Dan Marrow	....	transportation coordinator
Michael McMahan	....	transportation captain
Matt Neel	....	driver
Graham Ready	....	transportation
Roxie Scott	....	driver
Gregory Marshall Smith	....	vehicle assistant
Hank Van Apeldoorn	....	driver: grip truck
Thomas Van Schaick	....	driver: pre-rig grip
Rob Verdery	....	dot dispatcher
J. Dennis Wilson	....	driver: cast
Jack Dennis Wilson	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Paul Bednarz	....	medic: construction
Ryan Brunner	....	additional set production assistant
Bobby Burks	....	medic: Lead Construction
Kathryn Calogero	....	production assistant
Stuart Cardwell	....	location scout
Richard Carl	....	assistant: Mr. Starkey
Angel Cook	....	production assistant
Derron Delaney	....	key set medic
Matthew G. Dickinson	....	stand-in
Allison Dillard	....	production safety director
Ryan Dirkes	....	location assistant
Stephen Dirkes	....	location scout
Wes Dorough	....	production secretary
Katie Ferguson	....	production assistant
Ethan D. Firestone	....	production assistant
Ethan D. Firestone	....	set production assistant
Erin G. Fisher	....	key assistant location manager
Cory Fleming	....	aerial ground coordinator
Larry Gilbert	....	police security
Caleb Hinshaw	....	assistant location manager
Eric Hooge	....	location manager
Craig Hosking	....	aerial coordinator/pilot
Chiabella James	....	studio production coordinator
Jessy Jamison	....	asssistant to producer
Luca Kouimelis	....	script supervisor
Mike Lane	....	client service
Nicholas Leone	....	production assistant
Brandon Linville	....	first assistant accountant
Sarah Lorenz	....	assistant production coordinator
Todd A. Marks	....	computer/video playback supervisor
Allison Meriwether	....	assistant: Mr. Starkey and Mr. Rapke
Courtni Mills	....	set production assistant
Taryn Nagle	....	key set production assistant
Maureen O'Reilly	....	payroll accountant
Brent Ogburn	....	set production assistant
Paul E. Olivier Jr.	....	accounting clerk
Andrew Paulson	....	second assistant accountant
Jonathon Pawlowski	....	production assistant
Streeter Phillips	....	assistant to Laurie MacDonald
Jon Privett	....	additional craft service
Rachel Redding	....	production secretary
Matthew Richmond	....	assistant: Mr. Zemeckis
Bruce Roberts	....	production assistant
Brian Russell	....	travel secretary
Aric Sabin	....	set production assistant
Joseph Salas	....	set production assistant
Nina Saxon	....	title designer
Harley Shellhammer	....	stand-in
Michael C. Smith	....	security coordinator
Randall B. Smith	....	production assistant
Kelly A. Snyder	....	production accountant (as Kelly Snyder)
Joshua Tanksley	....	stand-in
Carlos Tapia	....	key assistant location manager
Jake Tompkins	....	production assistant
Greg Tresan	....	animal wrangler
Samuel B. Veal	....	production assistant
Lisa Vijitchanton	....	production coordinator
Alex L. Worman	....	unit publicist
Melissa Aouate	....	production executive (uncredited)
Netania Cortell	....	craft service (uncredited)
Robert Severance	....	police security (uncredited)
Tara Wescott	....	lead stand in (uncredited)

Thanks
Ed Limato	....	in memory of

Production Companies

• ImageMovers
• Paramount Pictures
• Parkes/MacDonald Productions

Distributors

• Paramount Japan (2013) (Japan) (theatrical) (as Paramount Pictures Japan)
• Paramount Pictures (2013) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2013) (France) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• StudioCanal (2013) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2013) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2013) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2013) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2013) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment (2013) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment (2013) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• TriPictures (2013) (Spain) (all media)
• Zon Audiovisuais (2013) (Portugal) (all media)

Special Effects

• Atomic Fiction
• BOT VFX
• Third Floor, The

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Harris Diversified  a/c & power rental
• LightIRON Digital  digital intermediate
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  hair and makeup trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Movie Movers  trucks
• Performance Filmworks  Edge Head System
• Road Rebel  production travel
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Scroggins Aviation  commercial aircraft mock-up
• Sessions Payroll Management  extras payroll services
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment
• ZYNC  rendering services

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for drug and alcohol abuse, language, sexuality/nudity and an intense action sequence

Runtime:

138 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Datasat | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #47695) | Netherlands:12 | UK:15 | Singapore:M18 | Japan:PG12 | South Korea:18 | Ireland:15A | Sweden:11 | Portugal:M/16 | Brazil:14 | Germany:12 | Australia:MA15+ | Hong Kong:IIB | Philippines:R-13 | Peru:14 | Argentina:16 | Denmark:15 | Switzerland:14

Filming Locations:

Atlanta First United Methodist Church - 360 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

ImageMovers

Trivia:

Olivia Wilde and Dominique McElligott were considered for the role of Nicole.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Whip says: "Dad was a pilot, he was 332nd Airborne, he was Tuskegee..." The word "Airborne" should have been "Fighter Group."

Quotes:

Avington Carr:Does Whitaker know he's going to jail?
Hugh Lang:My clients don't go to jail, Mr. Carr.
Avington Carr:Oh, he's going to jail. He belongs in jail. You bet your ass he's going to jail. The only question is, is he going to die in jail?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Maltin on Movies: Flight (#1.92)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Feelin' Alright

Chix Chat on Film Review: Prepare for take off!

Flight is the story of a commercial pilot Whip Whitaker (Denzel Washington) who is able to land a defective plane with extraordinary skill, maneuvering it into an inverted position in order to slow the decent. We see this inverted flight captured in the trailer, but believe it or not this is not the most provocative element of this film. The story is so thought provoking that it will have you walking out of the theater questioning whether or not you could or would choose nobility over self-preservation. Most of what takes place behind the scenes looming like a predator waiting to strike is the blame game, with Whip continuously asserting that no one could have landed that plane except him. That point is supported but it's the collateral damage of his arrogance that is at the forefront of determining liability. The trailer also lets the audience in on the fact that Whip is found to have alcohol in his system as is discussed with Hugh Lang (Don Cheadle) who is the attorney brought in to defend Whip on behalf of the Pilot's association. Hugh was very straight and very narrow, which was the case with most of the characters aside from Whip. It was the dichotomy of Whip's persona so brilliantly conveyed in his mannerisms, responses, and facial expressions that makes the performance Oscar, Golden Globe, BET, Trumpet, Image, MTV and any other awards worthy. If Mr. Washington had uttered eight bars I would say he deserves a Hip Hop award or a Grammy, he was that convincing. I recognized this person that Mr. Washington portrayed so true to life, which is not just a testament to good writing, but mostly to the phenomenal acting talent that is Denzel. All the characteristics that made this individual a hero were the same characteristics that could potentially make him infamous. I will say that I as well as many fans am always open to greater insight into who Denzel is, however the rear view was totally unnecessary. The film does a great job of telling a story about the human condition, nobody is one dimensional and sometimes extreme circumstances make you write yourself a reality check. The question is when you cash that check will you be happy with the results. If you have any fear of flying this is not the movie for you. It will reinforce that fear and possibly cause you to swear off flying altogether. I give this film a green light.