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Second 9/11 movie to focus on Flight 93
Universal is stepping up for a 9/11 movie, the second major studio film about the terrorist events. Studio and director Paul Greengrass have set an October start date for "Flight 93."U's $15 million film will be 90 minutes long and cover the flight in real time. It begins with the takeoff and hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93 by terrorists, the discovery by passengers with cell phones that other hijacked planes had been steered into the World Trade Center towers, and the realization that their plane was being steered toward D.C. Pic culminates in the decision by passengers to sacrifice their lives to bring the plane down. Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania. Greengrass last directed "The Bourne Supremacy," but "Flight 93" seems closer in style to his 2002 film "Bloody Sunday," a drama about an Irish civil-rights protest that ended in a massacre by British troops in 1972. "Flight 93" will be partly improvised with an ensemble cast, and Greengrass will use handheld cameras and other stylized techniques to give the film a gritty feel. Greengrass got the U deal with a 20-page treatment that begins with a stream of consciousness summation of the tragedy he feels "changed our lives forever." After noting that media, politicians, historians and religious leaders will try to find a context for the 9/11 tragedy as its fifth anniversary approaches next year, Greengrass makes the case for his film to do the same. I have no idea about this guy. Can we expect another far-left propaganda effort? Or will he play it straight. I am so disconnected from Hollyweird ever since I moved out of the PRC. A 40-day shoot is expected to begin Oct. 1. While there is no timetable for the film's release, one scenario would be to submit it to the Cannes Film Festival in 2006 and release it shortly after. The sudden emergence of the picture creates an unforeseen race with Paramount Pictures, which is mounting a 9/11 feature on an entirely different event. And directed by Oliver Stone from an entirely different reality. Like U, Paramount hasn't finalized the difficult decision of when to release the film. Treading close to Sept. 11 might seem crass, and audiences might not want to be reminded of the tragedy if the film opens after Sept. 11, 2006. We certainly don't want to remember why we are at war. Abu Gharib. Abu Gharib. Abu Gharib. Abu Gharib. Abu Gharib. Abu Gharib. Abu Gharib. Abu Gharib. Abu Gharib. Abu Gharib. Abu Gharib. Posted by: Jackal 2005-08-17 |
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