How Long Did Whip Whitaker Go To Jail
| Flying | |
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 Theatrical release affiche | |
| Directed by | Robert Zemeckis |
| Written by | John Gatins |
| Produced by |
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| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Don Burgess |
| Edited by | Jeremiah O'Driscoll |
| Music by | Alan Silvestri |
| Production |
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| Distributed past | Paramount Pictures |
| Release dates |
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| Running fourth dimension | 138 minutes[i] |
| Country | U.s. |
| Linguistic communication | English |
| Budget | The states$31 1000000 [2] |
| Box part | Us$161.8 one thousand thousand [iii] |
Flying is a 2012 American drama motion picture directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by John Gatins and produced by Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Steve Starkey, Zemeckis and Jack Rapke. It stars Denzel Washington as William "Whip" Whitaker Sr., an alcoholic airline pilot who miraculously crash-lands his plane after a mechanical failure, saving nearly everyone on board. Immediately post-obit the crash, he is hailed a hero, but an investigation soon leads to questions that bandage the captain in a unlike lite. The moving-picture show is loosely inspired past the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261.
It received by and large positive reviews from critics, with praise going to Zemeckis' direction, Washington'south performance, and Gatins's screenplay and themes. It was also a commercial success, grossing U.s.a.$161.8 1000000 against its US$31 1000000 production upkeep. Flight was the first live-action moving-picture show directed by Zemeckis since Cast Away and What Lies Beneath in 2000, and his starting time R-rated film since Used Cars in 1980.
The moving-picture show appeared on multiple critics' year-stop top 10 lists and received multiple accolades and nominations from various organizations, including ii nominations for Best Actor (Washington) and Best Original Screenplay (Gatins) at the 85th University Awards.
Plot [edit]
Airline pilot Captain Whip Whitaker uses cocaine to stay alert subsequently a sleepless night in his Orlando hotel room. He pilots SouthJet Flight 227 to Atlanta, which experiences severe turbulence at takeoff. Co-pilot Ken Evans takes over while Whip discreetly mixes vodka in his orange juice and takes a nap. He is jolted awake as the airplane goes into a steep swoop. Unable to regain control, Whip is forced to make a controlled crash landing in an open up field, hitting his caput and losing consciousness on impact.
Whip awakens in an Atlanta hospital with moderate injuries and is greeted by his erstwhile friend Charlie Anderson, who represents the airline's pilots union. He tells Whip that he managed to salve 96 out of 102, losing two crew members and four passengers, but mentions his co-airplane pilot is in a coma. Whip sneaks abroad for a cigarette and meets Nicole Maggen, a heroin aficionado recovering from a recent overdose in the same hospital. The next morning, his friend and drug dealer Harling Mays picks him upwards from the hospital.
Having retired to his late father'southward farm, Whip meets Charlie and attorney Hugh Lang, who explain that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) performed a drug test while he was unconscious. Results showed that Whip was intoxicated during the flight. Hugh promises to get the toxicology report voided on technical grounds and succeeds. Whip visits and presently becomes intimate with Nicole but Whip's drinking habits clash with Nicole'south attempts to stay drug-costless. Afterward, he attends a funeral for Katerina, a flying attendant who died in the crash, and with whom Whip had spent the night earlier the incident. He sees a surviving crew member, Margaret, and asks her to tell the NTSB that he was sober.
Whip pays a visit to his co-pilot Ken Evans later on he awakens from his coma. Evans has likely lost much of his power to walk and may never pilot an airplane once again. Although upset, Evans has no intention of telling the NTSB that Whip was drinking. Nicole decides to split from Whip after he fails to stay sober. Hounding him, the media catches Whip drunk afterward he spontaneously drives to the abode of his ex-wife and son, both of whom resent him. He stays with Charlie until the NTSB hearing, vowing non to drink. The dark earlier the hearing, Charlie and Hugh move Whip to a guarded hotel room with no alcohol. Although his minibar is empty, he finds the door to an adjacent room unlocked and raids the minibar there.
Charlie discovers Whip the next morning, passed out and still drunk. Whip and Charlie phone call Harling to provide Whip with cocaine, hoping to get him alert enough to make it through the hearing. At the hearing, lead NTSB investigator Ellen Cake explains that a damaged lift assembly jackscrew was the primary cause of the crash. She commends Whip on his valor and skill, noting that no other pilot was able to land the plane in trial simulations of the crash. She then reveals that two empty vodka bottles were found in the plane's trash, despite beverages non being served to passengers, and that Whip'southward blood test was excluded for technical reasons. She so states the only other member of the crew to test positive for alcohol was Katerina. Whip pauses, unable to bring himself to blame Katerina for his actions. He collects himself and comes clean, admitting to being intoxicated the mean solar day of the crash; he as well admits to currently being drunk. A tearful Whip finally admits to having a problem, coming to terms with his alcoholism.
Xiii months later, an imprisoned Whip lecturing a support group of fellow inmates says he is glad to be sober and doesn't regret doing the right thing. Whip is seen looking at pictures of Nicole, family unit and friends on the wall of his cell, along with greeting cards congratulating him on his first ceremony of beingness sober. He is working to rebuild his human relationship with his son, who visits to speak with him about a higher application essay he's working on. It'south about "the about fascinating person that I've never met". His son begins by asking, "Who are you?" Every bit a plane flies overhead, Whip replies, "That's a good question."
Cast [edit]
- Denzel Washington as Helm William "Whip" Whitaker
- Don Cheadle as Hugh Lang
- Kelly Reilly as Nicole
- Bruce Greenwood as Charlie Anderson
- John Goodman as Harling Mays
- Melissa Leo as Ellen Block
- Tamara Tunie as Margaret Thomason
- Nadine Velazquez as Katerina Marquez
- Brian Geraghty every bit First Officer Ken Evans
- Peter Gerety as Avington Carr
- Garcelle Beauvais as Deana Coleman
- Boni Yanagisawa as Camelia Satou
- Justin Martin as Will
- James Badge Dale equally Gaunt Fellow
- Piers Morgan as Himself
- Eastward. Roger Mitchell every bit Craig Matson
- Sarah Clark as Radio Talk Show Host (voice)
- Vinnie Hasson as Radio Talk Show Host (phonation)
- Randy Thom as Radio Stock Marketplace Reporter (voice)
- Dennis P. Wise every bit Air Traffic Controller (vocalisation)
- Paul Volle as Air Traffic Controller (vocalisation)
- Hal Williams as Whip's Dad (voice)
- Kwesi Boakye as Young Volition (voice)
Production [edit]
Zemeckis entered negotiations to directly Flight in April 2011,[4] and by early on June had accepted, with Denzel Washington well-nigh to finalize his ain bargain.[v] It was the first fourth dimension that Zemeckis and Washington had worked together on a motion motion picture.
By mid-September 2011, Kelly Reilly was in negotiations to play the female person lead,[6] with Don Cheadle,[vii] Bruce Greenwood,[7] and John Goodman[8] joining later in the month, and Melissa Leo and James Badge Dale in terminal negotiations.[9] Screenwriter John Gatins said in early October 2011 that production would begin mid-month.[10] Flight was largely filmed on location near Atlanta, Georgia over 45 days in November 2011.[11] The motion picture was produced with a relatively small budget of $31 million, which Zemeckis calculated to be his smallest in inflation-adapted dollars since 1980, made possible because of tax rebates from Georgia and considering Zemeckis and Washington waived their customary fees.[11]
Gatins explained in a 2012 interview with the Los Angeles Times that the dramatic fictional crash depicted in Flight was "loosely inspired" past the 2000 crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261,[11] which was caused by a broken jackscrew. In that incident, an ungreased jackscrew came loose and caused a catastrophic failure from which recovery was impossible, though pilot Ted Thompson and first officer Bill Tansky were able to fly the plane inverted in the final moments of the flight. Among the helm's last words on the CVR were:
Okay we are inverted... Now nosotros got to get information technology... Are we flying? Nosotros're flying... We're flying... Tell them what we're doing. At to the lowest degree upside down we're flight."[12]
The Alaska Airlines 261 crash had no survivors. The aeroplane in Flight, a ii-engine T-tail jet airliner, appears to be from the same model family as was the airplane involved in the Alaska Airlines 261 disaster, a variant of the Dr.-80. Many elements from the accident were used in the moving picture, such as the cause of the accident, segments of the radio communication, and the inversion of the airplane.
Scroggins Aviation Mockup & Effects was hired to supply iii decommissioned Doctor-fourscore series aircraft that represented the airplane in the film, with additional MD-80-series aircraft used for scenes in the cabin and cockpit.[13] [xiv]
Reception [edit]
Release [edit]
Flying opened in ane,884 theaters across the US and Canada on Nov 2, 2012. In its first week, the film ranked second in the American box part, grossing US$24,900,566 with an boilerplate of U.s.$13,217 per theater. Flight earned US$93,772,375 in the US and an additional Usa$68,000,000 in other countries for a total of US$161,772,375, well higher up its US$31 million production budget.[3]
Critical response [edit]
Flight received mostly positive reviews, and has an approval rating of 78% based on a sample of 236 critics on Rotten Tomatoes, with a weighted average of half-dozen.ninety/10. The site's consensus states "Robert Zemeckis makes a triumphant return to live-activity cinema with Flight, a thoughtful and provocative character study propelled by a compelling performance from Denzel Washington".[15] Metacritic gives the motion picture a weighted average score of 76 out of 100 based on reviews from 40 critics.[16] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average class of "A-" on an A+ to F calibration.[17]
Washington's performance received praise. The Hollywood Reporter'southward Todd McCarthy wrote that the film "provides Denzel Washington with one of his meatiest, most complex roles, and he flies with information technology".[1] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Lord's day-Times gave the motion picture four out of 4, writing "Flight segues into a brave and tortured performance by Denzel Washington—1 of his very best. Not often does a movie grapheme brand such a harrowing personal journey that keeps u.s. in deep sympathy all of the way." He also noted the plane's upside-down flight scene was "one of the most terrifying flying scenes I've ever witnessed" and called the film "nearly flawless".[18] Ebert went on to name the picture the sixth all-time of 2012.[19] Although the flick was non nominated for Best Picture, he subsequently noted that it deserved to be. Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Denzel Washington didn't get an Oscar nod for nix: His functioning as an alcoholic airline pilot ensnared by his own heroics is crash-and-burn ballsy".[20]
The film received some criticism from pilots who questioned its realism, particularly the premise of a pilot being able to continue flying with a significant substance-corruption trouble.[21] The Air Line Pilots' Clan dismissed the moving picture equally an inaccurate portrayal of an air crew and stated that "we all enjoy being entertained, but a thrilling tale should not be mistaken for the true story of extraordinary safety and professionalism amidst airline pilots".[22] Airline pilot Patrick Smith also commented that "a real-life Whitaker wouldn't survive two minutes at an airline, and all commercial pilots—including, if non especially, those who've dealt with drug or alcohol addiction—should feel slandered by his ugly caricature".[23] The pilot as well criticised the portrayal of the relationship betwixt copilot and captain, the decision of Whitaker to increase speed dangerously in a storm, and the ultimate swoop and crash landing of Whitaker'southward shipping.[23]
Top ten lists [edit]
Awards and nominations [edit]
| Award | Category | Subject area | Consequence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Honor | Best Actor | Denzel Washington | Nominated |
| All-time Original Screenplay | John Gatins | Nominated | |
| AACTA Awards | All-time International Actor | Denzel Washington | Nominated |
| Art Directors Club Award | Excellence in Production Pattern for a Contemporary Film | Nelson Coates | Nominated |
| Black Reel Accolade | Best Movie | Flight | Nominated |
| Best Actor | Denzel Washington | Won | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Tamara Tunie | Nominated | |
| All-time Ensemble | The Bandage of Flying | Nominated | |
| Circulate Film Critics Association Award | All-time Player | Denzel Washington | Nominated |
| All-time Original Screenplay | John Gatins | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Accolade | Best Actor | Denzel Washington | Nominated |
| Chicago International Flick Festival | Founder'due south Award | Robert Zemeckis | Won |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award | Best Thespian | Denzel Washington | Nominated |
| Gilt Globe Award | All-time Histrion – Motion Motion-picture show Drama | Nominated | |
| Hollywood Film Festival | Spotlight Honour | Kelly Reilly | Won |
| NAACP Paradigm Award | Outstanding Movement Picture | Flight | Nominated |
| Outstanding Role player | Denzel Washington | Won | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor | Don Cheadle | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture | John Gatins | Nominated | |
| National Board of Review | Spotlight Award | John Goodman, likewise for Argo, ParaNorman, and Trouble with the Curve | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society Award | Best Actor | Denzel Washington | Nominated |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival Award | Director of the Twelvemonth | Robert Zemeckis | Won |
| Satellite Honour | Best Actor – Picture show | Denzel Washington | Nominated |
| All-time Supporting Actor – Move Moving-picture show | John Goodman | Nominated | |
| Best Screenplay, Original | John Gatins | Nominated | |
| Best Visual Effects | Jim Gibbs, Kevin Baillie, Michael Lantieri and Ryan Tudhope | Won | |
| All-time Editing | Jeremiah O'Driscoll | Nominated | |
| All-time Sound (Editing & Mixing) | Dennis Leonard, Dennis Sands, Randy Thom and William Kaplan | Nominated | |
| Screen Actors Guild Accolade | Outstanding Performance past a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Denzel Washington | Nominated |
| St. Louis Gateway Picture Critics Association | All-time Role player | Nominated | |
| Best Scene (favorite movie scene or sequence) | The plane crash | Nominated | |
| Visual Effects Society | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Characteristic Motion Picture show | Kevin Ballie, Michael Lantieri, Chris Stoski, Ryan Tudhope | Nominated |
| Washington DC Expanse Flick Critics Association Award | Best Role player | Denzel Washington | Nominated |
| Writers Guild of America Honor | All-time Original Screenplay | John Gatins | Nominated |
See also [edit]
- Alaska Airlines Flight 261
- The Pilot (1980 film)
References [edit]
- ^ a b McCarthy, Todd (October 15, 2012). "Flight: New York Moving-picture show Festival Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved Oct 24, 2012.
- ^ Horn, John (Oct xx, 2012). "How the movie 'Flying' got off the ground". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ^ a b "Flying". Box Office Mojo. Box Office Mojo.
- ^ Kit, Borys (Apr xx, 2011). "Robert Zemeckis in Talks for Live-Activeness 'Flight' With Denzel Washington Circumvoluted". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October twenty, 2012.
- ^ Zeitchik, Steven (June 3, 2011). "Robert Zemeckis finally looks to accept 'Flight'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October twenty, 2012.
- ^ White, James (September 13, 2011). "Kelly Reilly Takes Flight". Borderline Hollywood . Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ a b Morris, Clint (September 22, 2011). "Exclusive: Cheadle, Greenwood join Zemeckis's Flight". Moviehole.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved October xx, 2012.
- ^ Fleming, Mike (September 28, 2011). "John Goodman Boards Robert Zemeckis' Flight With Denzel Washington". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved Oct xx, 2012.
- ^ Kit, Borys (September 30, 2011). "Melissa Leo, James Badge Dale Booking 'Flight' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ Warner, Kara (Oct 5, 2011). "Denzel Washington's "Flight" Is 12 Years In The Making". MTV. Retrieved Nov 7, 2011.
- ^ a b c Horn, John (21 October 2012). "How the movie 'Flying' became airborne". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ^ "Shipping Accident Report, Loss of Command and Affect with Pacific Body of water Alaska Airlines Flight 261 McDonnell Douglas MD-83, N963AS Nigh two.7 Miles [4.3 km] Northward of Anacapa Island, California, Jan 31, 2000" (PDF). National Transportation Rubber Board. December 30, 2002. NTSB/AAR-02/01. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
- ^ Flight used a former American Airlines MD-82, N442AA, the main fuselage for the crash mock-upward, a more complete nose for filming, and a old Delta Air Lines Md-88, N901DL, and for on stage piece of work, a quondam Continental Airlines MD-82, N16807. "'Flying' the Motion picture". Airliner Globe Magazine. No. April 2013.
- ^ "Filming Hollywood's Flights of Fantasy, by Christine Negroni". Airways. Jan seven, 2013 – via Airways Mag.
- ^ Flight at Rotten Tomatoes Fandango
- ^ "Flight". Metacritic. CBS.
- ^ "Home". CinemaScore . Retrieved 2022-02-28 .
- ^ Ebert, Roger. "Roger Ebert Flight review". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ Ebert, Roger. "Ebert'due south Peak Movies of 2012". Chicago Sunday-Times. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
- ^ "The Must Listing". Entertainment Weekly. New York. February 8, 2013. p. 8.
- ^ Smith, Patrick (November 18, 2012). "Real Pilots Laugh at 'Flying'". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on November 27, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ ALPA News Release. Alpa.org (October 31, 2012). Retrieved July 13, 2013.
- ^ a b Real Pilots Laugh At 'Flying'. The Daily Beast (November 18, 2012). Retrieved July 13, 2013.
- ^ "Best Movies of 2012". Critics' Top10 . Retrieved 21 November 2022.
External links [edit]
- Flight at IMDb
- Flight at AllMovie
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_(2012_film)
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