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Sully (Original title)
Date: 2016 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: Clint Eastwood

Synopsis: Drama. On 15 January 2009, a plane carrying 155 people is struck by a flock of birds shortly after take-off from New York’s LaGuardia Airport., destroying both engines. Captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger and his co-pilot, Jeff Skiles, decide that no airport will be close enough and so Sully opts for a forced water landing, bringing the plane down on the Hudson River. In the aftermath of the landing, Sully is hailed by the public and the media as the hero of the 'miracle of the Hudson'. The airline and insurance investigators, however, seek to establish that Sully was wrong to land in the river, disputing that both engines were destroyed and claiming that he could have reached an airport after all. With his reputation and career on the line, Sully insists that his experience and judgment were right and that the investigators' computer recreations of the incident will prove this.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Air transport, Pilots, Accidents, Emergency services
Releases
Date: 09 September 2016Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 96 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 08 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 02 December 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 95 mins 41 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Bros. Pictures International (UK)

Credits (107)
©: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., © (U.S., Canada, Bahamas & Bermuda): Village Roadshow Films North America Inc., ©: RatPac-Dune Entertainment, © (all territories except U.S., Canada, Bahamas & Bermuda): Village Roadshow Films (BVI) Limited, A Malpaso production: Malpaso, In association with: RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Production Company: Flashlight Films, A Kennedy/Marshall production: Kennedy/Marshall, Completed with assistance from: Music & Digital Entertainment Office, the Georgia Film, With the participation of: the Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit, With the participation of: the Province of Ontario Production Services and Computer Animation and Special Effects Tax Credits, With the participation of: Quebec Film, the Canadian Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit, Presents: Warner Bros. Pictures, [Presented] In association with: Village Roadshow Pictures, Executive Producer: Steven Mnuchin, Executive Producer: Kipp Nelson, Executive Producer: Bruce Berman, Produced by: Clint Eastwood, Produced by: Frank Marshall, Produced by: Allyn Stewart, Produced by: Tim Moore, Co-producer: Jessica Meier, Co-producer: Kristina Rivera, Production Associate: Chuck Webb, Unit Production Manager: Tim Moore, Production Supervisor: Holly Hagy, Production Co-ordinator: Lindsay Rodger, Production Accountant: Taffy Schweickhardt, 1st Assistant Director: David Bernstein, 2nd Assistant Director: Clark Credle, Script Supervisor: Susan Malerstein-Watkins, Casting by: Geoffrey Miclat, Written by: Todd Komarnicki, Based on the book 'Highest Duty' by: Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow, Director of Photography: Tom Stern, Aerial Director of Photography: Hans Bjerno, Camera Operator: Stephen S. Campanelli, B Camera Operator: Tom Lappin, Steadicam Operator: Stephen S. Campanelli, Digital Imaging Technician: Daniel Hernandez, Chief Lighting Technician: Ross Dunkerley, Still Photographer: Keith Bernstein, Visual Effects Supervisor: Michael Owens, Visual Effects by: MPC, Visual Effects by: Mr. X, Lola Visual Effects, Special Effects Supervisor: Steven Riley, Special Effects Set Supervisor: Michael Edmonson, Special Effects Foreperson: Ryan Riley, Video & Computer Graphics Supervisor: Liz Radley, Edited by: Blu Murray, 1st Assistant Editor: Christine Kim, Production Designed by: James J. Murakami, Art Director: Kevin Ishioka, Lead Set Designer: Julien Pougnier, Set Decorator: Gary Fettis, Set Dresser: Michael Gregan, Set Dresser: Edward J. Protiva, Set Dresser: David Ladish, Set Dresser: Tyler Kettenburg, Set Dresser: Stacy Poitras, Property Master: Mike Sexton, Construction Co-ordinator: Greg Callas, Costumes Designed by: Deborah Hopper, Assistant Costume Designer: Caroline Quiroga, Make-up Department Head: Luisa Abel, Key Make-up Artist: Kim Felix Burke, Hair Department Head: Patricia Dehaney, Key Hair Stylist: José Zamora, Main and End Title Design by: Prodigal Pictures, Music by: Christian Jacob, The Tierney Sutton Band, Theme by: Clint Eastwood, Vocals: Tierney Sutton, Piano: Christian Jacob, Bass: Trey Henry, Kevin Axt, Drums: Ray Brinker, Conductor: Conrad Pope, Orchestration by: Christian Jacob, Music Consultant: Peter Rotter, Sound Designer: Tom Ozanich, [Production] Sound Mixer: José Antonio García, Re-recording Mixer: John Reitz, Re-recording Mixer: Tom Ozanich, Supervising Sound Editor: Alan Robert Murray, Supervising Sound Editor: Bub Asman, Sound Effects Editor: Jason King, Sound Effects Editor: Roland N. Thai, Stunt Co-ordinator: Doug Coleman, Stunts: Brian Machleit, Stunts: Chase Coleman, Stunts: Allen Robinson, Stunts: Lisa Dempsey, Stunts: Mickey Giacomazzi, Stunts: Paul Short, Stunts: Mark Vanselow, Stunts: Steve Schriver, Stunts: Peter Epstein, Stunts: Donna Evans Merlo, Aviation Adviser: Doug Scroggins, Marine Co-ordinator: Jimmy O'Connell, Publicist: Frances Fiore, Digital Intermediate by: Technicolor
Cast (61)
Tom Hanks (Chesley Sullenberger, 'Sully'), Aaron Eckhart (Jeff Skiles), Laura Linney (Lorrie Sullenberger), Mike O'Malley (Charles Porter), Anna Gunn (Elizabeth Davis), Jamey Sheridan (Ben Edwards), Ann Cusack (Donna Dent), Jane Gabbert (Sheila Dail), Molly Hagen (Doreen Welsh), Holt McCallany (Mike Cleary), Chris Bauer (Larry Rooney), Patch Darragh (Patrick Harten, 'Paddy', air traffic controller), Valerie Mahaffey (Diane Higgins), Delphi Harrington (Lucille Palmer), Ahmed Lucan (Egyptian driver), Laura Lundy Wheale (reporter 1), Onira Tarés (reporter 2), Gary Weeks (reporter 3), Katie Couric (herself), Jeff Kober (LT Cook), Blake Jones (Sully (16 years old)), Molly Bernard (Alison, make-up artist), Purva Bedi (Gursimran), Max Adler (Jimmy Stefanik), Sam Huntingdon (Jeff Kolodjay), Christopher Curry (Rob Kolodjay), Ashley Austin Morris (Emily, gate attendant), Cooper Thornton (Jim Whitaker), Autumn Reeser (passenger with baby), Jeffrey Nordling (Barry Leonard), Rob Treveiler (ATC supervisor), Billy Richards (male pilot), Aida Manassy (French woman), Pascal Yen-Pfister (French man), Marcia DeBonis (Shae Childers), Noel Fisher (Andrew Carrigan, GIB), Adam Boyer (Johnny, drunk customer), Wilbur Fitzgerald (drunk customer 2), Michael Rapaport (Pete, bartender), Captain Vincent Peter Lombardi (himself, captain of the Thomas Jefferson ferryboat), Jeremy Luke (Victor Gaggero), Bernardo Badillo (Robert Rodriguez, NYPD SCUBA Air/Sea Rescue Unit), Jerry Ferrara (Michael Delaney, NYPD SCUBA Air/Sea Rescue Unit), Victoria Kharchenko (Russian woman), Randall Pinkston (himself), Graham Sibley (Carlo Alfonso), Grant Roberts (Franco Santini), Wayne Bastrup (Brian Kelly), Bobby Cuza (himself), Billy Smith (Dan Britt), Martin Barabas (police captain), E. Roger Mitchell (ATC 1), Robert Pralgo (St Luke's doctor), Clayton Landey (Arnie Gentile), Tracee Chimo (Evelyn May), Brett Rice (Carl Clarke), Kristine Johnson (herself, news reporter), Captain Larry Guthrie (pilot, recreation flight 1), Captain Lucy Young (co-pilot, recreation flight 1), Captain Lori Cline (pilot, recreation flight 3), First Officer Jon Witten (co-pilot, recreation flight 3)