On Thursday, January 15th, 2009, the world witnessed the "Miracle on the Hudson" when Captain Chesley Sullenberger, nicknamed "Sully" & is portrayed by Tom Hanks glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career.
January 15, 2009 the aircraft, which was carrying 155 people, took off from New York's airport for domestic routes. A few seconds after take-off, meeting with a bird flock, the plane lost both engines and was forced to make an emergency landing. The crew commander pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger decided to land the plane on the water surface of the Hudson, in spite of the recommendations of the controllers. Well coordinated work of the crew and shore services produced results - none of the passengers of the flight, not only did not die, but not even hurt any seriously. However, despite the fact that all Sally called a hero, the pilot will have to answer before the flight commission, because he subjected the people, it would seem unnecessary risk. The pilot has only a few days, for which he must either have confidence in his actions, or give up under the pressure of engineers and theorists who claim that the plane could land at the airport.
The picture, taken by Clint Eastwood, and even with Tom Hanks in the title role, can not pass by the audience and critics - in any case such a picture if you do not become the main contender for the "Oscars", you probably will be able to compete for a couple of nominations . But it is worth, and to give aware of the fact that such advances like more tape obtained by inertia, in the hope that already have master's hand will not tremble, they will not remove the small stuff and participate in the project will not pass-through. "Miracle on the Hudson" - of course, not nonsense, but a profound work of the film is not called. And it's not Eastwood or Hanks, and in the stories.
Eastwood trick, however, is that, as a true Republican, he skillfully glorifies patriotism. Not in the cheap popular form in which this noble impulse transformed into Russia, and with all the attributes of the bright - directed chants of people doing their job and thus benefiting the country. Eastwood America - a country of heroes, which really was not enough good news about the aircraft. Pilots in the country perform miracles piloting, flight attendants rescue passengers, ferry captains instantly appear next to the crash site, the Coast Guard in a minute after the crash leads rescue operations, divers dive, journalists scurry mayor rushes, rejecting all things, on the embankment of the river. All the applause behind the Stars and Stripes. And it is not reproach - all of it was, to rescue the passengers and crew took only 24 minutes.
