World Trade Center

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Overview

Director Oliver Stone once again offers a powerful and provocative story based on real-life events in this drama. Sergeant John McLoughlin Nicolas Cage and William J. Jimeno Michael Peña were two officers assigned to New York City's Port Authority who were working their beats on a quiet day in early fall when they received an emergency call. The day was September 11, 2001, and McLoughlin and Jimeno were among the policemen who attempted to evacuate the World Trade Center towers after they were struck by airliners...
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Overview

Director Oliver Stone once again offers a powerful and provocative story based on real-life events in this drama. Sergeant John McLoughlin Nicolas Cage and William J. Jimeno Michael Peña were two officers assigned to New York City's Port Authority who were working their beats on a quiet day in early fall when they received an emergency call. The day was September 11, 2001, and McLoughlin and Jimeno were among the policemen who attempted to evacuate the World Trade Center towers after they were struck by airliners piloted by terrorists. Both McLoughlin and Jimeno were inside the fifth building of the World Trade Center when the towers fell, and were two of the last people found alive amidst the wreckage. As McLoughlin and Jimeno struggled to hold on to their lives as rescuers sifted through the rubble, their spouses -- Donna McLoughlin Maria Bello and Allison Jimeno Maggie Gyllenhaal -- clung to the desperate hope that their husbands would survive and be found. As the McLoughlin and Jimeno families waited for word on the fate of the two men, they watched as a city and a nation came together with strength and compassion in the face of a tragedy. World Trade Center was based on the true story of John McLoughlin and William J. Jimeno, both of whom cooperated with producers in the making of this film. Producer Debra Hill died during production -- hence the posthumous credit.
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Special Features

Commentaries by director Oliver Stone, on-scene rescuers, and survivor Will Jimeno; Deleted scenes
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Editorial Reviews

Barnes & Noble - Ed Hulse
The impact of 9/11 has manifested itself in a variety of unexpected ways. For filmmaker Oliver Stone -- he of the grandiose conspiracy theories and often blunt directorial flourishes -- it released a stylistic clarity and emotional directness that fits this straightforward story of heroism and sacrifice. Based on the true story of Port Authority Police Department officers John McLoughlin and William J. Jimeno (played by Nicolas Cage and Michael Pena, respectively), this deeply moving film is a tribute to all those dedicated men and women who labored in the face of unspeakable tragedy to rescue survivors from the wreckage of the World Trade Center. Although Stone expertly blends staged re-creations with documentary footage, the collapse of the Twin Towers is not the plot’s focal story. Most of the film unfolds in the dank, dark pit where McLoughlin and Jimeno found themselves pinned after entering the tower’s ruins. Their reassuring talk of family and friends is set off by cutaways and flashbacks to their anxious spouses, played with subtle intensity by Maria Bello and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Stone directs in lean, muscular fashion, eschewing bombast in favor of restraint. The result is an unusually expressive film -- wistful, tragic, and yet ultimately uplifting -- that contributes to the slow healing process following a national tragedy.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 12/12/2006
  • UPC: 097361199542
  • Original Release: 2006

    • Rating:

  • Source: Paramount
  • Region Code: 1
  • Aspect Ratio: Pre-1954 Standard (1.33.1)
  • Presentation: Pan & Scan
  • Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
  • Language: English, Français
  • Time: 2:08:00
  • Format: DVD

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Nicolas Cage John McLoughlin
Michael Peña Will Jimeno
Maggie Gyllenhaal Allison Jimeno
Maria Bello Donna McLoughlin
Stephen Dorff Scott Strauss
Jay Hernandez Dominick Pezzulo
Mike Shannon Dave Karnes
Michael Shannon Dave Karnes
Jon Bernthal
Nick Damici
Viola Davis
Morgan Flynn
William Mapother
Frank Whaley
Technical Credits
Oliver Stone Director
Craig Armstrong Score Composer
Kerry Barden Casting
Andrea Berloff Screenwriter
Moritz Borman Producer
David Brenner Editor
Marty Bresin Special Effects Supervisor
Budd Carr Musical Direction/Supervision
Suzanne Crowley Casting
Michael Dennison Costumes/Costume Designer
Chantal Feghali Co-producer
Norm Golightly Executive Producer
Debra Hill Producer
Billy Hopkins Casting
Richard L. Johnson Art Director
Donald J. Lee Jr. Executive Producer
Seamus Mcgarvey Cinematographer
Julie Monroe Editor
John Pritchett Sound/Sound Designer
Jan Roelfs Production Designer
Michael Shamberg Producer
Stacey Sher Producer
Simon Warnock Asst. Director
Mary Wernieu Casting
Rob Wilson Associate Producer
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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- World Trade Center
1. Extended Locker Room [1:40]
1. Extended Roll Call [2:05]
1. Concerned Business Woman [:49]
1. Fireman Johnny [:55]
1. Original Hole 2 Through Allison Making Lunch [5:27]
1. Judy Gets Word Jay Is OK [2:20]
1. John's Ghost [1:31]
1. Barbeque Flashback [1:02]
1. Paramedic Tends to John [1:46]
1. Morning Roll Call [7:11]
2. Call to Duty [:20]
3. Heading Downtown [3:17]
4. Volunteers [2:57]
5. Collapse [1:12]
6. Damage Assesment [4:37]
7. Waiting for Word [:51]
8. What Pain Means [4:57]
9. Under Attack [1:45]
10. We Can Make It [7:17]
11. The Best [2:15]
12. God's Curtain [4:29]
13. Family Men [1:15]
14. Keeping Each Other Alive [3:04]
15. Staying Strong [2:58]
16. A Peaceful Vision [3:30]
17. You Are Our Mission [3:34]
18. Mistaken Information [2:28]
19. Will's Rescue [1:08]
20. Come Home [4:41]
21. Common Sorrow [:31]
22. In Remembrance [3:18]
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Disc #1 -- World Trade Center
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      Audio Options: English 5.1 Surround
      Audio Options: English 2.0 Surround
      Audio Options: Français
      Audio Options: Commentary by Oliver Stone
      Audio Options: Commentary by Will Jimeno, Scott Strauss, John Busching, and Paddy McGee
      Subtitle Options: English
      Subtitle Options: Español
      Subtitle Options: None
   Special Features
      Commentary by Director Oliver Stone
      Commentary by Will Jimeno, Scott Strauss, John Busching, and Paddy McGee
      Deleted/Extended Scenes
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  • Posted October 1, 2010

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    amazing movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    amazing movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Oliver Stone's Version of 9/11: Reductionism Attempt to Make it Personal

    Oliver Stone has always been a director of grit, one who was unafraid to take on controversial subjects and create powerful films that opened the audience's eyes to the mire below the surface. In WORLD TRADE CENTER he seems to have taken the opposite stance: take an historic tragedy that affected the entire world and reduce it sown to the entrapment of two Port Authority Police Officers in the rubble of the midline of the two towers destruction in hopes that the event might become more intimate. He manages to just the opposite - he makes a huge horrific tragedy seem like a family crisis and despite casting some fine actors in the roles of actual people, the film falls short of communicating the bigger picture. The film starts well enough with two of the policemen rising early in the Am to go to routine duty, then the unrecognizable 'bump' sound occurs and quite to everyone's disbelief the events of that terrible day unfold in a manner that does indeed convey the complete surprise of a nation of people unfamiliar with terror happening on home ground. The Port Authority Police enter the impending collapse of the towers to save victims only to become quickly trapped in the rubble, reducing their ranks to two men who hold on for survival that finally comes. Nicholas Cage is the sergeant John McLoughlin who is trapped with Will Jimeno (Michael Peña) while John's wife Donna (Maria Bello) and Will's pregnant wife Allison (Maggie Gyllenhaal) cope with the news of the day and the discovery that their husbands are trapped in the rubble. The long movie is a back and forth interplay between the trapped men and the terror of the families. Where Stone drops his credibility is in focusing on a retired Marine Staff Sergeant Dave Karnes (Michael Shannon) who upon hearing of the disaster gets a marine haircut and travels to the spot looking for survivors at night, eventually discovering John and Will and getting help for them to be rescued. That is all well and good, but the film adds the tag line 'We'll avenge the terrorists who did this' that seems like a credo for the irresponsible governmental attack on Iraq. It just takes away the film's energy and makes it a political PR piece. And that is too bad: the other film UNITED 93 is a far superior work in depicting the personal aspect of a national tragedy. Grady Harp

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Good movie

    Oliver Stone has done it again. Though a little slow at times, this movie is a very good depiction of a slice of the drama of that fateful September day.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    great!

    The fact that Oliver Stone got away from the hollywood cliche and made this into the wonderful movie it is, makes him one of the greats! must see!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Encore for Oliver Stone

    This movie is really well done and it's a great story. The great thing about it is that it's not even just about the World Trade Center, it's about courage, survival , family and heroes. I know one of the rescueres and he's just a great guy that is a hero every day. I'm 15 and this is just my ultamite favorite movie, it gives you hope and courage.

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