Just don't forget it's a drama not a documentary. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/12/sully-clint-eastwood-hudson-river-plane-crash-ntsb http://qz.com/778011/sully-ntsb-investigators-are-not-happy-about-being-made-the-villains-in-clint-eastwoods-film-starring-tom-hanks-as-chesley-sully-sullenberger/
"Ultimately, Sully looks to be a movie about bureaucracy, with one heroic action sequence shown at the beginning to set the table. Unless your audience is entirely made up of aviation buffs, there’s no way to make a routine government inquiry into a non-lethal accident entertaining without somehow ratcheting up the tension." (I enjoyed the movie) On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 1:10 PM, Michael Shirley < [email protected]> wrote: > It's also about how a powerful government authority connived with the > aircraft manufacturer to blame the pilots for the loss of the aircraft. > Fortunately, Sully caught them out and revealed their deception. > Michael > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of DMcD > Sent: Tuesday, 13 September 2016 12:30 PM > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] "Sully" > > >>Saw the film "Sully" where he landed a A320 on the Hudson River in New > York. > > I was quite interested in seeing this film but my son said "Why make a > film about someone who just followed standard operational procedures…" > > Is this a valid point? It's not exactly Apollo 13. The real story, not the > film version. > > D > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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