The Hollywood Reporter, SEPTEMBER 06, 2016 4:42pm PT by
Ashley Lee
'Sully' Premiere: Clint Eastwood Defends Scenes of Planes
Crashing Into Manhattan Skyscrapers
Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Frank Marshall and more hit the
buzzy NYC premiere of the film — out, coincidentally, on the Sept. 11
anniversary weekend.
Just blocks away from the Hudson River, Clint Eastwood, Tom
Hanks and the cast of Sully touched down at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall
for the Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow docudrama's New York premiere.
In the film, Hanks portrays Chesley "Sully"
Sullenberger, the American pilot who landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the
Hudson in January 2009. "His reputation was at stake," the actor told
The Hollywood Reporter. "This man had done his job perfectly for 4 million
passengers, and, as he says in the movie, his entire career was going to be
judged on 208 seconds, as opposed to the thousands and thousands of hours he
did his job perfectly."
The big-screen retelling of the Miracle-on-the-Hudson includes
sequences of planes crashing into Manhattan skyscrapers. "It's just a bad
dream sequence, and what could have happened if he didn't make the right
decision," explained Eastwood. "The spirit it gave back the city,
even though it was a tragic loss of a plane, there was no tragic loss of
life."
Screenwriter Todd Komarnicki further echoed that Sully's
feat is "the inverted story of 9/11," and adding the sequences allows
Americans "to reclaim that narrative. That narrative was laid on us by
people who are enemies of our country; this is a story of heroism in New York
City."
As far as the coincidental release of the film of the 15th
anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Komarnicki attributes it to box-office
logistics. "It's totally coincidental because of limited Imax screens ...
didn't have room in the summer and Christmas is all Star Wars. Very
ironic."
Aaron Eckhart, Mike O'Malley, Frank Marshall and more
celebrated the evening at Tavern on the Green with Rita Wilson, Alison
Williams, Katie Couric and the plane's real-life crew, plus Sullenberger
himself — sans white mustache, a look Wilson embraced on Hanks, her husband.
"I considered him a blonde, and he was definitely having more fun!"
she laughed.
Family affair! Clint Eastwood is every bit the proud papa as
he is joined by children Scott and Francesca at LA premiere of Sully
He is an Oscar winning director and actor. But it looks like
Clint Eastwood's favourite accomplishment is being a father. The 86-year-old
Hollywood legend was joined by his son Scott and daughter Francesca at the Los
Angeles premiere of Sully on Thursday night.
Clint, who directed the film, looked overjoyed to be joined by his
30-year-old son and 23-year-old daughter at the Directors Guild of America.
The Unforgiven actor even put his arm around his youngest
child and flashed a smile at her as they posed for snaps on the red carpet. No
doubt the proud father was happy to see his daughter as they greeted each other
with a hug and a kiss upon her arrival. Clint looked dapper in a black suit
over a light blue dress shirt and blue and silver striped tie. Francesca looked
good in a silky black dress and an on-trend burgundy choker. Her raven-coloured
tresses were worn down flowing over her shoulders as she sported natural,
complimentary make-up on her face.
Scott looked handsome in a denim button-down top with black
jeans as his locks were combed to the side and had a bit of scruff on his face.
The Suicide Squad actor recently gushed about his legendary father for their
September cover of Esquire magazine. Scott said: 'My father’s definitely
old-school. And he raised me with integrity—to be places on time, show up and
work hard.'
As Clint has had a successful transition from actor to
director, Scott has expressed interest in doing the same thing as he said:
'Like he says, its feast or famine for an actor. 'If you’re not creating your
own material, then you’re just fighting for whatever’s out there. I definitely
have the desire to go to the other side.'
In Clint's most recent project, he takes on the true-to-life
story of pilot Chesley Sullenberger who became an instant hero after gliding a
commercial plane into the Hudson River therefore saving over 150 crew and
passengers. Tom Hanks is the lead actor in the flick as he takes on the role of
the pilot nicknamed Sully with Aaron Eckhart playing co-pilot Jeff Skiles.
Sully is set for
release in the US on Friday with a UK release on 2 December.
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