The Flight That Fought Back

The Flight That Fought Back
DVD cover of The Flight That Fought Back
Directed by	Bruce Goodison
Produced by	Phil Craig
Written by	Phil Craig Victoria Spark
Release dates	September 11, 2005 (2005-09-11)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Flight That Fought Back is a docudrama film produced by the London-based company Brook Lapping Productions for the Discovery Channel, about United Airlines Flight 93. The program debuted in the United States on September 11, 2005, marking the fourth anniversary of the event on which it is based.

The dramatic film, narrated by Kiefer Sutherland and a cast of actors playing hijackers, passengers and crew, reconstructs the events that led to Flight 93's crash in Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania, approximately 150 miles (240 km) northwest of Washington, D.C., during the September 11 attacks in 2001. It proved to be highly popular when it debuted on the fourth anniversary of the terrorist attacks and eventually aired internationally.

Music

Original music was provided for the film by London-based post-rock musician Mark Beazley, more frequently known as Rothko, and composer Gavin Skinner. The film was directed by Bruce Goodison and edited by London-based documentary filmmaker Joby Gee. It starred Greg Benson as passenger Todd Burnett, Jason LeGrande as passenger Mark Bingham, and Pej Vahdat as terrorist Ziad Jarrah.

Charity

Discovery is donating all proceeds from sales from the DVD to the construction of the permanent Flight 93 National Memorial.

Reception

The film received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Made for Television Movie.

International release

The film aired on Five in the United Kingdom on January 5, 2006; on Channel One in Russia on September 8, 2007; on the Japanese Discovery Channel as well as the German television channel Kabel1 on September 11, 2007; and on Irish channel RTÉ2 on September 11, 2010.

External links

United Airlines Flight 93

Core topics	Newark Liberty International Airport Flight 93 conspiracy theories

Passengers	Todd Beamer Mark Bingham Tom Burnett Jeremy Glick Lauren Grandcolas LeRoy Homer, Jr.

Hijackers	Ziad Jarrah Ahmed al-Nami Saeed al-Ghamdi Ahmed al-Haznawi

Crash locations	Shanksville, Pennsylvania Somerset County, Pennsylvania Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Films	United 93 Flight 93 The Flight That Fought Back I Missed Flight 93

Memorials	Flight 93 National Memorial Temporary memorial Mall of America Flight 93 Memorial Highway West Coast Flight 93 Memorial USS Somerset

Miscellaneous	Let's roll Delta Air Lines Flight 1989 Steven O'Brien Flight of Valor

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