"Sully", the movie
Jun 30, 2016, 5:37 am
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"Sully", the movie
The trailer is a bit surprising. It makes the plot sound a lot like Flight, a hero pilot investigated after the fact for taking dangerous actions.
Jun 30, 2016, 6:40 am
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Only Hollywood can take a 6 minute real-life event and turn it into a 2 hour movie.
I don't remember there being any controversy around Sully's actions during the investigation, I don't like how this movie seems to drag his name through the mud, I hope he at least had to sign off on the script before using his name.
I don't remember there being any controversy around Sully's actions during the investigation, I don't like how this movie seems to drag his name through the mud, I hope he at least had to sign off on the script before using his name.
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Jun 30, 2016, 9:38 am
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This reminds me of another Hanks movie, Apollo 13. Fine film, but then I saw the PBS documentary that showed the actual Mission Control as they coped with getting the stricKen spacecraft back to Earth.
All of the maudlin domestic drama in the movie suddenly seemed an unnecessary sideshow, distracting from the real life heroics in space and at Houston.
All of the maudlin domestic drama in the movie suddenly seemed an unnecessary sideshow, distracting from the real life heroics in space and at Houston.
Jun 30, 2016, 5:43 pm
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Documentary for the space geeks, engineers, scientists, etc. Movie bits about TV crews on the lawn for the lesser folks 
Hanks acting in an Eastwood movie - this certainly has the pedigree to be very good.
The credits say it's based on his own book, he's listed as a writer, and he's promoting it on his web site, so I think it would be safe to say that he's OK with it.
I'm going to be on the lookout for a cameo, similar to Lovell playing an Captain on the USS Iwo Jima recovery ship.
Hanks acting in an Eastwood movie - this certainly has the pedigree to be very good.
I'm going to be on the lookout for a cameo, similar to Lovell playing an Captain on the USS Iwo Jima recovery ship.
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Jun 30, 2016, 8:02 pm
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Looks interesting, and the AVGEEK in me is happy they got the US A320 cabin correct down to the seats, safety cards, and bulkheads. Although the new AA livery wasn't around in 2009. 
Speaking of which, would AA have to sign off on them using the US Airways logos/name?
Speaking of which, would AA have to sign off on them using the US Airways logos/name?
Jun 30, 2016, 8:09 pm
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If they drag his name through the mud, then this flick is BS.
Jun 30, 2016, 9:10 pm
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Only Hollywood can take a 6 minute real-life event and turn it into a 2 hour movie.
I don't remember there being any controversy around Sully's actions during the investigation, I don't like how this movie seems to drag his name through the mud, I hope he at least had to sign off on the script before using his name.
I don't remember there being any controversy around Sully's actions during the investigation, I don't like how this movie seems to drag his name through the mud, I hope he at least had to sign off on the script before using his name.
Jun 30, 2016, 10:52 pm
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0a629c1a8e206
"According to People, Sullenberger himself visited the film set, where an Airbus A320 was disassembled and placed in a pool to re-create the terrifying afternoon of Jan. 15, 2009. “I’ve been making movies for a long time, but whenever you see a complete plane in a pool right there — it blew us away, everybody was very impressed with that,” Eckhart said."
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I obviously have not seen the movie, but I'll go out on a limb and take a wild guess: Sully is vindicated in the end.