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Flight (Original title)
Date: 2012 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Synopsis: Drama. Airline pilot Captain Whip Whitaker crash lands his plane after a series of inexplicable mechanical malfunctions, saving nearly all the planes passengers. Whip is hailed as a hero but as more is learned about the accident, questions arise about what really happened on the flight and who or what was responsible for the accident.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Aeroplanes, Pilots, Air accidents
Releases
Date: 02 November 2012Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - DataSat / Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): English
Date: 01 February 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - DataSat / Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 138 mins 26 secs - Length: 12459 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Paramount Pictures UK

Credits (43)
©: Paramount Pictures Corporation, Production Company: ImageMovers, Production Company: Parkes + MacDonald, [Produced] with the participation of: Music & Digital Entertainment Office Georgia Film, Presents: Paramount Pictures, Executive Producer: Cherylanne Martin, Produced by: Walter F. Parkes, Produced by: Laurie MacDonald, Produced by: Steve Starkey, Produced by: Robert Zemeckis, Produced by: Jack Rapke, Unit Production Manager: Cherylanne Martin, Location Manager: Eric Hooge, Second Unit Director: Steve Starkey, First Assistant Director: Dana J. Kuznetzkoff, Script Supervisor: Luca Kouimelis, Casting by: Victoria Burrows, Scot Boland, Written by: John Gatins, Director of Photography: Don Burgess, Steadicam Operator: Robert Presley, Visual Effects Supervisor: Kevin Baillie, Visual Effects by: Atomic Fiction, Special Effects Supervisor: Michael Lantieri, Edited by: Jeremiah O'Driscoll, Production Designer: Nelson Coates, Art Director: David Lazan, Costume Designer: Louise Frogley, Makeup Department Head: Nikoletta Skarlatos, Hair Department Head: Teressa Hill, Titles by: Nina Saxon Design, End Titles by: Scarlet Letters, Ben Schoen, Prints by: DeLuxe, Music by: Alan Silvestri, Sound Designer: Randy Thom, Re-recording Mixer: Randy Thom, Re-recording Mixer: Dennis Leonard, Re-recording Mixer: Dennis Sands, Sound Mixer: William B. Kaplan, Supervising Sound Editor: Dennis Leonard, Stunt Coordinator: Charlie Croughwell
Cast (12)
Denzel Washington (Captain William 'Whip' Whitaker), Don Cheadle (Hugh Lang), Kelly Reilly (Nicole Maggen), John Goodman (Harling Mays), Bruce Greenwood (Charlie Anderson), Brian Geraghty (Ken Evans), Tamara Tunie (Margaret Thomason), Nadine Velazquez (Katerina 'Trina' Marquez), Peter Gerety (Avington Carr), Garcelle Beauvais (Deana), Melissa Leo (Ellen Block), James Badge Dale (gaunt young man)