is the movie Flight 93 based on actaul facts or is it a work of fiction?
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It really happened. On September 11, 2001. It is about the plane the terrorists were trying to steer into the White House, but the passengers overpowered them, and it flew into the ground in Pennyslvania instead. \n\nBecause many of the passengers were able to use their cell phones to make calls to both family and to authorities, plus what they could get from the conversations from the tapes in the cockpit, they were able to piece together a fairly close depiction of actual events. \n\nIt is supposed to be really good, leaving nothing to the imagination. I will not be seeing it, becuase as a Flight Attendant for United Airlines at that time and suffering from post-traumatic syndrome since then, I don't need any set backs. I am only now starting to peek out of my shell.
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The movie was based on a book but there is no indication that was a true story.\n\nHere are some sites about the movie:\nhttp://www.lagaan.com/\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagaan\nhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169102/\n\nHere are some sites about Cricket:\nhttp://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/hosking/cricket/explanation.htm\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/cricket/rules/default.stm\nhttp://www.allworldknowledge.com/cricket/
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Fiction. Here's why:\n1-The entire United States intelligence community knew of the 9/11 attacks before hand, including the fact that commercial jets were to be used as bombs; they also knew the approximate dates and possible targets but were called off their investigations.\n2-There is incontrovertible evidence that the US Air Force all across the country was comprehensively "stood down" on the morning of September 11th. Routine security measures, normally in place, which may well have been able to prevent the attacks, or reduce their impact, were suspended for one hour while the attacks were in progress, and re-instated once they were over.\n3-Neither the Joint Chief of Staff, the Secretary of Defense nor the President of the United States acted according to well established emergency protocols.\n4-Prior to 9/11, the US intelligence agencies should have stopped the nineteen terrorists from entering this country for intelligence reasons, alone. Fifteen of the nineteen hijackers' visas should have been unquestionably denied because their applications were incomplete and incorrect.\n5-How did many of the hijackers receive clearance for training at secure U.S. military and intelligence facilities, and for what purposes? Many of the terrorist pilots received their initial training in Venice, Florida at one of two flight schools of highly questionable credibility and with approval of US intelligence.\n6-At a time when the U.S. intelligence community was on alert for an imminent Al-Qaeda attack, the Bush Administration made it easier for Saudi visitors to come to the U.S. under a program called U.S. Visa Express, introduced four months before September 11th.\n7-The September 11th disaster has resulted in power and profit at home and abroad by both the Bin Laden and the Bush families.\n8-Revelations of profits made by insider trading relating to the 9/11 attacks, point to the top levels of US business and the CIA. \n9-Selected persons were told not to fly that day. Newsweek reported that on September 10th, "a group of top Pentagon officials suddenly canceled travel plans for the next morning, apparently because of security concerns." \n10-In June of 2001, the FAA rescinded a 40-year-old rule allowing pilots to carry guns into the cockpit.\n11-In July of 2001, a CIA official was reported to have met with Osama bin Laden, who was receiving treatment for kidney problems at an American hospital in Dubai. \n12-On the morning of 9/11, Sen. Bob Graham (head of Senate Intelligence Committee) and Rep. Porter Goss (head of House Intelligence Committee) had breakfast with General Mahmoud Ahmad, head of Pakistani Intelligence, who had earlier directed that $100,000 be wired to Mohamad Atta, terrorist ringleader.\n13-The official story is that the black boxes (voice and data recorders) from Flight 11 and Flight 175 were never retrieved from the World Trade Tower wreckage. However, firefighters Mike Bellone and Nicholas DeMasi say they assisted the FBI in retrieving three of the four black boxes in December, 2001.\n\nIn response to the guy posting after me, try reading the 9/11 Commission Report. I have added links to other sources below:
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I'm not to sure of this ,but I think I once read somewhere\nabout bomber crews of the R.A.F. and the U.S.A.A.F.(as it was then)reporting strange looking aircraft that they saw in European skies,try the reference library,a fascinating subject,best of luck with it
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Fictional, the movie was based off a book
665487
Well I haven't seen the movie or read the book but I know what it's about and I think the controversy that has been stirred up is crazy! I mean, it's called fiction, people. Wake up! Sure, Dan's based it on some historical facts but I think people need to get over themselves (sorry if I sound a bit rude, I'm just really sick of everyone complaining about it and all that) It's not true. Fiction. Believe in your religion and don't change any of your beliefs because of a fictional story.
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I don't think it's too soon, but I also think that something like that is pretty personal.\n\nI think the fact that many if not all of the familys that had someone on Flight 93 are ok with it and some are even promoting it leads me to believe that it's not too early.\n\nI think talking about bad things that happen usually helps the healing process and almost 5 years has passed since it happened.\n\nIf you're not ready, don't see it, but I don't think it's out of line that the movie was made.
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As long it stays as fact and not fiction. US films tend to exagerate the facts and manipulate information beyond recognition to suit a dramatic plot and this could lead people to assume things that didn't happen. Look at the amount of people that think the Da Vinci code is real?\n\nTrue 9/11 did happen but if the film doesn't stick to facts there could be an uprising of hate again.
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If you mean was the government story about what happened a hoax? Absolutely. But the event itself was all too real ... 3000 people and several buildings are gone.\n\nFor a fantastic documentary exploring many of the questions about what happened 9-11, watch Loose Change.\nGoogle video has it here for free:\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848
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People are going to believe what they want to believe.  I saw a plane crash into a building.  Was it real or was it created by Hollywood.  The only people that really know are the one's that were there.  Al Qaida has taken resposibility for the 911 attacks. So? Who do you think did it?
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Some of what is presented in "loose change" can be disputed to the point of possibly being coincidental or hear say.\n\nBut there are also things that are pointed out in the film that cannot be disputed, as it would violate the laws of physics for them to have occurred in the way that our government has led us to believe.\n\nI have been doing research on both sides of this issue and there are several items that violate physics.\n\n1. No mater how structurally compromised the struck floors were, the towers could not have fallen at free fall speed. This can only occur when there is no support anywhere under the falling structure.\n\n2. You cannot take out multiple light poles on the way into the pentagon with out leaving massive amounts of debris in the path from the poles knocking chunks out of the plane much less the flaming fuel spill it would have produced. The Boeing fuel tests proved that a plane hitting even a single light pole would rip the wing off creating a huge fireball immediately. There was no debris or scorch marks anywhere other than the scorch marks at the building itself.\n\nThe laws of physics do not conveniently change for anyone no matter how much rhetoric that people spew. We will probably never know the truth about who was responsible, but we do know that the story our government has fed us doesn't hold water.
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Is Mission Impossible true?\nIs Star Wars true?\nIs American Pie true?\nIs Brokeback Mountain true?\n\nOf course not! Total fiction.
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Haven't seen the movie, yet. I liked the book as a work of fiction though. It really kept me entertained. I don't see why so many people are believeing it as fact, though. Its not like Dan Brown is a theologian. He's a novelist. People should read his other stuff, though... it gives a clearer idea of what kind of stuff the guy writes.
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I have seen United 93.  If you do not want to see it, that is fine, but don't knock it before you see it.  United 93 is an amazing tribute to the memories of these heroes on flight 93.  And yes, they portray them just that way, heroic.  These passengers saved hundreds, if not thousands of lives and our Nations Capitol!  10% of the opening weekend gross is pledged to go to the United 93 memorial.  That is over 1 million dollars.  Also, they contacted all of the family members of the victims of United 93 who approved of its making.  If the families can accept the movie, why can't we?  \nJerry Bingham's son, Mark, died on United Flight 93.  He has been quoted by the Sun-Sentinel in Florida that he wants people to watch this movie.  Yes, it is hard to watch, and he, like so many others, cried during the movie.  But he also says that he exhaled a sigh of relief, knowing that the filmmakers have honored their memory.\nThis movie is not flashy with big Hollywood names and special effects.  Several FAA and Military personnel working on 9/11 played themselves in the movie.     \nWe cannot ignore the attacks of 9/11.  What, if we don't talk about it, it never happened?  Will that make the pain go away? NO!  Put it out there, in a RESPECTFUL way, the way this film did, and begin to heal that way.\nThe timing is NOT too soon.  In fact, when most people think of 9/11, they think of the two planes that went into the towers.  United 93 has never gotten the recognition it deserved, and perhaps memories of this flight were even beginning to fade a little.  This movie refreshes our memories and honors theirs.   \n  I will tell you the movie I AM very skeptical of, and that is one due out sometime this year about the World Trade Center. Nick Cage is in that one.
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It is known, from cell phone conversations originating on board the plane, that the passengers fought back against the hijackers on board Flight 93.  It is most likely (but not certain) that the hijackers crashed the plane rather than allow the passengers to win the fight and bring the hijackers to justice.  Pigs, the whole lot of them (the hijackers, that is - the passengers were uncommonly brave).\nThere were no military aircraft anywhere in that area on the morning of Sept. 11th.  But there sure were a lot of them over every major American city later that day; I saw two F-16s flying combat air patrol over Baltimore in the mid-afternoon.\nBTW, none of the 19 Sept. 11th swine...uh, excuse me, hijackers, were Iraqi citizens.
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There is no true story or real people.  It is a work of fiction.  The movie was based on the Stephen King novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption".
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Yes, It's "supposedly" based on true events!!\n\nWHAT MOVIES.COM SAYS ABOUT THE MOVIE:\nTwo hundred years ago in Tennessee, a demon called Old Kate takes up residence with the family of John Bell (Donald Sutherland). It torments them, and even causes a man's death. A local schoolteacher, Richard Powell (D'Arcy), witnesses the events and writes them down for his daughter.\n\nI saw this movie tonight. I was pleasantly surprised because this movie was GREAT!!!! My favorite genre of movie is suspenseful/thrillers (psychological) movies, and this movie had the BEST ending, my jaw almost hit the floor!! LOL I would not classify this movie has a horror movie, it's more of a thriller. So for those of you who want to see a scary movie (it had a few scary moments...there were some jumps and screams in the theater) this may not be the movie for you.