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The Flight That Fought Back

Field	Value
image	The Flight that Fought Back (DVD cover).png
caption	DVD cover
director	Bruce Goodison
producer	Phil Craig
starring	Kiefer Sutherland
writer	Phil Craig
Victoria Spark
runtime	90 minutes
network	Discovery Channel
released
country	United States
language	English

Victoria Spark

The dramatic film, narrated by Kiefer Sutherland and featuring a cast of actors playing hijackers, passengers and crew, and interviews with witnesses and relatives/acquaintances of the real individuals involved, reconstructs the events that led to Flight 93's crash in Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania, approximately 150 mi northwest of Washington, D.C., during the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Crew

The film was directed by Bruce Goodison and edited by London-based documentary filmmaker Joby Gee. It starred Greg Benson as passenger Tom Burnett, Jason LeGrande as passenger Mark Bingham, and Pej Vahdat as terrorist Ziad Jarrah. Original music was provided for the film by London-based post-rock musician Mark Beazley, more frequently known as Rothko, and composer Gavin Skinner.

Charity

Discovery is donating all proceeds from sales from the DVD to the construction of the permanent Flight 93 National Memorial.

Reception

The film received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Made-for-Television Movie.

International release

The film aired on Five in the United Kingdom on January 5, 2006; on Channel One in Russia on September 8, 2007; on the Japanese Discovery Channel as well as the German television channel Kabel1 on September 11, 2007; and on Irish channel RTÉ2 on September 11, 2010.

References

(July 6, 2006). "'Grey's,' '24' among top Emmy nominees". CNN.

Wikipedia Source

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