Whip awakens in an Atlanta hospital with moderate injuries and is greeted by his old friend Charlie Anderson, who represents the airline's pilots union. Unable to regain control, Whip is forced to make a controlled crash landing in an open field, hitting his head and losing consciousness on impact. He is jolted awake as the plane goes into a steep dive. Co-pilot Ken Evans takes over while Whip discreetly mixes vodka in his orange juice and takes a nap. He pilots SouthJet Flight 227 to Atlanta, which experiences severe turbulence at takeoff. The film appeared on multiple critics' year-end top ten lists and received multiple accolades and nominations from various organizations, including two nominations for Best Actor (Washington) and Best Original Screenplay (Gatins) at the 85th Academy Awards.Īirline pilot Captain Whip Whitaker (Washington) uses cocaine to stay alert after a sleepless night in his Orlando hotel room. Flight was the first live-action film directed by Zemeckis since Cast Away and What Lies Beneath in 2000, and his first R-rated film since Used Cars in 1980. It was also a commercial success, grossing US$161.8 million against its US$31 million production budget. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise going to Zemeckis' direction and Washington's performance, Gatins' screenplay and themes. It was largely shot on location, with visual effects and computer-generated imagery used to create the plane crash. Principal photography began in October 2011 near Atlanta, Georgia, and lasted over 45 days. The film is loosely inspired by the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261.
Immediately following the crash, he is hailed a hero but an investigation soon leads to questions that cast the captain in a different light. It stars Denzel Washington as William "Whip" Whitaker Sr., an alcoholic airline pilot who miraculously crash-lands his plane after a mechanical failure, saving nearly everyone on board. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Steve Starkey, Zemeckis and Jack Rapke. Flight is a 2012 American drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by John Gatins and produced by Walter F.
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