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United 93 (2006)

Drama, History, Crime, Thriller, Action • 1h 51m

Overview

A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

Director: Paul Greengrass

Cast: J.J. Johnson, Gary Commock, Polly Adams, Opal Alladin, Starla Benford, Trish Gates, Nancy McDoniel, David Alan Basche, Richard Bekins, Susan Blommaert, Ray Charleson, Christian Clemenson, Liza Colón-Zayas, Lorna Dallas, Denny Dillon, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Kate Jennings Grant, Peter Hermann, Tara Hugo, Marceline Hugot, Cheyenne Jackson, Joe Jamrog, Corey Johnson, Masato Kamo, Becky London, Peter Marinker, Jodie Lynne McClintock, Libby Morris, Tom O'Rourke, Simon Poland, David Rasche, Erich Redman, Michael J. Reynolds, John Rothman, Daniel Sauli, Rebecca Schull, Chloe Sirene, Olivia Thirlby, Chip Zien, Leigh Zimmerman, Khalid Abdalla, Lewis Alsamari, Omar Berdouni, Jamie Harding, Thomas Roberts, Michael Bencal, Tom Fitzgerald, Bard Marques, John Moraitis, Scott Tourin, Amanda Boxer, Morgan Deare, Daniel Fraser, Ben Sliney, Tobin Miller, Rich Sullivan, Tony Smith, Michael Bofshever, Carol Bento, Robert Serviss, Matt Siebert, Peter Wong, James Fox, Shawna Fox, Jeremy Powell, Patrick St. Esprit, Gregg Henry, Karen Kirkpatrick, Curt Applegate, Kevin Delaney, John Kaplun, John E. Smith, Peter Pellicane, Greg Callahan, Rick Tepper, Bill Walsh, Rose Davidson, Alice Dinnean, Martin Heathcote, Bret Jones, Jeffrey Lipman Snr, Lordan Napoli, Simon Shelton

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5.1 Mix: 2011 US Universal Blu-ray

Format

UHD Blu-ray

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Solid
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Length

111 mins

Type

Movie

Alternative Titles

United 93 (Flight 93)

Last Updated

9 hours ago

Contributors

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5.1 Mix: 2011 US Universal Blu-ray

Format
UHD Blu-ray
UHD Tiers
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Length
111 mins
Type
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Alternative Titles
United 93 (Flight 93)
Last Updated
9 hours ago
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