Sully
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7.2On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.
Released: 2016-09-0796 minDir: Clint EastwoodDrama, History
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger
- Aaron Eckhart as Jeff Skiles
- Anna Gunn as Elizabeth Davis
- Holt McCallany as Mike Cleary
- Mike O'Malley as Charles Porter
- Jamey Sheridan as Ben Edwards
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Clint Eastwood
- Written by
- Todd Komarnicki
- Based on
- Highest Duty , by Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger Jeffrey Zaslow
- Produced by
- Clint Eastwood Frank Marshall Tim Moore Allyn Stewart
- Starring
- Tom Hanks Aaron Eckhart Laura Linney
- Cinematography
- Tom Stern
- Edited by
- Blu Murray
- Music by
- Christian Jacob The Tierney Sutton Band
- Production companies
- Village Roadshow Pictures Ratpac-Dune Entertainment Flashlight Films The Kennedy/Marshall Company Malpaso Productions Orange Corp
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release dates
- September 2, 2016 ( 2016-09-02 ) ( Telluride ) September 9, 2016 ( 2016-09-09 ) (United States)
- Running time
Key dates
- Published
- 2016
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Screenwriter
- Todd Komarnicki
- Cast member
- David Letterman
- Producer
- Frank Marshall
- Cinematographer
Article
Sully (also known as Sully: Miracle on the Hudson) is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Todd Komarnicki, based on the 2009 autobiography Highest Duty by Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow. Tom Hanks stars as Sullenberger, with Aaron Eckhart as Jeffrey Skiles, and co-stars Laura Linney, Anna Gunn, Autumn Reeser, Holt McCallany, and Jamey Sheridan. The film follows Sullenberger's 2009 emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River, in which all 155 passengers and crew survived, and the subsequent publicity and investigation.
Sully premiered at the 43rd Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2016, and was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 9, 2016, in conventional and IMAX theaters. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed over $240 million worldwide, but created controversy with its fictionalized portrayal of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as "prosecutorial and closed-minded." The American Film Institute and National Board of Review each selected it as one of their ten best films of 2016, and it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing at the 89th Academy Awards.