World Trade Center (2006)

Regisseur:

Oliver Stone

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

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

Premierendatum:

9. August 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Historienfilm

Werbezeile:

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:

Locker Room | New York City Port Authority | Skyscraper | Port Authority Bus Terminal | Flashback Sequence

Filmpreise:

2 wins & 6 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Stone Salutes

Besetzung

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

Alternativ:

September (USA) (working title)
Untitled Oliver Stone/September 11 Project (USA) (working title)
World Trade Center (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

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

Länge:

129 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

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

Drehorte:

Clifton, New Jersey, USA

Firma:

Paramount Pictures

Dies und das:

Test audiences believed that Dave Karnes (Michael Shannon), the former Marine, was a Hollywood invention. This is, in fact, a true story that occurred. Karnes later re-enlisted in the Marine Corps and served two tours of duty in Iraq. Also, as reported by the Associated Press on August 14, 2006, the Marine identified only as Sergeant Thomas (who disappeared shortly after 9/11) has been identified as Jason Thomas, a former Marine who grabbed his uniform and immediately drove to Ground Zero to help. Because his identity was unknown at the time of filming, Sgt. Thomas - who is black - was portrayed by William Mapother, a white man. The producers have since apologized to Sgt. Thomas for the miscasting. Thomas has laughed it off and told them not to be concerned, stating, "I don't want to shed any negativity on what they were trying to show."

Pannen:

Verschiedenes: In the church scene, the hymn-board reads "Pentecost" when in reality the Pentecost season occurs in the Spring, not September.

Dialogzitate:

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

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt "Starsky and Hutch" (1975)

Soundtrack:

Ed, Edd N Eddy Cues

Stone Salutes

Oliver Stone salutes the ordinary heroes of this extraordinary circumstances. He puts himself way behind their stories, so far behind in fact that he is almost imperceptible. In Italy, the academics, snobs and other fauna dismissed it as rhetoric and banal. I have the words of the laid back "opinionist" Barbara Pallombelli accusing Stone of "inventing" How silly really. The ignorance between the cultures seems insurmountable sometimes. The story was told by the two men under the rubble and their families. They were working people, not professional "opinionists". They will hum the theme from Startsky and Hutch to keep themselves alive. I wonder what pseudo intellectual would have done.The film is a gripping depiction centered mostly on two men and their families. The event caused a catastrophe that is still growing, based mostly in personal interest and massive inter cultural ignorance. The film is not about that. The film is about the tiniest enormity of the domestic drama. I wept and longed for a private happy ending. The rest, well the rest is still part of our daily existence. Most of the detractors accuse World Trade Center of not being an Oliver Stone film, if he had done a classic Oliver Stone film he would have been accused of that. Stone will be controversial even for standing still. My hat to you Mr Stone, please keep going your own way.