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The Pilot's Wife

  • TV Movie
  • 2002
  • PG-13
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
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The Pilot's Wife (2002)
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Kathryn, a recently widowed woman, struggles to learn if her husband intentionally crashed the plane he was piloting. The black box recovered from the wreckage suggests he was a terrorist, b... Read allKathryn, a recently widowed woman, struggles to learn if her husband intentionally crashed the plane he was piloting. The black box recovered from the wreckage suggests he was a terrorist, but she suspects something worse is happening.Kathryn, a recently widowed woman, struggles to learn if her husband intentionally crashed the plane he was piloting. The black box recovered from the wreckage suggests he was a terrorist, but she suspects something worse is happening.

  • Director
    • Robert Markowitz
  • Writers
    • Anita Shreve
    • Christine Berardo
  • Stars
    • Christine Lahti
    • Campbell Scott
    • Alison Pill
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    740
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    • Director
      • Robert Markowitz
    • Writers
      • Anita Shreve
      • Christine Berardo
    • Stars
      • Christine Lahti
      • Campbell Scott
      • Alison Pill
    • 24User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Christine Lahti
    Christine Lahti
    • Kathryn Lyons
    Campbell Scott
    Campbell Scott
    • Robert Hart
    Alison Pill
    Alison Pill
    • Mattie Lyons
    Kirsty Mitchell
    Kirsty Mitchell
    • Muire Boland
    John Heard
    John Heard
    • Jack Lyons
    Nigel Bennett
    Nigel Bennett
    • Dick Somers
    Sophie Hough
    • Dierdre
    • (as Sophie Hough-Martin)
    Rick Burchill
    Rick Burchill
    • Tierney
    David Christoffel
    • Sullivan
    • (as David Cristoffel)
    Christopher Shore
    Christopher Shore
    • Martin
    • (as Chris Shore)
    Richard Donat
    Richard Donat
    • Father Paul
    Bruce McAllister
    • News Anchor
    Joseph Rutten
    Joseph Rutten
    • Old Fisherman
    Mike Clattenburg
    • Television Reporter
    Gary Levert
    • Pilot
    Daniel Lillford
    Daniel Lillford
    • Dermot Baldwin
    Jeremy Akerman
    Jeremy Akerman
    • Undercover Man (Inspector York)
    Mauralea Austin
    • Jill Turner
    • Director
      • Robert Markowitz
    • Writers
      • Anita Shreve
      • Christine Berardo
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      On the jetty, the union representative offers Kathryn some donut holes from a box that is clearly labeled "Timbits" (meaning they came from the Canadian chain Tim Hortons). Although there are a few Tim Hortons locations in the USA, none is in Boston where the scene is supposedly set.
    • Connections
      Edited from Airport 1975 (1974)

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    7/10
    Hackneyed theme, but still absorbing
    Stop me if you've seen this one before: hubby-missing-believed-dead,wifey-then-finds-out- doubtful-things-about-him...ah, but this movie goes beyond the usual formula, throwing in some political, and criminal factors...one is never sure how things are going to turn out.

    Most of the characters are entertainingly devious, playing various parts to achieve each different end.., can one even count on the "heroine" wife, and her daughter ?

    The dialogue is brief, and to the point, the characters ring true (even the false ones!), and I was absorbed for almost two hours...I didn't understand the ending, which is perhaps a failing of my intelligence, rather than the film's intent, whatever, that cost the film a point, I deducted another, because it was, after all, a formula film, and a third because it wasn't "Love With The Proper Stranger" - my benchmark for romantic/suspense films.

    As (nearly)always, the actors are good, but I must make especial mention of Christine Lahti...when she first appears, she's just awakened, she looks drab, and her age...but, to me, she was still an attractive woman...that's charisma!
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    • Release date
      • April 14, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Pilotens hustru
    • Filming locations
      • Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Lions Gate Films
      • Lions Gate Television
      • Lionsgate Television
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      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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