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Sully

  • 2016
  • PG-13
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
283K
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Tom Hanks in Sully (2016)
Clint Eastwood and Captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger introduce the IMAX trailer for 'Sully.'
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When pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger lands his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew, some consider him a hero while others think he was reck... Read allWhen pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger lands his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew, some consider him a hero while others think he was reckless.When pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger lands his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew, some consider him a hero while others think he was reckless.

  • Director
    • Clint Eastwood
  • Writers
    • Todd Komarnicki
    • Chesley Sullenberger
    • Jeffrey Zaslow
  • Stars
    • Tom Hanks
    • Aaron Eckhart
    • Laura Linney
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    283K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,368
    263
    • Director
      • Clint Eastwood
    • Writers
      • Todd Komarnicki
      • Chesley Sullenberger
      • Jeffrey Zaslow
    • Stars
      • Tom Hanks
      • Aaron Eckhart
      • Laura Linney
    • 559User reviews
    • 425Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 14 wins & 36 nominations total

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    What If I Did Get This Wrong
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    Unprecedented
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    Brace For Impact
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    Two Hundred And Eight Seconds
    Clip 0:32
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    On The Hudson
    Clip 0:57
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    I Eyeballed It
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    Sully
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    Tom Hanks
    Tom Hanks
    • Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger
    Aaron Eckhart
    Aaron Eckhart
    • Jeff Skiles
    Laura Linney
    Laura Linney
    • Lorrie Sullenberger
    Valerie Mahaffey
    Valerie Mahaffey
    • Diane Higgins
    Delphi Harrington
    Delphi Harrington
    • Lucille Palmer
    Mike O'Malley
    Mike O'Malley
    • Charles Porter
    Jamey Sheridan
    Jamey Sheridan
    • Ben Edwards
    Anna Gunn
    Anna Gunn
    • Elizabeth Davis
    Holt McCallany
    Holt McCallany
    • Mike Cleary
    Ahmed Lucan
    Ahmed Lucan
    • Egyptian Driver
    Laura Lundy
    • Reporter #1
    • (as Laura Lundy Wheale)
    Onira Tares
    • Reporter #2
    • (as Onira Tarés)
    Gary Weeks
    Gary Weeks
    • Reporter #3
    Katie Couric
    Katie Couric
    • Katie Couric
    Jeff Kober
    Jeff Kober
    • LT Cook
    Blake Jones
    Blake Jones
    • Sully (16 Years Old)
    Molly Bernard
    Molly Bernard
    • Alison
    Chris Bauer
    Chris Bauer
    • Larry Rooney
    • Director
      • Clint Eastwood
    • Writers
      • Todd Komarnicki
      • Chesley Sullenberger
      • Jeffrey Zaslow
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    • Trivia
      Ferry Captain Vincent Lombardi, who was the Captain of the first ferry to reach the airplane, played himself in this film.
    • Goofs
      For dramatic purposes, many aspects of the NTSB investigation were not portrayed correctly. No accident investigator tries to put blame on pilots, or makes them justify their actions. They are only interested in improving aviation safety by studying all the facts. (Many countries do not even allow investigation reports to be used for legal purposes.) Then, the investigation is based on a transcript of the cockpit voice recording, which often takes weeks and sometimes months to prepare (e.g. acoustic engineers researching the source and the significance of each sound). Likewise, simulator trials take a long time to prepare, refine and interpret. Although the NTSB holds public hearings, they are not run like a court proceeding - they are a tool go gather additional information from interested parties, and to discuss evidence and findings.
    • Quotes

      Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger: Everything is unprecedented until it happens for the first time.

    • Crazy credits
      Photos of the real plane and rescue are shown during the credits. They are followed by a brief video with real people from that day including the passengers and Captain Sullenburger.
    • Alternate versions
      The film's IMAX release presented the film open-matte, at an aspect ratio of 1.90:1, meaning there was more picture information visible in the top and bottom of the frame than in normal theaters and on home video.
    • Connections
      Edited from Late Show with David Letterman: Episode #16.88 (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Flying Home (Theme from 'Sully')
      Written by Clint Eastwood, Tierney Sutton, and J.B. Eckl

      Performed by Tierney Sutton Band (as The Tierney Sutton Band)

    User reviews559

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    Featured review
    9/10
    Terrifically detailed work directed by a living legend, and starring one too!
    This is based on a true incident from a few years ago, where a veteran pilot actually was able to land his plane in the Hudson river in NYC and with all on board surviving. It is a terrifically detailed but slow moving work by 86 year old living legend Clint Eastwood starring the Jimmy Stewart/everyman of our era, in two time - should have been three time -Oscar winner Tom Hanks as the quietly unheroic hero pilot. (You were robbed of the statuette in 2000 for "Cast Away", Tom. Who else could play opposite a volleyball for two hours and make it work?).

    I'm reminded of Eastwood's 2003 Academy Award winning "Mystic River" in that he deliberately takes his time in adapting the book, as he does here as well. The script is a little odd, shifting back and forth between the events of the day itself and the hearing to decide whether the pilot and co-pilot were at fault for not heading to one of the nearby airports. This leads to a little awkwardness during the first third of the film, but then works out just fine. We see the big event twice - The epic landing of the jet is more than worth seeing in and of itself.

    Aaron Eckhart, for once, gets to play a good guy, the co-pilot. How nice to see Delphi Harrington, a much underused actress, as the passenger in the wheelchair. She was marvelous as an intelligent, sophisticated woman in the long-gone soap opera Where the Heart Is and was also believable as a trashy Southern murderess on Guiding Light and as a trashy Southern prostitute on All My Children. Here she plays a somewhat stereotypical New York Jewish mother. As a daughter she gets Valerie Mehaffey of Desperate Housewives.

    Sully shows something rarely seen in movies these days, the simple heroism of ordinary people, like the ferry boat crew members who rescue the passengers from the plane.

    Be sure to stay for the credits, where you will see a reunion of many of the actual passengers and crew from the flight. And as Columbo would say, just one more thing - The last line of the movie is a hoot and got a big laugh! Highly recommended.
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    • Release date
      • September 9, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Miracle on the Hudson
    • Filming locations
      • Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Flashlight Films
      • Hurwitz Creative
      • Malpaso Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $60,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $125,070,033
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $35,028,301
      • Sep 11, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $240,797,623
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
      • 12-Track Digital Sound
      • Dolby Digital
      • Sonics-DDP
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
      • IMAX 6-Track
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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