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Flight

Cast

Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Bruce Greenwood, Kelly Reilly View All

Crew

Robert Zemeckis (Director), John Gatins (Screenplay) View All

Release: Nov. 2nd, 2012

Runtime: 2 hours, 18 minutes

Commercial 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...

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JayDee
Film Trivia Snippets - The spectacular crash sequence in the film was actually inspired by a real life disaster, though one that had a much more tragic conclusion; the crash of Alaksa Airlines flight 261.

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Gideon58
Director Robert Zemeckis has mounted a familiar story on a unique canvas that will make the viewer give pause for a myriad of reasons...watching Whitaker's story is properly disturbing as it makes us think twice, not only about drinking and drugging, but about ever boarding a plane again without see....