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Release Date:
23 September 2005 (USA)
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Tagline:
If Someone Took Everything You Live For... How Far Would You Go To Get It Back?
Plot:
A claustrophobic, Hitchcockian thriller. A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet the child vanishes and nobody admits she was ever on that plane. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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3 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(78 articles)
'Red' Adds McMahon, Borgnine to Cast
(From Comicmix. 13 November 2009, 10:07 AM, PST)
Red adds Julian McMahon, Brian Cox, Richard Dreyfuss, Ernest Borgnine
(From The Geek Files. 13 November 2009, 6:59 AM, PST)
(From Comicmix. 13 November 2009, 10:07 AM, PST)
Red adds Julian McMahon, Brian Cox, Richard Dreyfuss, Ernest Borgnine
(From The Geek Files. 13 November 2009, 6:59 AM, PST)
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A mediocre time at the movies
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jodie Foster | ... | Kyle Pratt | |
| Peter Sarsgaard | ... | Carson | |
| Sean Bean | ... | Captain Rich | |
| Kate Beahan | ... | Stephanie | |
| Michael Irby | ... | Obaid | |
| Assaf Cohen | ... | Ahmed | |
| Erika Christensen | ... | Fiona | |
| Shane Edelman | ... | Mr. Loud | |
| Mary Gallagher | ... | Mrs. Loud | |
| Haley Ramm | ... | Brittany Loud | |
| Forrest Landis | ... | Rhett Loud | |
| Jana Kolesarova | ... | Claudia | |
| Brent Sexton | ... | Elias | |
| Marlene Lawston | ... | Julia | |
| Judith Scott | ... | Estella |
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Also Known As:
Plan de vuelo (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Flight plan (France) [fr]
Flightplan (Finland) [fi]
Flightplan - Mistero in volo (Italy) [it]
Flightplan - Ohne jede Spur (Germany) [de]
Ha-Tissa (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
High jinx at thirty thousand feet (Hong Kong: Cantonese title) (literal English title) [zh]
Plan de vol (Canada: French title) [fr]
Plan de vuelo: Desaparecida (Spain) [es]
Plan leta (Serbia) [sr]
Plano de Vôo (Brazil) [pt]
Red letenja (Croatia) [hr]
Shedio ptisis (Greece) [el]
Uçus plani (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
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Flight plan (France) [fr]
Flightplan (Finland) [fi]
Flightplan - Mistero in volo (Italy) [it]
Flightplan - Ohne jede Spur (Germany) [de]
Ha-Tissa (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
High jinx at thirty thousand feet (Hong Kong: Cantonese title) (literal English title) [zh]
Plan de vol (Canada: French title) [fr]
Plan de vuelo: Desaparecida (Spain) [es]
Plan leta (Serbia) [sr]
Plano de Vôo (Brazil) [pt]
Red letenja (Croatia) [hr]
Shedio ptisis (Greece) [el]
Uçus plani (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence and some intense plot material.
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Runtime:
98 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:M |
Singapore:PG |
UK:12A |
Ireland:12A |
Taiwan:PG-12 |
Finland:K-11 |
Indonesia:Dewasa |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Netherlands:12 |
Germany:12 (f) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
Brazil:14 |
Sweden:11 |
Czech Republic:12 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Iceland:12 |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #41961) |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
South Korea:12 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
New Zealand:M |
Argentina:13
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Although the AALTO Air E-474 featured in this movie is a fictional aircraft, it does bear a strong resemblance in overall design to the real-life double-decker Airbus A-380, and its cockpit is very similar to the cockpit of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: A shot of the cockpit shows 2 sets of engine instruments. When the aircraft is shown, it has 4 engines.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Mortuary Director: [in German, subtitled] Would you like a moment of privacy before the casket is sealed?
Kyle: [hesitantly] Okay.
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Mortuary Director: [in German, subtitled] Would you like a moment of privacy before the casket is sealed?
Kyle: [hesitantly] Okay.
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Movie Connections:
References Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
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Soundtrack:
Silent Poet
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FAQ
A Note Regarding SpoilersHow did they get Julia away without anyone seeing her?
Is "Flightplan" based on a book?
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The number one rule in making a thriller is, if you're ripping off Hitchcock, make sure you do it right! The movie's plot is very simply Hitchcockian -- a woman, Jodie Foster, loses her little girl aboard an international flight several thousands of feet in the air, and nobody on board remembers seeing the little girl at all, much less her disappearance. The movie's full of simple plot elements: a desperate mother, the claustrophobic atmosphere of the plane and the helpless skepticism of the airline personnel. The problem is the plot ultimately makes no internal sense, and the underlying emotional issues, while beautifully played by the talented Ms. Foster, are idiotic as well. All movies like this are manipulative by nature, but the really good ones hide the strings (Hitchcock was a Master of this art) while the bad ones, like Flightplan, display their flaws so obviously you find yourself sitting in the theater snorting at the improbability of what's happening. The big twist that's supposed to shock doesn't make sense, supposedly intelligent characters act extremely stupidly and the emotional manipulation is ham-handed and ineffective.
So -- what did this movie do right? The performances are uniformly decent, though not in themselves interesting enough to save the movie. And the director keeps the movie from utter pointlessness by keeping the movie visually interesting. The movie's color palette is blue and grays, and the airplane is full of sleek curves and surfaces. The camera does all sorts of tricks, like filming a conversation from the outside of the windows, but which ultimately does nothing for the story or the movie overall.
I didn't hate this movie, mostly I was dismissive of it. Nothing engaged me, or interested me, and the ending made me roll my eyes. It's true: a bad script kills a film every time.