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Film · 2015

Original languageEnglish

Runtime

GenreDramaHistory

Set in1976,2001,2002
Letterboxd average
4.1 / 5
Saltiness

Fewer grains = more historically accurate.

Shelfmark MS 0290Last checked

Directed byTom McCarthy
39 years
between the events and the release
1976 → 2015

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Event

A set of hijacking-based suicide attacks carried out by the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda against various targets in the United States on September 11, 2001. Al-Qaeda operatives took control of several commercial airliners, ramming two into the Twin Towers in New York City and a third into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. The fourth aircraft crashed in an isolated area following an attempted seizure of control from the passengers.

filed under 2001

Runs throughPost-Cold War Era2War on Terror

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Production Information

Written by
Tom McCarthyJosh Singer
Cinematography
Masanobu Takayanagi
Production design
Stephen H. Carter
Costume design
Wendy Chuck
Music by
Howard Shore
Production country
United States
Budget
$20 million
Box office
$98.7 million

Credits, budget, box office and production countries from TMDB.

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