Flight 93 (2006) (TV)

Director:

Peter Markle

Writer (WGA):

Nevin Schreiner (written by)

Release Date:

30 January 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History

Tagline:

Four terrorists wanted to turn flight 93 into a weapon. Forty brave passengers and crew stopped it from reaching its target.

Plot:

Flight 93 is the story of the heroic passengers that took back their plane in an effort to stop a 9-11 terrorist attack.

Plot Keywords:

Terrorist | Passenger | Airplane | United Airlines Flight 93 | Terminal

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Jeffrey Nordling	...	Tom Burnett
Brennan Elliott	...	Todd Beamer
Kendall Cross	...	Deena Burnett
Ty Olsson	...	Mark Bingham
Monnae Michaell	...	Lisa Jefferson (Verizon Supervisor)
Colin Glazer	...	Jeremy Glick
April Telek	...	Lyz Glick (as April Amber Telek)
Laura Mennell	...	Elizabeth Wainio
Dominic Rains	...	Ziad Jarrah (as Amin Nazemzadeh)
Gwynyth Walsh	...	Esther Heyman
Jacqueline Ann Steuart	...	Lauren Grandcolas
Karen Holness
Marilyn Norry	...	Alice Hogland (Mark Bingham's mother)
Kirsten Williamson	...	Melodie Homer
Biski Gugushe	...	LeRoy Homer Jr.
Tom Butler	...	Colonel
Wanda Cannon	...	Debbie Welsh
Rob Morton	...	Vaughn Hoglan
Barry W. Levy	...	Captain Jason Dahl (as Barry Levy)
Zak Santiago	...	Ahmed Alhaznawi (as Zak Santiago Alam)
Shawn Ahmed	...	Saeed Alghamdi
Asim Wali	...	Ahmed Alnami
Jerry Wasserman	...	Mickey Rothenberg
Michael Adamthwaite	...	Major
B.J. Harrison	...	Wanda Green
Linda Darlow	...	Lorraine Bay
Kate Robbins	...	Jo Anne Makely
Patricia Harras	...	Sandy Bradshaw
Michael Daingerfield	...	FBI Agent
Daryl Shuttleworth	...	Boston Supervisor
Aaron Pearl	...	Boston Controller
Roger Haskett	...	Boston Controller #2
Greig Thorlacius	...	Lou Nacke
Adam Harrington	...	Dixie, F-16 Pilot
John Furey	...	Cleveland Controller #1
Ingrid Torrance	...	Cleveland Controller #2
Benita Ha	...	Gate Agent
Keith Gordey	...	Don Greene (as Keith Martin Gordey)
Jenn Forgie	...	Kathy
Michael Kopsa	...	Newark Controller
Hrothgar Mathews	...	Michael Woodward
Bill Mondy	...	United Executive #2
Sean Campbell	...	Fire Captain
Anthony Harrison	...	Small Plane Pilot
Madison Bell	...	Ana Clare Burnett
Drew Schluter	...	Halley Burnett
Sydney Schluter	...	Madison Burnett
Ivan Cermak	...	JFK Controller
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Meghan Heffern	...	Nicole Miller (uncredited)
Chad Hershler	...	Richard Guadagno (uncredited)
Chris Kalhoon	...	Junior Officer (uncredited)
Eric Keenleyside	...	Stoddard (uncredited)
Michael Robinson	...	Alan Beaven (uncredited)
Ian Thompson	...	Firefighter (uncredited)

Directed by
Peter Markle

Writing credits (WGA)
Nevin Schreiner		(written by)

Produced by
David Craig	....	supervising producer
Delia Fine	....	executive producer
Clara George	....	producer
David Gerber	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Velton Ray Bunch

Cinematography by
Mark Irwin

Film Editing by
Scott Boyd

Casting by
Michelle Allen
Mary Jo Slater

Production Design by
Eric Fraser

Art Direction by
Kendelle Elliott

Costume Design by
Lorraine Carson

Makeup Department
Rebeccah Delchambre	....	makeup artist
Connie Parker	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Billy Crawford	....	post-production supervisor
Wes Irwin	....	post-production manager
Julia Neville	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Larissa Ballstadt	....	trainee assistant director
Mindy Heslin	....	second assistant director
Elizabeth Scherberger	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Leah Hong	....	screen graphics designer
Rohan Lyal	....	head greensman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Rob Hutchins	....	assistant dialogue editor
Chris Julian Irwin	....	foley artist
Chris Julian Irwin	....	foley mixer
Chris Julian	....	sound post-production
Jim Lacamel	....	boom operator
Mark Linden	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Linden	....	supervising sound editor
Liam Lockhart	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tara Paul	....	sound re-recording mixer
Geoff Raffan	....	dialogue editor
Carlos Ramirez	....	adr editor
Carlos Ramirez	....	dialog editor
Joan Rowe	....	foley artist
David Scharf	....	dialogue editor (as David A. Scharf)
Adam Sharpe	....	adr mixer
Harry E. Snodgrass	....	sound re-recording mixer
Harry E. Snodgrass	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Fred Apolito	....	special effects technician
Steve Tressel	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Roland Friedrich	....	Flame artist
Miro Gal	....	Inferno artist
Gary Gutierrez	....	visual effects supervisor
Lukas Herrmann	....	digital matte paint artist
Vít Komrzy	....	visual effects producer
Jirí Linhart	....	digital effects artist
Peter Nemec	....	Inferno artist
Jiri Stamfest	....	matte artist: digital painter
David Vána	....	visual effects coordinator

Stunts
John Stoneham Jr.	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Dan Bennett	....	key grip
Simon Hall	....	playback operator
Tenzin Lhalungpa	....	Steadicam operator
Chooch Paglaro	....	video playback supervisor
Corey Robson	....	digital imaging technician
Steve Sherlock	....	best boy grip

Casting Department
Manny Fernandez	....	casting assistant
Vince Rimoldi	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Yoram Tal	....	on-line editor

Music Department
David James Nielsen	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Donald Chase	....	driver: director
Bob Dennett	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Ed Baran	....	publicist
Bruce L. Brownstein	....	location manager: Canada (as Bruce Brownstein)
Danielle de Smit	....	script supervisor
Sandra Gould	....	production accountant
Danny Ho	....	playback graphics producer
Colin Jenken	....	video/cgi playback
Randy Kennedy	....	location scout
Christiaan Laan	....	production assistant
Marcie Larson	....	assistant to director
Flemming Lund	....	assistant location manager
Peter Madamba	....	script researcher
Jill McQueen	....	second assistant production coordinator
Elizabeth Mueller	....	first assistant accountant
David James Nielsen	....	synthesizer programmer
Karen Obertowich	....	locations department

Distributors

• Fox Television Studios (2006) (USA) (TV)
• America Video Film (2006) (worldwide) (DVD)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Future Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• MTI Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Movie Bank (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• RTL Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL7)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Universal Production Partners (UPP)

Other Companies

• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Elizabeth Bardsley & Associates  script annotation
• Image Resources  DVD Commentary sound
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services

Also Known As:

Le vol 93 (Canada: French title)
11 septembre - Le détournement du vol 93 (France) [fr]
Flight 93 (Greece) [el]
Flight 93 - Todesflug am 11. September (Germany) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence and emotional depiction of the hijack situation.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

Arabic | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | USA:PG-13 | UK:12 | Germany:12 | Finland:K-11 | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Tom Burnett is taking to his wife, you see that Tom's kids are playing with a Puma Shudoh Soccer Ball that was first made in 2003. (96 minutes into the movie)

Movie Connections:

Version of United 93 (2006)

A Dreadfully Melodramatic Spin on a Real Tragedy

Saw it on A&E last night and the only thing that drew me in was the curiosity of how much worse it might get. All the shots of innocent children playing were gratuitous and emotionally manipulative. The opening scenes of the baggage inspectors being so thorough was a bit contrived (apparently they were doing a better job back then than they do now). I got the sense that one of the goals of this film was to exculpate the federal government for its complacency, which after all is almost as much to blame for 9/11 as the hijackers. The hijackers were one-dimensional characters, almost like video game characters. There is no effort to show what their motives might have been, or to show that actual people did these things. I might be accused of sympathizing with the terrorists, but the fact is that they had a rationale (twisted as it was) for doing what they did, and if we are to end terrorism, we need to know and understand why it happens. I also couldn't identify with any of the passengers. Perhaps if the film makers spent less effort portraying the idyllic lives they lost (beautiful homes, beautiful children--did they really all live in tree-lined mansions in the countryside with angelic children) and spent more time on character development, it would have brought the pathos home. The Lord's Prayer sequence was particularly crass. If this wasn't based on a real event, it would simply have been an utterly forgettable B disaster movie not worth commenting on. As it is, this movie is a poor tribute to those who died that day, and a ghoulish attempt to satisfy our curiosity for what it might have been like to be on the plane that day rather than help us understand what happened and why.