![]() ![]() Then all these people acted together, selflessly, to get something really important done. He explains: "People were wondering if everything was about self-interest and greed. ![]() From the start, Sullenberger wanted the film to encompass "that sense of our common humanity", noting that the incident had taken place shortly after the 2008 Great Recession. They developed the screenplay with Stewart's partner executive producer Kipp Nelson, hiring screenwriter Todd Komarnicki. The film is based on Sully's autobiography Highest Duty, rights to which were optioned by producers Frank Marshall and Allyn Stewart in 2010. David Letterman appears via archive footage from the night he interviewed the real crew of Flight 1549 which are digitally swapped with their film counterparts. Vince Lombardi, the captain of the first ferry to reach the downed plane, appears as himself. Blake Jones as Sullenberger at 16 years old.Tom Hanks as Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger.Sully credits everyone on board, the air traffic controllers, the ferry crews and the emergency response teams for the successful outcome. The NTSB announces that analysis of the port engine, now recovered from the river, confirms Sully's account that it had indeed been seriously damaged by the bird strike, and concludes that Sully had acted correctly during flight 1549. The LaGuardia rerun ends with the plane landing short of the runway, and that to Teterboro with a crash into buildings before the airport. The NTSB agrees with his criticism, and simulations are thus rerun, this time allowing a 35-second pause before the plane is diverted. Sully debates that they are unrealistic because the pilots knew in advance of the situation that they would face and of the suggested emergency action, and were able to practice the scenario several times. ![]() He arranges to have the simulations rerun with live pilots, then relayed to the public. The NTSB starts to believe it may be a case of a pilot error, which would end Sully's career. Sully and Jeff firmly insist otherwise, and this opposition gradually intensifies the relationship of both parties. Furthermore, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) claims that several confidential computerized simulations show similar results. Theoretically, it still had enough power to land the plane at either LaGuardia or Teterboro. Still in New York City for investigation reasons, Sully learns that preliminary data from ACARS suggest that the left engine was still running at idle power. He tries coping by drinking alcohol, but finds himself unable to escape the attention from the press, that is not only targeting him, but also his family. Sully is hailed a hero, but the incident leaves him traumatized. Though with mild injuries, the crew and passengers evacuate without any fatalities. Without much time to think, they judge themselves unable to reach nearby airports ( Teterboro Airport being the closest), and Sully ditches the aircraft on the Hudson River. Three minutes into the flight, at an approximate altitude of 2,800 ft (850 m), the Airbus A320 strikes a flock of birds, damaging both engines. On the afternoon of January 15, 2009, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and First Officer Jeff Skiles board US Airways Flight 1549 from LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The film received 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 both selected it as one of their ten best films of 2016, and it received an Academy Award nomination for Best Sound Editing at the 89th Academy Awards. on September 9, 2016, in conventional and IMAX theaters. Sully premiered at the 43rd Annual Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2016, and was released in the United States by Warner Bros. The film follows Sullenberger's January 2009 emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River, in which all 155 passengers and crew survived-most suffering only minor injuries-and the subsequent publicity and investigation. Tom Hanks stars as Sullenberger, with Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Anna Gunn, Autumn Reeser, Holt McCallany, Jamey Sheridan, and Jerry Ferrara in supporting roles. 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. ![]()
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