The captain William “Whip” Whitaker of South Jet Air is a divorced man with an estranged ex-wife and son and is having an affair with the flight attendant Katerina “Trina” Marquez. Whip spends the night in Orlando with Trina drinking and using cocaine. On the next morning, he assumes the Flight 227 to Atlanta and he faces turbulence at the take-off.
Out of the blue, the plane has a mechanical problem and the skilled Whip crashes the plane in an empty field and saves the lives of ninety-six persons on board; however, four passengers and two crew members are killed. Whip learns that there will be an investigation by his friend Charlie Anderson from the union and the defense lawyer Hugh Lang tells him that he may have a life sentence since his blood test indicates that he was intoxicated with alcohol and drugs. Charlie and Hugh also advise him to keep sober over the next few days. But Whip is an alcoholic and struggles to control his addiction.
Flight is a 2012 American drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by John Gatins. It stars Denzel Washington as William “Whip” Whitaker Sr., an alcoholic airline pilot who miraculously crash-lands his plane after it suffers an in-flight mechanical failure, saving nearly everyone on board. Immediately following the crash, he is hailed a hero, but an investigation soon leads to questions that put the captain in a different light.
This film is inspired by the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261. A box office success generating positive reviews, Flight is the first live-action film directed by Zemeckis since Cast Away and What Lies Beneath in 2000, and his first R-rated film since Used Cars in 1980. The film was nominated twice at the 85th Academy Awards, for Best Actor (Washington) and Best Original Screenplay (Gatins).
Flight (2012)
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Denzel Washington, Nadine Velazquez, Don Cheadle, Adam C. Edwards, Tamara Tunie, Brian Geraghty, Kelly Reilly, Conor O’Neill, Charlie E. Schmidt, Will Sherrod, Dane Davenport
Screenplay by: John Gatins
Production Design by: Nelson Coates
Cinematography by: Don Burgess
Film Editing by: Jeremiah O’Driscoll
Costume Design by: Louise Frogley
Set Decoration by: James Edward Ferrell Jr.
Art Direction by: David Lazan
Music by: Alan Silvestri
MPAA Rating: R for drug and alcohol abuse, language, sexuality / nudity and an intense action sequence.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: November 2, 2012
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