Sully

Director: Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood

Overview

Tom Hanks stars in this portrait of airline pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, which depicts his successful emergency landing of an Airbus A320 on the Hudson River in January 2009. In the aftermath of this unprecedented and heroic feat, the traumatized pilot must endure second-guessing by investigators, the weight of sudden fame, and his own doubts about his actions that fateful day. Anna Gunn, Laura Linney, and Aaron Eckhart co-star. Directed by Clint Eastwood. ~ Violet LeVoit

Product Details

Release Date:	12/20/2016
UPC:	0883929540891
Original Release:	2016
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Time:	1:36:00
Sales rank:	3,822

Special Features

Sully Sullenberger: The Man Behind The Miracle ; The difference between disaster and deliverance rested on the character of the man with his hands on the controls; Moment by Moment: Averting Disaster on the Hudson; Captain Sullenberger, copilot Jeff Skiles and air traffic controller Patrick Harten take us step by step through the 208 harrowing seconds of Flight 1549; Neck Deep in the Hudson: Shooting Sully Director Clint Eastwood and Producers Frank Marshall and Allyn Stewart reaveal how Flight 1549's terrifying splashdown in the Hudson River was captured on film

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tom Hanks	Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger
Laura Linney	Lorrie Sullenberger
Aaron Eckhart	Jeff Skiles
Sam Huntington	Jeff Kolodjay
Valerie Mahaffey	Diane Higgins
Delphi Harrington	Lucille Palmer
Mike O'Malley	Charles Porter
Anna Gunn	Elizabeth Davis
Jamey Sheridan	Ben Edwards
Holt McCallany	Mike Cleary
Ahmed Lucan	Egyptian Driver
Laura Lundy Wheale	Reporter #1
Onira Tarès	Reporter #2
Gary Weeks	Reporter #3
Jeff Kober	LT Cook
Blake Jones	Sully (16 Years Old)
Molly Bernard	Alison
Christopher Bauer	Larry Rooney
Jane Gabbert	Sheila Dail
Ann Cusack	Donna Dent
Molly Hagan	Doreen Welsh
Purva Bedi	Gursimran
Max Adler	Jimmy Stefanik
Christopher Curry	Rob Kolodjay
Ashley Austin Morris	Emily - Gate Attendant
Cooper Thornton	Jim Whitaker
Autumn Reeser	Passenger with Baby
Jeffrey Nordling	Barry Leonard
Patch Darragh	Patrick Harten
Rob Treveiler	ATC Supervisor
Aida Manassy	French Woman
Pascal Yen-Pfister	French Man
Marcia de Bonis	Shae Childers
Noel Fisher	GIB - Andrew Carrigan
Adam Boyer	Johnny - Drunk Customer
Wilbur Fitzgerald	Drunk Customer #2
Michael Rapaport	Bartender - Pete
Vincent Peter Lombardi	Himself
Jeremy Luke	Victor Gaggero
Bernardo Badillo	Robert Rodriguez
Jerry Ferrara	Michael Delaney
Victoria Kharchenko	Russian Woman
Graham Sibley	Carlo Alfonso
Grant Roberts	Franco Santini
Wayne Bastrup	Brian Kelly
Billy Smith	Dan Britt
Martin Barabas	Police Captain
E. Roger Mitchell	ATC #1
Robert Pralgo	St. Luke's Doctor
Clayton Landey	Arnie Gentile
Tracee Chimo	Evelyn May
Brett Rice	Carl Clarke
Larry Guthrie	Pilot Flight #1
Lucy Young	Co-Pilot - Fight #1
Lori Cline	Pilot - Flight #3
Jon Witten	Co-Pilot #3

Technical Credits

Todd Komarnicki

Clint Eastwood	Director,Producer
Carrie Angland	Makeup
Ryan Arndt	Special Effects
Elena Arroy	Makeup
Bruce Berman	Executive Producer
David M. Bernstein	Asst. Director
Kevin Bowers	Special Effects
Carl Campbell	Special Effects
Christian Jacob and The Tierney Sutton Band	Score Composer
Troy Dederick	Special Effects
Ante Dugandzic	Special Effects
Jose Antonio Garcia	Sound Mixer
José Antonio Garcia	Sound Mixer
Ryan Heck	Art Director
Mark Hitchler	Set Decoration/Design
Robert J. Hohman	Special Effects
Deborah Hopper	Costumes/Costume Designer
Kevin Ishioka	Art Director
Todd Kleitsch	Makeup
Todd Komarnicki	Screenwriter
Mayumi Konishi-Valentine	Set Decoration/Design
Javier Lomeli	Special Effects
Mark Mansbridge	Art Director
Frank Marshall	Producer
Ken Meiding	Special Effects
Jessica Meier	Co-producer
Ryan Meinardus	Special Effects
Geoffrey MiClat	Casting
Ken Mieding	Special Effects
Steven Mnuchin	Executive Producer
James Murakami	Production Designer
Blu Murray	Editor
Christopher Nelson	Special Effects
Kipp Nelson	Executive Producer
Gregory Nicholson	Special Effects
Mark Noel	Special Effects
Tom Ozanich	Sound/Sound Designer
Steven Riley	Special Effects Supervisor
Richard Schwalm	Special Effects
Ryan Senecal	Special Effects
Mark Stanton	Special Effects
Tom Stern	Cinematographer
Allyn Stewart	Producer
Clark Templemann	Special Effects
Tim Moore	Producer
Vance VanBoxtel	Special Effects
Vincent Vanillo	Special Effects
Mario Vanillo	Special Effects
Taylor Walters	Special Effects
Ross Young	Special Effects
Douglas Ziegler	Special Effects

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Sully
1. Scene 1 [11:11]
2. Scene 2 [6:53]
3. Scene 3 [11:51]
4. Scene 4 [8:57]
5. Scene 5 [10:24]
6. Scene 6 [11:29]
7. Scene 7 [:30]
8. Scene 8 [6:54]
9. Scene 9 [9:52]
10. Scene 10 [8:49]
11. Scene 11 [8:50]

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Editorial Reviews

On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549, carrying 155 passengers and crew, was struck by a flock of Canadian geese shortly after takeoff from New York's LaGuardia Airport. The multiple bird strikes knocked out both engines on the Airbus A320, forcing veteran pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger to make the controversial decision to attempt a forced water landing on the icy Hudson River. The emergency ditching was successful, and all 155 people onboard survived. Sullenberger was immediately hailed as a hero in the press and by the passengers and crew, which is the part of "the Miracle on the Hudson" story that most people know. But what wasn't well-documented at the time was that not everyone was quick to praise Sully's daring efforts. Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board believed Sullenberger could have -- and should have -- flown the plane back to LaGuardia or tried to land at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, thus preventing further damage to the aircraft and lessening the danger to those onboard. The question of whether Sullenberger made the right decision, and the emotional impact that fateful choice had on the former Air Force fighter pilot, are at the heart of director Clint Eastwood's probing, deeply affecting docudrama. Eastwood and screenwriter Todd Komarnicki, working from the book Highest Duty by Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow, eschew a chronological depiction of these events; instead, they begin their phenomenal tale with Sully (Tom Hanks) experiencing vivid flashbacks of the incident and the tragic outcome -- crashing into a New York City skyscraper -- that likely would have occurred if he hadn't made his harrowing, split-second decision. The image of an airplane smashing into a Manhattan high-rise, of course, conjures up disturbing memories of 9/11, but the scene isn't there for mere shock value: It underscores the fact that Sullenberger saved more than 155 lives that day, and that if he had followed protocol rather than his gut, everyone onboard and a number of innocent bystanders probably would have perished. But the NTSB will have none of it. The grim-faced panel, led by bulldog chairman Charles Porter (an intimidating Mike O'Malley), are determined to prove that Sully's actions were reckless. They claim there was enough thrust left in one engine to make a safe return, and flight simulators appear to back up their assertions. Even Sully questions what he did. "What if I did get this wrong and endangered the lives of all those passengers?" he asks his wife Lorrie (Laura Linney, doing solid work in the thankless role of the supportive spouse) during an emotional phone call. If the NTSB rules against Sully, he will lose both his job and his pension after four decades of loyal, unblemished service. "I've delivered a million passengers over 40 years, but in the end I'm going to be judged on 208 seconds," he says. Yes, 208 seconds. The entire flight, from bird strike to safe water landing, lasted less than four minutes, which presents an interesting dilemma for the filmmakers: How do you make a feature-length movie out of such a short event, one whose outcome is already well-known? One way is to show portions of the flight multiple times from different perspectives, as we witness reactions from not only the cockpit, but also the control tower, the plane's cabin, and rescue units aboard helicopters and boats. Yet this approach, while it offers unique viewpoints, ultimately feels like padding. Sully flies by in a brisk 96 minutes, but it would have been more intense and more involving had the run time been trimmed a bit further. And it doesn't help that its humble hero is such an unremarkable straight arrow; fortunately, that man is played by Tom Hanks, who burrows beneath Sully's plainspoken exterior to deliver an unfussy, graceful performance that is all the more powerful for its subtlety. Eastwood's decision to shoot Sully with IMAX cameras adds a visceral punch to the in-flight scenes, putting viewers right inside the frenetic cabin and cockpit. But the most affecting moment of the film occurs during the final credits, when we are introduced to the real Sully, his wife, and the passengers and crew of Flight 1549. When some of the passengers identify themselves by their seat numbers, the full impact of Sully's remarkable actions hit home with a quiet but blunt force. It will make you thankful that there are still upstanding people like Captain Sullenberger out there when extraordinary events unfold.

All Movie Guide - Tim Holland