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Coming soon: 9/11, The Movie
By Simon Freeman, Times Online



Oliver Stone, the Oscar winning film-maker and occasional bete noire of the American establishment, has announced plans for a film based on the September 11 attacks in New York.



Paramount Pictures is providing financial backing for the project, which will become the first film based explicitly on the atrocity to reach a mainstream audience when it is released next year.

Stone - whose idiosyncratic rewrites of Vietnam and other pieces of recent US history have seen him garner acclaim and opprobrium in roughly equal measure over his 30-year Hollywood career - revealed that the untitled film will follow the ordeal of two police officers who became trapped in the wreckage of the collapsed twin towers.

Nicolas Cage, who won Best Actor Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas, will star as Port Authority Police Sergeant John McLoughlin, who spent 24 hours beneath the Ground Zero rubble with fellow officer William J Jimeno.

Stone, who has won Oscars for Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July, said that the film would be "an exploration of heroism in our country".

"But it's international at the same time in its humanity," he added.

The film is being made with the explicit backing of the two police officers, who have sold the rights to their story for the screenplay. The script has been written by newcomer Andrea Berloff.

"I feel someone had to tell the story of the people who were in the Trade Centre before and after it collapsed," said Sgt McLoughlin. "It needs to be told how this horrific tragedy brought Americans and the world together to help those in need."

Sgt Jimeno added: "I have all the confidence in the world that having one of the world's greatest directors - Oliver Stone, who has served his country and knows the price of freedom - this film will be one that will live on for generations to come."

Variety, the Hollywood trade paper, said that rival studio Columbia was also planning its first blockbuster based on the terrorist attacks four years ago, with a movie called 102 Minutes.

The title of the film, written by Shattered Glass script-writer Billy Ray, refers to the time between the first plane hitting the tower and its subsequent collapse.
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Originally posted by la.lovesorange@Jul 16, 2005 11:51 AM
I dont agree. If they do it though all the profits should go to the families!!!
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I am tired of Semptember 11th, 2001.....Can we not move on and just say that we now have better security because of it and appreciate our freedoms more? I wonder if the people alive during pearl harbor carried on with crappy sappy country songs.........no, they picked up the peices, rebuilt and moved on with their free lives.
 
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Originally posted by Jmxvol@Jul 16, 2005 12:09 PM
I am tired of Semptember 11th, 2001.....Can we not move on and just say that we now have better security because of it and appreciate our freedoms more? I wonder if the people alive during pearl harbor carried on with crappy sappy country songs.........no, they picked up the peices, rebuilt and moved on with their free lives.
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#8
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Well, as long as the movie is tasteful. Hopefully Stone won't work any of his conspiracy stuff in.

So I agree. It's supposed to be about the heroism of the New York emergency services, right? What's wrong with that?
 
#9
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I don't know why people keep talking about it. I'm not gonna waste my money reliving something morbid like that...I'm tired of people trying to make money off of it by writing books and horrid songs and all that kind of crap.
 
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The movie, I could care less about. Movies are for entertainment, and I can't find a reason that would make that story "entertaining".

As for the comments made here, I think we should see and hear MORE about 9-11. I think too many people have forgotton or thought it was "sappy" to remember what happened, and remember that we live in a different world now, and that we must change the way we live. We must live to be more secure. We must always be looking and watching to see if people are doing things that they shouldn't be.

Wake up people. We must remain alert and secure. If not we will be in worse shape than we were at this time on 9-11-01.
 
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I think it's always something we have to keep in mind. The problem with a movie on the subject is that it's too open to interpretation and agenda. That could be good or bad I guess. I'll wait until I know a little more before making judgement.
 
#12
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let's just forget about it.... and the next plane might be crashing into the building where you work.... do we need a movie about it, probably not but we don't need to forget it!!!
 
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Originally posted by Jmxvol@Jul 16, 2005 2:43 PM
I don't know why people keep talking about it. I'm not gonna waste my money reliving something morbid like that...
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People keep talking about it because American lives were taken on American soil - out of the blue - without warning - for no good reason. I'll bet if you or your family was affected directly then you may have a different point of view.
 
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For me No! The fact i sat and watched it all unfold (via news live)
was about as spooky as life could be! I do wonder if it had happened somewheres else in the US if it would have made any difference? Not life value, but what we know it as today.

Would anyone in NY even care? We stand United, But would have NY stock exchange, brokers etc even took a break? If it was in mid US?
Thats a big doubt for me......No one can try and movie this up' we've all seen over and over the footage. How do you make a Titanic movie over real time video?
 
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I don't see the big problem with making a movie. Hell, they make movies about anything else, why not 9/11? You knew it would happen, sooner or later. Before long, there will be a movie made about the most recent War in Iraq.
 
#16
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Well, as it seems, the movie focuses more on the heroism of the New York emergency services... I know the event is recent, but if the movie focuses on the great aspect of how some police and firemen put their lives on the line to save people that day, then I think that would be great.
 
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I think the problems are being taken care of the best way they can be. I put my faith in our leaders to handle these situations, and I think they are doing a great job.
I had a friend once that was murdered at my father's business. It was a rough night for my family and myself. It was a random act of violence, but the problem was taken care of, we had a funeral, we cry, we laugh, we move on. I miss my friend but I also think we can find a positive at the end of every negative. My family doesn't sit around camp fires holding hands and moping around. Our friend is at peace, and we need to be too. I respect the past, just as I talk about past Tennessee games, but we are not guaranteed our next breath. Therefore we need to enjoy life, work hard, and keep our eyes open. Now, I am not trying to step on anyone's toes, so let's all be friends here and Go Vols.
 
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I agree with U-T. Profiting from tragedy is pretty low.
I'm not talking about health care or emergency workers. I'm talking about Hollywood.
 
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Originally posted by LadyinOrange@Jul 17, 2005 10:09 PM
I agree with U-T. Profiting from tragedy is pretty low.
I'm not talking about health care or emergency workers. I'm talking about Hollywood.
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So do you think the same way with movies about WW2 or Vietnam? Just curious.
 
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Originally posted by Jmxvol@Jul 16, 2005 11:09 AM
I am tired of Semptember 11th, 2001.....Can we not move on and just say that we now have better security because of it and appreciate our freedoms more? I wonder if the people alive during pearl harbor carried on with crappy sappy country songs.........no, they picked up the peices, rebuilt and moved on with their free lives.
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wow..... :puke:
 
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Originally posted by Orangewhiteblood@Jul 17, 2005 9:22 PM
So do you think the same way with movies about WW2 or Vietnam?  Just curious.
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It depends on the movie, I guess. Glamorizing human tragedy, as in Ben Affleck's "Pearl Harbor" is just distasteful to me.

But heck, what do I know??


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#23
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At the same time, though, 9-11 is one of the most important events in American history. Some of the best recreations and accounts of all our major historical events have been from the film industry. Yes, it is not right that they are profitable, but such is the business. I think the chance that this film could serve as a way to remember that day for future generations is a lot more important than the fact that some studio execs are gonna make a few bucks off it.
 
#24
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the fact that Oliver Stone is doing it means that it will be over-the-top and very graphic. Almost to the point of being vulgar. Thumbs down from me.
 
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Originally posted by UTVOLFAN@Jul 17, 2005 10:49 PM
the fact that Oliver Stone is doing it means that it will be over-the-top and very graphic.  Almost to the point of being vulgar.  Thumbs down from me.
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You mean like it was in real life? I guess that if you're going to do a movie about it, it might as well show what happened.

I agree that people shouldn't profit off of it, but tell that to the people who were selling the flags, the special coins etc.....
 
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