Flight 93????

Beemerboy

Beemerboy

Just One More Coat
Anyone going to see this movie?

I'm not sure about how I feel about it, had I lost a loved one in this I would have some serious reservations about it, I didn't and I still have reservations about it.

How about you?
 
In a way I think it's sort of tacky for Hollywood to try and make money off it. Maybe if the proceeds were going to some sort of fund for the victims families or something....
 
JaredPointer said:
In a way I think it's sort of tacky for Hollywood to try and make money off it. Maybe if the proceeds were going to some sort of fund for the victims families or something....
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I did hear that part of the profits are going to a memorial for the families
 
JaredPointer said:
In a way I think it's sort of tacky for Hollywood to try and make money off it. Maybe if the proceeds were going to some sort of fund for the victims families or something....
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I agree. will not see this movie. these people were true heroes and I keep them in my thoughts and heart. IMO I do not need a movie to remind me of that. to me it just seems kind of goolish. where do we draw the line ???????
 
Beemerboy said:
I did hear that part of the profits are going to a memorial for the families
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Kind of makes me wonder what "part" of the profits will go a meaningful fund/memorial. As with most every other movie, I won't be seeing this one.
 
10% of the movies opening day profits go to the families of Flight 93. I would rather donate the cash, than see the speculative film.

I lived in NYC when this happened, from what I saw in the streets, I thought it was the begining of the end of the world, it still may be.

I wanted to avoid this post. But I cant. I lost a close friend on 9/11 - Jill Metzler, my wife was on the phone with her when the first plane hit the building, she was the last to talk to her.
The company I was working with at that time, KBW, had their headquarters there. They lost 87 people or almost 50% of their total staff. Each year they donate 1 days trading profits to the families of the employess that were killed on 9-11. The CEO, a really good man, lost his son.
 
jsatek said:
10% of the movies opening day profits go to the families of Flight 93. I would rather donate the cash, than see the speculative film.
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That's exactly the point I was trying to make. Hollywood cashing in. I mean, it's noble that they will donate anything, but c'mon....10% of one day's profits. That's like a drop in the bucket.
 
JaredPointer said:
That's exactly the point I was trying to make. Hollywood cashing in. I mean, it's noble that they will donate anything, but c'mon....10% of one day's profits. That's like a drop in the bucket.
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I have to agree. It should be more like 100% of the first weeks gross revenue and that still wouldn't make things better.
 
JaredPointer said:
That's exactly the point I was trying to make. Hollywood cashing in. I mean, it's noble that they will donate anything, but c'mon....10% of one day's profits. That's like a drop in the bucket.
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The company I mention donates about $3,000,000 per year to 87 families. This movie wont make $30,000,000 on its first day. They filmed it all in the UK ot avoid the possible protesting.
 
jsatek said:
The company I mention donates about $3,000,000 per year to 87 families. This movie wont make $30,000,000 on its first day. They filmed it all in the UK ot avoid the possible protesting.
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I did hear that they had permission from ALL the families to do this film....Like Dwayne said they should donate more money if not all the income to helping the families....its not like the movie industry is hurting for money
 
I saw a film based on Flight 93 about 6 months ago. I was flipping thru the channels and ran up on it. I was riveted to the movie. I forget the title.I went through all kinds of emotions watching it. I was thinking about the familys receving calls from loved ones while all of this was taking place.
The cell phone contact while the flight was going enabled the passengers to figure out what was actually going on. The people on that plane are heroes and no doubt saved lives. I don't think I could watch another movie like that.
It took me back to the day it happened and I vividly remember all of that day and probably always will. My heart and prayers go out to those who lost loved ones on that day. I know this film will tear the scab off that wound for them to bleed again as the press will talk about this film. I think it is in poor taste and if done 100% of the profits should have gone to the familys.
 
Okay so here are a few facts - the film was made with complete approval of all the surviving members of flight93. The movie is in real time - the 90 minutes boarding to going down. The filmakers sat with all surviving family members and friends to get intimate details of personalities, quirks what have you of every person on the plane, air traffic controllers..everyone. When they cast the film (purposly with no-name actors) the picked actors based on the profiles they had created talking to the families and friends. The actors met with the families and friends to honor each person's portrayal accurately. The families got updated newsletters from the producers every two weeks. The film maker's truely wanted to honor the memory of flight 93 and it's victims - to tell their story.

Now on to the business of movies - it takes 4.5 to 5 times the amount of money it cost to make a film for it to make a profit. They are donating 10% of the boxoffice of the first 3 days to the 93 memorial project. Potentially a huge sum of money. The movie, the website all the materials surrounding the film encourage donations to the 93 memorial project. It is estimated to cost 58 million dollars, of which 30 million will be raised by private donations. (www.flight93memorialproject.org). The state of Pennsylvania has commited 10 million (where the crash took place). There is some question as to the commitment amount from the federal government as a Congressman from NC is holding up the approval of money.

Before you judge - read some unbiased information on the premiere at tribecca film festival from Canada.com
http://www.canada.com/topics/entert...769cc-d1f9-485c-b496-43dc69a08195&k=69815&p=1
 
groebuck said:
Okay so here are a few facts - the film was made with complete approval of all the surviving members of flight93. The movie is in real time - the 90 minutes boarding to going down. The filmakers sat with all surviving family members and friends to get intimate details of personalities, quirks what have you of every person on the plane, air traffic controllers..everyone. When they cast the film (purposly with no-name actors) the picked actors based on the profiles they had created talking to the families and friends. The actors met with the families and friends to honor each person's portrayal accurately. The families got updated newsletters from the producers every two weeks. The film maker's truely wanted to honor the memory of flight 93 and it's victims - to tell their story.

Now on to the business of movies - it takes 4.5 to 5 times the amount of money it cost to make a film for it to make a profit. They are donating 10% of the boxoffice of the first 3 days to the 93 memorial project. Potentially a huge sum of money. The movie, the website all the materials surrounding the film encourage donations to the 93 memorial project. It is estimated to cost 58 million dollars, of which 30 million will be raised by private donations. (www.flight93memorialproject.org). The state of Pennsylvania has commited 10 million (where the crash took place). There is some question as to the commitment amount from the federal government as a Congressman from NC is holding up the approval of money.

Before you judge - read some unbiased information on the premiere at tribecca film festival from Canada.com
http://www.canada.com/topics/entert...769cc-d1f9-485c-b496-43dc69a08195&k=69815&p=1
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I can appreciate what you have posted for us to read thanks!!....I knew that they had talked to all the families about this film...However I am not passing judgement on the film or its intentions....There are allot of things that Hollywood can make movies about but a national attack on the US seems a bit caddy to me...IMO...As to how much it takes to make a movie that was the decision they made to either make money or loose money....the fact that they are giving back 10% is great more would have been better...again..IMO

I guess for me would I want to relive that day talking with movie producers about my loved one death...NO...I have to wonder just how they got everyone to agree to this....not say it was the case but $$$ seems to come to mind...

So what's next a movie about the poor people that where in the twin towers and there story?

I'm sorry about my tone but this was a catastrofy on the US beyond comprehension at least for me....to be making a movie about it seems a bit caddy...thanks
 
Good links Groebuck. Obviously the families agreed to this film being made. I would think maybe they wanted all to know the whole story and the actual feelings they went through during the flight and 9/11. I looked at the links and noted the film reveiw saying it was the first film about the incident. Obvously not. I saw a film and it was comprised of no name actors just like this one.The odd thing is I noted that the actors looked a lot like the actual characters and even the terrorist that I saw actual pictures of. Be prepared, as I said of the being taken back to that day. It was a very odd feeling. I am going to try and find out the film that I watched on Sat that day. I may go to see this film to see how close it was to the film I veiwed earlier.
 
I don't see anything wrong with what they are doing. It seems to me that they have gotten approval from those that matter. I have seen several movies that were based on past events, and I plan on going to see this one. I don't think that this movie is one that needs reviews or thumbs.
 
Not to be off topic. But on the topic of heroism. I think we found that day there are a lot of heros in this country. When it comes down to the brass tack. A lot of people will risk their lives to save the lives of people they do not even know. That was one day that changed my perspective of modern humanity
 
belcherm58 said:
Not to be off topic. But on the topic of heroism. I think we found that day there are a lot of heros in this country. When it comes down to the brass tack. A lot of people will risk their lives to save the lives of people they do not even know. That was one day that changed my perspective of modern humanity
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Its a very good point
 
I will go see the movie.

I worked in NY City and lost a friend I went to high school with. His wife had just given birth. The company I worked for lost our client - every person I knew from the organization that I met with died. I saw the second tower come down from the street corner. My secretary called me screaming that she saw people jumping. She was downtown waiting to transfer subways to come to my office. I was trapped in the City because all transportation out was shut down and the phone system (land line and cellular) clogged up for hours and hours. A lot of it is blurry, but I have a vivid memory of a pregnant woman screaming, clutching her stomach in the middle of 6th Avenue, normally a highway of activity. It was surreal and scary. I made my way uptown into Times Square and made the decision to walk west not sure if Times Square was a target. I made my way to the Upper West Side where I stayed with a friend who lives there. Later that day as we sat on the outskirts of Central Park, we saw the people covered in dust, like ghosts, bewildered, just walking up the Columbus Avenue.

I felt the same way about the movie Schindler's List. I had family on my mother's mother's side (my grandmother) who were shipped out of Austria and killed in the Holocaust.

This movie, like Schindler's List, is not about profit. Rather, I believe, it is about telling a story about a significant event in history. It is an educational tool and a reminder of what occured. It needs to be documented so we (and the world) can get an understanding of what occured inside that plane as well as not shoveling this story under a rug because it is too hard on our collective conscious.

I believe it has the near unaminous support from the family members. I have even seen interviews with them and they are more eloquent than I am in their support for the movie.

I also read a nice piece about the director. He purposely did not choose any celebrity actors. He felt that would trivialize the event. He said the folks on that plane were not extroidinary people. They were average people, like us, who were thrusted into an extroidanry situation. He wanted to capture that with "regular" actors and not like a George Clooney.

I can only imagine the difficulty in fliming and recreating the sheer terror that occured in that plane.

I'm going to see it. I feel the story needs to be told and serve as a reminder of what we faced on 9/11 and that regular people took charge and paid the ultimate price to defeat the animals and barbaric ideology that we're at war with.
 
Before I knew that the survivors all agreed to this film being made, I thought it was a classless ploy to make some money. After reading about how much time, effort, and thought went into the film, I've changed my mind. After all, they didn't have to ask permission and they don't have to donate anything. I'm still not sure if I'll see the fim though.
 
JaredPointer said:
In a way I think it's sort of tacky for Hollywood to try and make money off it. Maybe if the proceeds were going to some sort of fund for the victims families or something....
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I agree I will not give any Money grubbin Hollywood type a dollar of my money which he is earning off the blood of innocent people. Sometimes things are better left alone.

As much as i do enojy some movies it truly sickens me the way those people live. They are some of the wealthest people in the world and they get most of the clothes and other products for FREE while the rest of us are paying for it all.

Richard
 
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