Sully
2016
***½
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Tom Hanks, Blake Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Anna Gunn, Autumn Reeser, Ann Cusack, Holt McCallany, Mike O'Malley, Jamey Sheridan
In January 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 hit a flock of birds right after take-off from LaGuardia airport, and was forced to make an emergency landing on the Hudson River, with no casualties. In the aftermath, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger attempts to come to terms with his actions while the National Transportation Safety Board investigates whether he could have brought the plane safely back to an airport. As a director, Clint Eastwood is first and foremost a great storyteller who is not known for superfluous visual fireworks. This is not the most exciting film in the recent memory, but it is a tightly scripted drama with a wonderful lead performance from Tom Hanks. Todd Komarnicki scripted from Highest Duty by Chesley Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow.
