World Trade Center (2006)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Oliver Stone

Writers (WGA):

Andrea Berloff (written by)
John McLoughlin (true story) ...

Release Date:

9 AUGUSZTUS 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History

Tagline:

The World Saw Evil That Day. Two Men Saw Something Else.

Plot:

Two Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.

Plot Keywords:

Rescue | Rescue Team | Rubble | Trapped | Police

Awards:

2 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Nicolas Cage	...	John McLoughlin
Maria Bello	...	Donna McLoughlin
Connor Paolo	...	Steven McLoughlin
Anthony Piccininni	...	JJ McLoughlin
Alexa Gerasimovich	...	Erin McLoughlin
Morgan Flynn	...	Caitlin McLoughlin
Michael Peña	...	Will Jimeno
Armando Riesco	...	Antonio Rodrigues
Jay Hernandez	...	Dominick Pezzulo
Joe Starr	...	Subway Rider
Jon Bernthal	...	Christopher Amoroso
William Jimeno	...	Port Authority Officer (as Will Jimeno)
Nick Damici	...	Lieutenant Kassimatis
Jude Ciccolella	...	Inspector Fields
Martin Pfefferkorn	...	Homeless Addict #1

Also Known As:

September (USA) (working title)
Untitled Oliver Stone/September 11 Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense and emotional content, some disturbing images and language.

Runtime:

129 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42823) | UK:12A | Finland:K-11 | Argentina:16 | Canada:14A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Netherlands:12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:M | Hong Kong:IIA | Italy:T | Spain:13 | Argentina:13 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | South Korea:12 | Malaysia:U | Brazil:12 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Clifton, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

As part of his research, Michael Peña moved into Officer William Jimeno's home in New Jersey.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The scene outside the port authority building has a shadow of AA flight 11 moving over the officer from his right to left, which he followed visually, indicating a northerly flight path at that time of day as the sun would have been in the southeast sky. Flight 11 was headed south and at that time, its path was never between the sun and the port authority terminal, and it struck the north side of the North Tower.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Radio announcer: You give us 22 minutes, we'll give you the world
[1010 WINS Radio]
Radio announcer: .

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Building Ground Zero (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Ed, Edd N Eddy Cues

Straightforward Approach Works for Stone

There will of course inevitably be films made about 9-11 and they will no doubt take many different approaches in telling their stories. This film, the second major effort at depicting the 9-11 attacks, approaches the story head-on, literally from Ground Zero, from the viewpoint of some of those most directly involved in the incident: Rescue Workers. The fact that this film was directed by Oliver Stone was/is a surprise. The film is benign in the sense that it does not postulate about what happened that day and why, which is not your typical Stone movie. Instead, it takes its time telling an intimate story about a group of Rescue Workers caught up in the collapse of the World Trade Center towers and their battle to survive/escape an unimaginable hell.

The film works because Stone takes the time to flush out his characters; we genuinely care about these people and feel their emotions as things turned from bad to worse that day. Cage, Bello, Pena, et.al. play their roles effectively, making us aware that 9-11 affected "ordinary people" and caused them to perform in an extraordinary way.

All in all, an excellent film. While it is big-budgeted and full of big names, it simply tells one of MANY stories to be told on that day effectively and faithfully. As with United 93, I would recommend bringing Kleenex.