A feud develops between two air traffic controllers: one cocky and determined while the other is restrained and laidback, which inevitably affects their lives.
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| John Cusack | ... | Nick Falzone | |
| Billy Bob Thornton | ... | Russell Bell | |
| Cate Blanchett | ... | Connie Falzone | |
| Angelina Jolie | ... | Mary Bell | |
| Jake Weber | ... | Barry Plotkin | |
| Kurt Fuller | ... | Ed Clabes | |
| Vicki Lewis | ... | Tina Leary | |
| Matt Ross | ... | Ron Hewitt | |
| Jerry Grayson | ... | Leo Morton | |
| Michael Willis | ... | Pat Feeney | |
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Philip Akin | ... | Paul |
| Mike O'Malley | ... | Pete | |
| Neil Crone | ... | Tom | |
| Matt Gordon | ... | Ken | |
| Joe Pingue | ... | Mark | |
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Nick and the other boys (and Vicki Lewis) working the hotspot of air traffic control in New York are impressed with themselves, to say the least. They thrive on the no-room-for-error, fast-paced job and let it infect their lives. The undisputed king of pushing tin, "The Zone" Falzone, rules his workplace and his wedded life with the same short-attention span that gets planes where they need to be in the nick of time. That is, until Russell Bell, a new transfer with a reputation for recklessness but a record of pure perfection shatters the tensely-held status quo. The game of one-upmanship between the two flies so high as to lead Nick into Russell's bed with his wife. His sanity slipping just as fast as his hold on #1, Cusack's controller is thrown out-of-control when Thornton's wanderer quietly leaves town. Nick must now find a way to regain his sanity and repair his marriage before he breaks down completely. Written by Lordship <lordship@juno.com>
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air traffic controller | air traffic control | marriage | job | female bodybuilder |Taglines:
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Release Date:
23 April 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$33,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$3,555,032, 25 April 1999Gross USA:
$8,408,835Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$8,408,835Company Credits
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Nick Falzone: [the controllers all laugh] And you were just about to throw yourself at him, weren't you?
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Billy Bob Thornton's character (Russell Bell) states in the movie that he is half Irish (his father) and half Choctaw Indian (his mother). In real life, Mr. Thornton's father is of Irish ancestry, while his mother is half Choctaw Indian and half Italian. See more »Goofs
At the beginning of the movie, when Ed is believed to "go down the pipes", his scope shows two Continental Airlines flights with the same number (COA1250), supposedly representing two different planes. See more »Quotes
Ed Clabes: [When the girls sit down at the table with the controllers at the diner] I'm married.Nick Falzone: [the controllers all laugh] And you were just about to throw yourself at him, weren't you?
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Director Mike Newell's `Pushing Tin' is about the turbulent life of air traffic controllers. Its delightful and thought-provoking screenplay is not intended for the usual `airhead' moviegoer. So please put on your thinking cap for this one. The film stars John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, and Angelina Jolie. Thornton and Jolie executed average `plane' performances. However, Cusack and Blanchett rose high with theirs. I do not blame Billy Bob or Angelina for not going up to par with John and Cate. Maybe, Billy Bob and Angelina were way too much in the clouds on and off the set, or maybe it was just that their characters were not fully developed in the script. Even though i am not `Pushing Tin' as one of the best film of 99, it is still one that you should put on the `safe landing looking' section. *** Average