Sully (film)

Sully
Theatrical release poster
Directed byClint Eastwood
Written byTodd Komarnicki
Based on
Highest Duty
by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTom Stern
Edited byBlu Murray
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • September 2, 2016 (2016-09-02) (Telluride)
  • September 9, 2016 (2016-09-09) (United States)
Running time
96 minutes[1][2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$60 million[3][4]
Box office$240.8 million[5]

Sully (also known as Sully: Miracle on the Hudson[6]) is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Todd Komarnicki, based on the 2009 autobiography Highest Duty by Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow. Tom Hanks stars as Sullenberger, with Aaron Eckhart as Jeffrey Skiles, and co-stars Laura Linney, Anna Gunn, Autumn Reeser, Holt McCallany, and Jamey Sheridan. The film follows Sullenberger's 2009 emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River, in which all 155 passengers and crew survived, and the subsequent publicity and investigation.

Sully premiered at the 43rd Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2016, and was released in the United States by Warner Bros. on September 9, 2016, in conventional and IMAX theaters.[2] The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed over $240 million worldwide, but created controversy with its fictionalized portrayal of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as "prosecutorial and closed-minded." The American Film Institute and National Board of Review both selected it as one of their ten best films of 2016,[7] and it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing at the 89th Academy Awards.

  1. ^ "Sully (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. September 5, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Sully | Nearby Showtimes, Movie Tickets". IMAX. April 26, 2016. Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference DDD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Faughnder, Ryan (September 6, 2016). "'Sully' and 'When the Bough Breaks' to choke 'Don't Breathe' at the box office". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 7, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "Sully (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 9, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  6. ^ "Sully: Miracle on the Hudson (2016 Sully Movie) - Warner Bros. UK". Warnerbros.co.uk. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  7. ^ Hipes, Patrick (December 8, 2016). "AFI Awards: Best Of 2016 List Includes 'Silence', 'Hacksaw Ridge' & More". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.