flight (2012)
Written by John Gatins and directed by Robert Zemeckis, Flight is a Drama featuring Denzel Washington in the lead role as Captain Whip Whitaker, a commercial airline pilot with a troubled lifestyle. The plot sees Whip landing a plane and being heralded as a hero while knowing that he was responsible for the crash in the first place.
Flight
- Director
- Robert Zemeckis
- Release Date
- November 2, 2012
- Studio(s)
- Paramount Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount Pictures
- Cast
- Don Cheadle , Kelly Reilly , Melissa Leo , John Goodman , Bruce Greenwood , Denzel Washington
- Writers
- John Gatins
- Runtime
- 138 minutes
- Budget
- $31 million
Summary
An airline pilot saves almost all his passengers on his malfunctioning airliner which eventually crashed, but an investigation into the accident reveals something troubling.
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