Flight

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Flight is a 2012 American drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis, centered on an airline pilot whose heroic emergency landing leads to a harrowing investigation into his personal struggles with addiction.

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instanceOf American drama film
film
boxOfficeGrossUSD 161800000
budgetUSD 31000000
centralEvent crash of SouthJet Flight 227
characterIn Whip Whitaker
cinematographyBy Don Burgess
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Robert Zemeckis
distributor Paramount Pictures
editedBy Jeremiah O’Driscoll
follows airline pilot Whip Whitaker
genre addiction drama
drama film
leadActor Denzel Washington
leadCharacterName Whip Whitaker
leadCharacterOccupation airline pilot
mainSubject alcoholism
aviation accident investigation
drug addiction
mpaaRating R
musicBy Alan Silvestri
narrativeLocation Atlanta
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
originalLanguage English
portrays National Transportation Safety Board investigation
heroic emergency landing
substance abuse in commercial aviation
premiereLocation New York Film Festival
producer Jack Rapke
Laurie MacDonald
Robert Zemeckis
Walter F. Parkes NERFINISHED
productionCompany ImageMovers
Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation
releaseDate 2012-10-14
runtimeMinutes 138
screenplayType original screenplay
screenwriter John Gatins
setInPeriod early 21st century
starring Bruce Greenwood
Denzel Washington
Don Cheadle
John Goodman
Kelly Reilly
Melissa Leo
Tamara Tunie
theatricalReleaseDate 2012-11-02

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Robert Zemeckis directed Flight
John Goodman notableWork Flight
Flight 5 seriesTitle Flight