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Actors: Christian Clemenson, Trish Gates, Polly Adams, Cheyenne Jackson, Opal Alladin, David Alan Basche
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about United 93 |
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On the morning of September 11, 2001, a bunch of average Americans board a United Air Lines flight out of Boston. Also aboard are four Muslim terrorists bent on hijacking the westbound plane to a target in Washington, D.C. Air traffic controllers in Boston, New York, New Jersey, and Washington (some played by the real people who were on those jobs on that day) watch jets go off course, disappear from their flight paths, and begin to strike ground targets. Because of its delay in taking off, United 93 is behind schedule, and its passengers get news of the other events up and down the coast via their cell phones. Although the terrorists have killed the copilot, an attendant, and a passenger, they decide to take matters into their own hands. This is a sober, terrifying, documentary-like reconstruction of what happened across the country on that day, and what might have happened aboard flight United 93.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of United 93 |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- plane hijacking!
Disaster, big vehicle
Yes
Kind of vehicle:
- plane
The terrorist enemy is...
- arabs/muslims!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Arab
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Air?
Yes
Air:
- passenger plane
- skyjacking
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 3 (some)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
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