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6.9Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.
Released: 2012-02-22138 minDir: Robert ZemeckisDramaBudget: $31.0MBox office: $162M
Cast
- Denzel Washington as Whip Whitaker
- Don Cheadle as Hugh Lang
- Kelly Reilly as Nicole
- John Goodman as Harling Mays
- Bruce Greenwood as Charlie Anderson
- Brian Geraghty as Ken Evans
Themes
- airplane
- confession
- investigation
- pilot
- emergency landing
- flight
- alcoholism
- f word
- hangover
- airplane accident
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
394,854 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
Metacritic
76/100
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 15 wins & 45 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Robert Zemeckis
- Written by
- John Gatins
- Produced by
- Walter F. Parkes Laurie MacDonald Steve Starkey Robert Zemeckis Jack Rapke
- Starring
- Denzel Washington Don Cheadle Kelly Reilly John Goodman Bruce Greenwood Melissa Leo
- Cinematography
- Don Burgess
- Edited by
- Jeremiah O'Driscoll
- Music by
- Alan Silvestri
- Production companies
- Parkes+ MacDonald Image Nation ImageMovers
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release dates
- October 14, 2012 ( 2012-10-14 ) ( New York Film Festival ) November 2, 2012 ( 2012-11-02 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 138 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $31 million
- Box office
- $161.8 million
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