"Captain Sully" restores a flesh-and-blood "Hudson Miracle" creator
In 2009, there was a plane landing incident that shocked people at home and abroad, making the world remember the name "Captain Sully". His decision in 208 seconds made it a reality for the plane to land on the river without anyone killed. Later, New York Governor David Patterson called the incident a "miracle on the Hudson River."
"Miracle on the Hudson River" scene
Now, the story of Captain Sully, the "soul of the incident", has been brought to the screen by Clint Eastwood, and Tom Hanks will recreate this unusually rare landing miracle in "Captain Sully". This is not tom Hanks' first appearance in a biographical film, but the difference between the film and the film of the same genre is that it has an "air crash component" but does not focus on disaster special effects, and it has "a story foundation that makes a legendary life" but only focuses on the days before and after the "forced landing of Flight 1549". It can be said that it is more concentrated than the plot structure of previous biopics.
Tom Hanks plays the legendary captain
And to explain why the film was shot this way, let's review what happened on January 15, 2009.
In the afternoon, Captain Sully served as the captain of a passenger plane from New York's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport. At about 15:27, the plane hit a flock of birds 2 minutes after takeoff, and the two engines failed in succession. Sally quickly communicated with air traffic control staff to discuss the possibility of returning to LaGuardia Airport and landing at Tetboro Airport in New Jersey.
Flight 1549 flew two minutes when it was struck by birds
But soon Captain Sully rejected both options and decided to land on the Hudson River, with the greatest survival rate for personnel. As the plane landed at an altitude of 1,000 feet, Sally reminded everyone to maintain a collision-proof posture and that the plane was about to land on the river. At 15:30:17, the flaps are lowered and the flight recorder stops recording at 15:30:43. The plane landed successfully on the Hudson River, and all 146 passengers and 5 crew members were rescued.
The crew and passengers were all rescued
After the "emergency landing incident", Sully's life underwent a dramatic change, he was hailed by the media as a "national hero", and frequently appeared on the scene of various well-known programs. While talking and laughing with the host, Sully's career is in jeopardy, and his salary has not only been reduced by 40%, but his pension has also been affected. Beginning in January, he and his co-pilot were investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for 18 months, and even within 24 hours, they were ready to get up and answer nuanced questions such as "what did you eat before the incident, did you argue with your wife, and when was the last time you drank?" Sully himself was also plagued by traumatic psychological stress after the landing.
In the film, Captain Sully attends the hearing with a serious look
When clint Eastwood filmed Captain Sully, he chose to devote a great deal of space to the changes in the personal life of Sully and the co-pilot after achieving the "Miracle on the Hudson River". This also explains the motivation of the film's creation, one is to reveal the real situation in the cabin at that time, and the other is to show Captain Sully's dramatic life experience, how he weighs his gains and losses while facing doubts and praise.
And today, Xiaodian Jun will also fully present the details of the Flight 1549 incident, and restore a "Hudson Miracle" creator for everyone that you have never seen before.
The culprit of flight 1549's forced landing was the black-necked black goose
The fatal blow to Flight 1549 was the herd of black-necked black geese flying, which spread its wings at full length of 1.8 meters. Two minutes after Captain Sully took off, flocks of black-necked geese first plastered the front window glass of the cockpit before getting caught up in the engines and shutting them down. Sully later recalled that the scene at that time was like the scene of Hitchcock's "Flock of Birds".
Film of the reactions of passengers in the cabin
After the engine failed, the cabin suddenly died as silent, and after everyone was stunned for a few seconds, a trace of meat paste wafted in. They feared that 9/11 would repeat itself, so some people began to pray, texting and calling their families.
Emergency landing: The whole process took only 208 seconds
In contrast, Captain Sully in the cabin, he also had the fear of misjudging and crashing directly on the ground. This hypothesis appears in the form of dreams and fantasies in the film. Given gravity, he needed to come up with a disposal plan within a few seconds. By the time he radioed passengers to "hug tight" for landing, the plane was less than 90 seconds away from touching the water.
In the film, when Flight 1549 made an emergency landing, the current situation in the cabin
From communicating the plan, having the co-pilot flip through the checklist, and finally drawing conclusions to landing, the whole process took only 208 seconds. It is worth mentioning that the step of flipping through the inspection form, due to the time spent more, has indirectly led to the direct crash of the aircraft. In 1998, it took half an hour for a Swiss airliner to complete the checklist, but it took too long and it crashed to death. But the efficiency of Sully and the co-pilot omits unnecessary time on this step.
Tom Hanks happened to play Captain Sully's composure
In the movie, every step of this urgent landing process has been restored, and Tom Hanks also performed the state of "there are brave people in the world, and they are not alarmed". In other words, the actor himself has this stable and rational temperament, and the role just blends with it.
Behind the rapid popularity: career is in danger
In the first week of the crash, Sully received nearly 350 media interview requests a day. Some media even made up some inaccurate descriptions for the sake of attention, such as "after the plane was forced to land, Captain Sully wore a big hat and drank coffee at the docks, as if nothing had happened", in fact, at that time, he was already numb, not indifferent.
In the film, Captain Sully basically goes everywhere, and there are reporters following
And after that, how hot is Captain Sully? To give a few examples, feel free to feel it. When he went to take a taxi, the driver excitedly said that he was "the only one who brought good news to the country this year"; when he went to the bar, the bar guy excitedly introduced him, and they used the gray goose vodka to distribute water and made a "Sally eponymous wine".
When the Sally family was watching a musical in New York, the heroine said that the captain of Flight 1549 was also offstage after the performance, and the spotlight immediately hit the 4 people, and the audience stood up and gave them 90 seconds of applause. Since then, Sully's talk shows, Super Bowl and other popular shows have been countless. Even Mr. Obama called Sally and invited him to his 2009 inauguration.
Screenshot of The David Letterman Show on the real Captain Sully
But who would have thought that on January 24, Captain Sully suddenly pointed out that his salary had been reduced by 40%, and even his pension had been replaced by a guarantee from the Pension Guarantee Company. At the same time, he was also under the psychological trauma pressure after the forced landing, and for 3 months, he had no appetite, reduced sleep, and would suddenly wake up in the middle of the night, suspecting his behavior at that time. And this psychological pressure, in the form of nightmares and fantasies, presents Sally's tense mental state in the movie.
In the film, a scene in which Captain Sully calls his wife and suffers an emotional breakdown
But after that, there is an 18-month-long NTSB investigation waiting for him. If the results of the investigation have a shred of evidence that a forced landing on the Hudson River is not the best option, then the good reputation accumulated by Captain Sully for 42 years will also be ruined.
NTSB's Harsh Investigation: Did You Have a Fight with Your Wife Yesterday?
There is a line in the film that describes the impact of the NTSB investigation on Captain Sully : "In the past 40 years, although I have safely carried more than 500,000 passengers, I have finally been able to judge my career in these 208 seconds."
Captain Sully and Co-Captain Sully are subject to review by the NTSB
Adhering to the "bold hypothesis, careful verification" NTSB, this time the survey results alone have 213 pages, they not only investigated whether the captain's health and financial situation is good, but also his personal life last year, detailed to each trip from January 12 to 14, "How did you sleep the night before the forced landing, did you quarrel with your wife, when was the last time you drank?" ”
Captain Sully and the co-pilot were at the scene of the trial
And these investigations, which are not trivial, are also reflected in the records:
On January 14, the captain got up at 5:10 a.m. and thought the previous night's sleep quality was good. Went for a walk around in the evening, after dinner, replied with some emails and went to bed at 22:00.
On January 15, the captain got up at 6:40 a.m. and said the quality of sleep was good. ”
The investigation entered a complicated laboratory phase after the discovery of feathers and debris from the aircraft engine and the salvage of the left engine. It wasn't until the bird carcasses were DNA-proofread with the feathers on the engine that the cause of the crash was determined.
The feathers that NTSB found last
On May 4, 2010, the NTSB issued an official statement that the crash was purely accidental and affirmed Captain Saren's approach. Three weeks later, the NTSB released a 213-page accident report, and the accident scene was animated, and the investigation was completed.
In the film, the NTSB has been trying to use computer simulation experiments to overturn Captain Sully's "talk of experience"
In the film, in order to add to the drama, this year-long thing is condensed into 1 and a half hours, and the NTSB is also portrayed as an aggressive figure, who is eager to prove that Captain Sully is a "liar". In the second half of the film, the debate between the NTSB and Captain Sully is particularly exciting, and it continues until the end of the film.
Wife on the forced landing incident: too cold?
In the film, Sally's wife, Lowry, is in a state of extreme anxiety most of the time, including her phone conversation with Sally, but also thinking about how to face the media outside the door, rather than caring about Sally's inner feelings.
Captain Sully admitted that he had indeed had an argument with his wife because of the forced landing
And this situation does exist in reality, but it is not as exaggerated as in the film. After the crash, Lori had a hard time controlling his emotions, and Sally was unable to communicate adequately because he was assigned to attend various occasions. Thankfully, Sally realized the seriousness of the problem and got through it together.
The real Captain Sully with Mrs. Lori
In fact, due to the peculiarities of Sally's work, he has been away from home more than at home. In his biography "The Highest Duty", he once said that there was a leak in the pool. Once, the home pool cracked, 1/4 of the water down the side window of the house, Lori panicked to call Sally, but Sally was about to fly, had to say a sentence "Sorry, my plane is going to take off, turn off the filter pump, hurry up and call the person who manages the pool to come and fix it."
Surprise of the movie: The event witnesses participated in the filming
In the run-up to the film, Eastwood didn't want to invent any non-existent dangers or add additional fears, only to show Sully's most primitive motivation. As a result, in the screenwriting column of the film, the name of the real Captain Sully can be seen, and he also reads through the script with Tom Hanks to confirm the details.
The real Captain Sully was on set
The surprise of the film is not only that Captain Sully personally participated in the screenwriting work. After the forced landing of Flight 1549, the ferry captains who came to the rescue and the divers who jumped into the river participated in the filming of the film, recreating the unforgettable day of a lifetime.
A ferry that comes to the rescue
The real Captain Sully retired on March 3, 2010, but he has not disappeared from sight. Since then, he has given many speeches on "Opportunities and Challenges and Teamwork" in large forums and conferences. And was hired by CBS News as an aviation and flight security expert.
Real Captain Sully speaks at LIONs International Conference in Sydney
Looking at Captain Sully's life after the "forced landing", some people may not understand his popularity, but at that time, the United States was at the time of the transition of the old and new presidents, and some people felt that they could not see the future and had lost their way to society.
The "1549 Flight Crash Incident" incident, because everyone returned safely and unharmed, suddenly made the citizens feel that they were adhering to the right concept. In the movie, there is also a line that describes the incident as "the best news heard this year."
The film's slogan is also a pun
It can be said that this forced landing incident has made people see hope for the future. And what the film finally presents to everyone is this hope.
➤ Writer / Liang Xiaoliang Editor / Mainland