Theater Pulls Trailer for 9/11 Film ‘United 93’
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 04.04.06 | 10:39 PM ET
At least one New York movie theater has pulled the trailer for the new 9/11 movie, “United 93,” after one movie-goer who saw it apparently broke down in tears. The film chronicles events aboard the ill-fated United Airlines flight that crashed in a Pennsylvania field despite a heroic passenger revolt. It’s expected to open at the Tribeca Film Festival later this month. In January, we pointed out a New York Times story about the making of the film, then called “Flight 93.” Director Paul Greengrass told the paper, “One of the reasons why Flight 93 exerts such a powerful hold on our imaginations is precisely because we don’t know exactly what happened.” Be that as it may, I won’t be lining up to see the movie. Count me among the many who say it’s way too soon.
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Amy 04.05.06 | 3:22 PM ET
I blogged about this in January when I first saw the trailer while waiting for “Munich” to start. (http://www.amylangfield.com/2006_01_08_archive.html)
I haven’t yet made up my mind about whether to see the movie, but I sure didn’t like being ambushed by the preview.
Jim 04.05.06 | 7:46 PM ET
Amy,
Just read your blog item. Great points. Have they really been running the trailer since January? If so, I’m surprised we didn’t hear more about this earlier. In any case, it’ll be interesting to see how well (or not) the movie does. I have a hard time imagining many people are eager to see it.
Amy 04.06.06 | 7:39 AM ET
I haven’t seen the trailer everyone’s talking about now, but I suppose it could be longer or more vivid than the one I saw. And I don’t know how many other theaters used that trailer I saw at the UA on Court Street—I didn’t hear anyone else talking about it at the time.
Jim 04.07.06 | 1:45 AM ET
Interesting. I wouldn’t be surprised if they swap out the new trailer now for something else.
mike 04.09.06 | 5:46 PM ET
I wouldn’t be surprised if the movie is a big hit. A&E’s TV movie “Flight 93” was the most watched program in the history of the network.