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22/02/2012 Drama 2h 18m
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Some miracles are not what they seem.

Overview

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 worse situation.

  1. Robert Zemeckis

    Director

  2. John Gatins

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Denzel Washington

    Whip Whitaker

  2. Don Cheadle

    Hugh Lang

  3. Kelly Reilly

    Nicole

  4. John Goodman

    Harling Mays

  5. Bruce Greenwood

    Charlie Anderson

  6. Brian Geraghty

    Ken Evans

  7. Tamara Tunie

    Margaret Thomason

  8. Nadine Velazquez

    Katerina Marquez

  9. Peter Gerety

    Avington Carr

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Reviews

A review by tmdb28039023
Written by tmdb28039023 on 2022-09-13
The title Flight is a perfect illustration that brevity really is the soul of wit. Its six letters describe not only the protagonist's occupation (flying), but also what he spends most of the film doing (fleeing), and if we only added a seventh letter (-y), it would describe the character himself. The film itself could stand to be shorter, but overall it's no exception to the rule that no good movie is too long.

In addition to illustrating the aforementioned Shakespearean principle, director Robert Zemeckis inverts a famous Simpsonian maxim; in this case, alcohol is first the solution and ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$31,000,000.00

Revenue
$161,772,575.00

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