United 93 Movie Review 2006

Greengrass' intense, emotional drama covers the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. Events alternate between what is happening onboard as the passengers and crew try to disarm the hijackers and what is happening at the FAA, air defense headquarters, and airport control towers as realization dawns about the scope of the disaster and what, if anything, can be done. The Boeing 757 eventually crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, with a total loss of life. Greengrass filmed in the U.K., and a number of the cast are nonprofessionals playing themselves.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Running time 111 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Air Disasters, True Stories, Terrorism, 9/11

Screenplay

Paul Greengrass

Cast

David Alan Basche, Richard Bekins, Susan Blommaert, Christian Clemenson, Ray Charleson, Gregg Henry, Polly Adams, Denny Dillon, Khalid Abdalla, Lewis Alsamari, Ben Sliney, James Fox, Trish Gates, Cheyenne Jackson

Cinematography

Barry Ackroyd

Director

Paul Greengrass

Music

John Powell

Other

Chris Munro, Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse, Richard Pearson, Alan Gilmore, Dinah Collin, Dominic Watkins

Producer

Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lloyd Levin, Peter Greengrass, Studio Canal Plus, Sidney Kimmel, Working Title Productions, Universal