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United 93, 2006

Starring: Lewis Alsamari, J. J. Johnson

Directed by: Paul Greengrass

Written by: Paul Greengrass

Language: English, Arabic, German

Country: France, UK, USA

Runtime: 111 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:7.8

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The mood of United 93 is disturbing, tense, and sincere. The plot centers around a hijacking, terrorism, and antiheroes. It is a drama, thriller, and historical movie. Stylistically, United 93 stars an ensemble cast and features realism. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, on an airplane. United 93 happens in contemporary times. It is originally a true story. The movie is known for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. Note that United 93 includes strong violent content and profanity.

Summary of United 93

UNITED 93, director Paul Greengrass's meticulous reconstruction of the events surrounding the crash--the result of a heroic struggle between the passengers and hijackers--of the fourth plane to be hijacked on September 11, 2001, is a landmark in filmmaking. Greengrass has chosen the most politically and emotionally charged source material available to an artist in the early 21st century, and shaped it into a psychologically draining, terrifyingly real, and technically brilliant film. Like his first feature-length work, BLOODY SUNDAY, UNITED 93 doesn't follow a traditional cinematic narrative structure; via hand-held cameras, grainy DV stock, and frenetic editing, it instead presents a visceral (at times sickening) in-the-moment documentary-style experience that maximizes the film's unavoidable air of tension and dread without being crassly manipulative. Yet for all of its precision and craft, UNITED 93 still depicts one of the most terrifying ordeals the United States has ever had to face--and that it was released less than five years after those events took place plays an undeniably enormous role in how the film is received. It is impossible to watch UNITED 93 and not be profoundly moved, whether that emotion is fear, sadness, anxiety, or pure rage. And it is an emotional catharsis far removed from what is the filmmaker's delicate hand and deft touch. Greengrass, though, is quite fearless in his depiction of the chaos of the day--the President is frustratingly missing; the FAC, NORAD, and local air-traffic control centers are shown in a disoriented panic; and the terrorists are brutal and remorseless--and, to his credit, he avoids soft-pedaling any political agenda and doesn't blindly canonize the flight's passengers. Rather, their heroism is treated as the product of a logical decision made by ordinary men and women who found themselves in the most extraordinary and illogical of situations. And that, ultimately, is where the power of UNITED 93 lies.

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Language:	English, Arabic, German
Country:	France, UK, USA
Release date:	28 April 2006
Runtime:	111 min

Cast and Crew See all

Lewis Alsamari

as Saeed Al Ghamdi

J. J. Johnson

as Captain Jason Dahl

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Writer/director Paul Greengrass on the set of United 93 (2006)

Trish Gates as Sandy Bradshaw in United 93 (2006)

The boarding gate monitor in United 93 (2006)

Writer/director Paul Greengrass on the set of United 93 (2006)

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The New Yorker

Greengrass’s movie is tightly wrapped, minutely drawn, and, no matter how frightening, superbly precise. Full Review

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by: David Denby

USA Today

An unflinching, powerfully visceral and haunting portrait of the tragic events aboard one of the terrorist-commandeered flights on the fateful morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Full Review

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by: Claudia Puig

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Like many, I feared this movie and what it might stir up. As the 5th anniversary is Monday, I felt an obligation to see it. To be honest, I watched the last few minutes of the film first to see if I could handle it, then started from the beginning.... Read and rate it

06.March.2011
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by: Judith Raddue
Judith Raddue rated this movie0/10

16.February.2010
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by: etragedy
etragedy rated this movie0/10

I waited a long time before seeing this. Maybe I'm too cynical, but when it came out I thought it was too soon after 9/11 and smacked of exploitation. I was pleased to find that the film respectfully and soberly deals with exactly the events of that single flight, and only the events of that single flight with no over-the-top theatrics; we know the final fate of both the ship Titanic, and the plane United 93, but there is a world of difference between the way those tragedies were portrayed in the respective films 'Titanic' and 'United 93'. Again, maybe I'm too cynical but, it was a damn entertaining film. Plentiful use of hand held camera techniques gives a very immersive feel, making the film a jaw clenching experience, as if you're there aboard that fateful flight. Far greater than purely fictional Hollywood fare such as 'Airforce One' or 'Flightplan'. Before I get tons of hate mail, again, I fully admit, I may be too cynical. Yes, I'm talking about the 'entertainment value' of the dramatization of a National tragedy. But let me explain. I don't generally buy into most 9/11 conspiracy theories, but I've always had my doubts about the official story regarding the final moments of this airliner. I don't know if it's even fully possible to know beyond a handful of cell phone calls what was going on up there. Clearly no matter what happened at least some of the passengers acted heroically. Clearly it ended in tragedy. But, ask yourself, if a known hijacked plane presumably en route to The White House *wasn't* shot down by military aircraft a half hour after the Pentagon was struck and way more than an hour after both Trade Towers were hit, why not? My point being... is this *the* story? The whole story? I don't know. I kind of doubt it. But it is A story. And one that makes for a pretty good movie. And that is the only foundation upon which this review is based. Is it worth seeing? Yes.

16.February.2010
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by: etragedy

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