A 2012 liveaction film directed and coproduced by robert zemeckis. High flight was filmed with the cooperation of the royal air force raf. Only larger aircraft tend to have jettison systems. It stars denzel washington as william whip whitaker sr. Not often does a movie character make such a harrowing personal journey that keeps us in deep sympathy all of the way. Danger on flight 534 tv movie 2001 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The flight distance is about 4,302 km or 2,673 miles and flight time is 4 hours 9 minutes.
Danger on flight 534 2001 01012001 us drama, tv movie 1h 27m user score. Parts of the plane are falling off, the air pressures low, the wings been struck by lightning, the autopilots going haywire, the computer navigation is down, one of the passengers is a hijacker murderer, the pilots lost his mind, and the copilots eric roberts. Flight 534 is presented on the same cable network and often scheduled to air on or close to the same day as the similarly titled freefall. It was written by an american royal air force pilot officer, john gillespie magee, jr. Apr 12, 2007 trailer for the eric roberts film rough air. Its a nail biting opening that will shock all your senses. Mike hogan eric roberts is a pilot with airjet atlantic, an international carrier. Norman reedus and djimon hounsou star in this postapocalyptic scifi thriller coproduced by walking dead creator robert kirkman. High flight is a 1957, cinemascope, british, cold war drama film in technicolor, directed by john gilling and featuring ray milland, bernard lee and leslie phillips. Michael jacksons sixth studio album, thriller, was released november 30th 1982, rapidly becoming the bestselling album of all time and catapulting the singer to previously unimagined levels of international superstardom. By using and further navigating this website, you accept this. Flight features an ensemble cast including denzel washington, don cheadle, melissa leo, bruce greenwood, kelly reilly, and john goodman the story revolves around captain william whip whitaker denzel washington, a pilot who pulls off a miraculous crash landing after his commercial airliner plunges out of the sky due to a.
The only info regarding the inflight entertainment was as the aircraft taxied to download the air canada app but they didnt mention that this was required for the inflight entertainment. The full name of madefortver rough air is rough air. The movie has been accurately described as an unfunny version of airplane. Danger on flight 534 movie, hero, heroine, etc is available in our gallery. You can help us keep flightaware free by allowing ads from flightaware. Not the best air disaster movie, but certainly not the worst. Xantippe, the name of socrates wife, in this case, was the pseudonym of writer, actress, and producer edith meiser. Air canada rouge inflight entertainment air travel forum. Avec mozilla au festival des vieilles charrues lagon libre. Danger on the air was based on the crime club novel death catches up with mr. A disgraced former air traffic controller is called back into service when the airports traffic control system malfunctions. As if coping with a zombie apocalypse wasnt enough, actor.
Dec 04, 2019 ac534 is a international flight operated by air canada. Unsubscribe from fantastic movie trailers universe. Ac534 is a international flight operated by air canada. Ac534 is departing from kahului ogg, united states and arriving at vancouver yvr, canada. Having taken the blame for an accident beyond his control, pilot mike hogan has been on administrative leave indefinitely. Of all the airplane disaster movies i have ever seen, rough air is the worst in every regard. Air canada rouge inflight entertainment air travel. Surprisingly his comeback proves less then routine, as the captain gets knocked out and a. Danger on flight 534 is a 2001 action, thriller film written by jim makichuk and directed by jon cassar. Virtually all of humanity has disappeared and those chosen to reestablish society reside in a controlled state of suspended animation.
As an airline pilot you would expect me to notice technical errors in the film, which is why i normally have a policy of not discussing them this genre is loaded with manure, but the problem here is there isnt a single thing close enough to the real world to not discuss them. I flew with air canada rouge to toronto from manchester uk and a return flight. This film had an otherwise good director and lead actor. Danger on flight 534 2001 eric roberts stars as a pilot who following a crash is put on administration duty. With his elevators jammed nosedown, vertical flight controls broken, he did pretty much the only thing that would have had a prayer of keeping that plane in the air a short time inverting the plane, turning nosedown into noseup. There are some aspects of the story that are accurate and semibelievable, but the rest is the same, recycled garbage we have seen before in a hundred other air disaster flicks. Danger on flight 534, is a real find, a textbook example of lowbudget ingenuity in which cassar transcends his limited resources with the kind of intricate blocking and dynamic framing one associates with the best work of renny harlin and john mctiernan.
Air canada rouges next generation inflight entertainment. Jun 24, 2016 michael jacksons sixth studio album, thriller, was released november 30th 1982, rapidly becoming the bestselling album of all time and catapulting the singer to previously unimagined levels of international superstardom. Its a lovely throwback to the 70s disaster movie genre. Flight is a 2012 american drama film directed by robert zemeckis and written by john gatins. Had the dialogue been cleaned up and focus placed on the emergency it. Flight opened in 1,884 theaters across north america on november 2, 2012. That is until they become short staffed and he finds himself as first officer on a flight to america, a trouble flight where in amongst all the danger he might be able to redeem himself.
Soon he was appearing at the reagan white house, signing endorsement contracts for sums that rivaled the gdps of many third world countries, and merchandised to an extent. Aug 14, 2015 norman reedus and djimon hounsou star in this postapocalyptic scifi thriller coproduced by walking dead creator robert kirkman. Danger on flight 534 2001 a reluctant copilot is forced to take command of a passenger plane after the captain is severely injured. Its a good movie and i know lots of people really enjoyed the crash sequence but from a purely technical point of view, it full of glaring holes the fuel dump one being among the smallest. Air canada ac534 flight status ac 534 flight status. He gets kicked out from the air force and from cargo aviation, and only thanks to his fathers connections.
With eric roberts, alexandra paul, anne openshaw, kevin jubinville. But this flawed yet enjoyable film from screenwriter john gatins and director robert zemeckis proves that it can still be kept airborne, with a little. Denzel washingtons performance saves the day in another incarnation, flight might be a ridiculous movie. She said the captain eventually told passengers the conditions were deemed too dangerous for the flight to continue and the pilots would dump the planes fuel before return the aircraft to perth. After opening with one of the most terrifying flying scenes ive witnessed, in which an airplane is saved by being flown upside down, robert zemeckis flight segues into a brave and tortured performance by denzel washington one of his very best. Join the discussion of this episode episode discussion. Passengers on a routine overseas flight get a terrifying surprise when a thunderstorm rips the cargo door off of their airplane. Having taken the blame for an accident beyond his control, pilot. Listed here are several interesting facts and noticeable goofs as there are with every tv air disaster movie that appear in the film. Danger on flight 534 2001 cast and crew a reluctant copilot is forced to take command of a passenger plane after the captain is severely injured. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. A million dollar actor eric roberts stars in a ten cent movie rough air. A reclusive 40yearold radio host with some serious communication issues hits a nasty midlife crisis in on air.
Oct 31, 2012 after opening with one of the most terrifying flying scenes ive witnessed, in which an airplane is saved by being flown upside down, robert zemeckis flight segues into a brave and tortured performance by denzel washington one of his very best. The stuff that should fail in an inverted jumbo jet like the gravityassisted oil pumps indeed fail, causing. High flight 1958 the title of the film high flight 1957 comes from the famous poem of same name, a paean to aviation that begins oh i have slipped the surly bonds of earthand danced the sky on laughtersilvered wings. Did you know that flightaware flight tracking is supported by advertising.
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