The Flight That Fought Back

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2005 American TV series or program

The Flight That Fought Back

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Written by| Phil Craig
Victoria Spark
Directed by| Bruce Goodison
Starring| Kiefer Sutherland
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
Production
Producer| Phil Craig
Running time| 90 minutes
Original release
Release| September 11, 2005 (2005-09-11)

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 featuring a cast of actors playing hijackers, passengers and crew, and interviews with witnesses and relatives/acquaintances of the real individuals involved, 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.

## Crew

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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 Tom Burnett, Jason LeGrande as passenger Mark Bingham, and Pej Vahdat as terrorist Ziad Jarrah.

## Charity

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

## Reception

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The film received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Made-for-Television Movie.[1]

## International release

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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.

## See also

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* Flight 93 (disambiguation)

## References

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1. ^ "'Grey's,' '24' among top Emmy nominees". CNN. July 6, 2006. Retrieved July 10, 2008.

## External links

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* Official website on Discovery.com
* The Flight That Fought Back at IMDb
* The Flight That Fought Back at AllMovie

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United Airlines Flight 93

Core topics|

* Newark Liberty International Airport
* Flight 93 conspiracy theories

Crew or 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
* Korean Air Flight 85
* Steven O'Brien
* Flight of Valor

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* Commons
* Category

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