United 93 (2006)
Drama, History, Thriller |.
United 93 is a biographical drama-thriller film written, co-produced and directed by Paul Greengrass, that chronicles events aboard United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked during the September 11 attacks of 2001. The film attempts to recount the hijacking and subsequent events in the flight with as much veracity as possible (there is a disclaimer that some imagination had to be used) and in real time (from the flight’s takeoff). The passengers’ response to the hijacking has come to be invested with great moral significance.
According to the filmmakers, the film was made with the cooperation of all of the passengers’ families.
United 93 premiered on April 26, 2006, at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, a festival founded to celebrate New York City as a major filmmaking center and to contribute towards the long-term recovery of Lower Manhattan. Several family members of the passengers aboard the flight attended the premiere to show their support.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, passengers board United Airlines Flight 93 bound for San Francisco at Newark Liberty International Airport. Among the passengers are Tom Burnett, Mark Bingham, Todd Beamer, Jeremy Glick, Richard Guadagno, Louis J. Nacke II, William Joseph Cashman, and Patrick Joseph Driscoll. Four al-Qaeda members, Ziad Jarrah, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Nami, and Ahmed al-Haznawi, also board the flight.
After takeoff, Jarrah hesitates to start the hijacking. Impatient, Haznawi assembles a bomb. Ghamdi grabs flight purser Debbie Welsh at knifepoint. Passenger Mark Rothenberg is mortally wounded and the first-class passengers are forced to the back of the plane. The pilots send out a mayday call but are killed, along with Welsh. Taking the plane’s controls, Jarrah changes its course, intending to crash the plane into the US Capitol. The hijackers learn “The brothers have hit both targets!”
Director: Paul Greengrass
Writer: Paul Greengrass
Stars: David Alan Basche, Olivia Thirlby, Liza Colón-Zayas, Trish Gates, Ben Sliney, Cheyenne Jackson, Christian Clemenson
Cast:
| J.J. Johnson | … | Captain Jason Dahl |
| Gary Commock | … | First Officer LeRoy Homer |
| Polly Adams | … | Deborah Welsh |
| Opal Alladin | … | CeeCee Lyles |
| Starla Benford | … | Wanda Anita Green |
| Trish Gates | … | Sandra Bradshaw |
| Nancy McDoniel | … | Lorraine G. Bay |
| David Alan Basche | … | Todd Beamer |
| Richard Bekins | … | William Joseph Cashman |
| Susan Blommaert | … | Jane Folger |
| Ray Charleson | … | Joseph DeLuca |
| Christian Clemenson | … | Thomas E. Burnett, Jr. |
| Liza Colón-Zayas | … | Waleska Martinez |
| Lorna Dallas | … | Linda Gronlund |
| Denny Dillon | … | Colleen Fraser |
| Trieste Kelly Dunn | … | Deora Frances Bodley (as Trieste Dunn) |
| Kate Jennings Grant | … | Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas |
| Peter Hermann | … | Jeremy Glick |
| Tara Hugo | … | Kristin White Gould |
| Marceline Hugot | … | Georgine Rose Corrigan |
| Cheyenne Jackson | … | Mark Bingham |
| Joe Jamrog | … | John Talignani |
| Corey Johnson | … | Louis J. Nacke, II |
| Masato Kamo | … | Toshiya Kuge |
| Becky London | … | Jean Headley Peterson |
| Peter Marinker | … | Andrew Garcia |
| Jodie Lynne McClintock | … | Marion R. Britton |
| Libby Morris | … | Hilda Marcin |
| Tom O’Rourke | … | Donald Peterson |
| Simon Poland | … | Alan Anthony Beaven |
| David Rasche | … | Donald Freeman Greene |
| Erich Redman | … | Christian Adams |
| Michael J. Reynolds | … | Patrick Joseph Driscoll |
| John Rothman | … | Edward P. Felt |
| Daniel Sauli | … | Richard Guadagno |
| Rebecca Schull | … | Patricia Cushing |
| Chloe Sirene | … | Honor Elizabeth Wainio |
| Olivia Thirlby | … | Nicole Carol Miller |
| Chip Zien | … | Mark Rothenberg |
| Leigh Zimmerman | … | Christine Snyder |
| Khalid Abdalla | … | Ziad Jarrah |
| Lewis Alsamari | … | Saeed Al Ghamdi |
| Omar Berdouni | … | Ahmed Al Haznawi |
| Jamie Harding | … | Ahmed Al Nami |
| Thomas Roberts | … | Self |
| Michael Bencal | … | Boston Controller |
| Tom Fitzgerald | … | Boston Controller |
| Bard Marques | … | Boston Controller |
| John Moraitis | … | Supervisor |
| Scott Tourin | … | Boston Controller |
| Amanda Boxer | … | Cleveland Supervisor |
| Morgan Deare | … | Cleveland Supervisor |
| Daniel Fraser | … | Cleveland Controller |
| Ben Sliney | … | Self |
| Tobin Miller | … | Self |
| Rich Sullivan | … | Self |
| Tony Smith | … | Self |
| Michael Bofshever | … | John White |
| Carol Bento | … | Herndon Staff |
| Robert Serviss | … | Herndon Staff |
| Matt Siebert | … | Herndon Staff |
| Peter Wong | … | Herndon Staff |
| James Fox | … | Self (as Major James Fox) |
| Shawna Fox | … | Self – Senior ID Tech (as Staff Sgt. Shawna Fox) |
| Jeremy Powell | … | Self (as 1st Lt. Jeremy Powell) |
| Patrick St. Esprit | … | Major Kevin Nasypany |
| Gregg Henry | … | Col. Robert Marr |
| Karen Kirkpatrick | … | Major Dawne Deskins |
| Curt Applegate | … | Self |
| Kevin Delaney | … | New York Controller |
| John Kaplun | … | New York Controller |
| John E. Smith | … | New York Controller |
| Peter Pellicane | … | Paul Thumser (as Peter Pellicani) |
| Greg Callahan | … | Self |
| Rick Tepper | … | Self |
| Bill Walsh | … | Newark Supervisor |
| Kristen Alexander | … | Grounded Flight Attendant (uncredited) |
| Stephen Colclasure Jr. | … | Military Analyst – Neads (uncredited) |
| Martin Heathcote | … | Flight Controller (uncredited) |
| Bret Jones | … | Air Traffic Control Midnight Supervisor (uncredited) |
| Dennis Karagovalis | … | Flight Crew (uncredited) |
| Jeff Lipman | … | Neads – Missile Controller (uncredited) |
| Joey Sontz | … | Newark Passenger (uncredited) |
| Susie Valerio | … | Herndon Controller (uncredited) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia