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Watch the atmos­pher­ic first trail­er for Clint Eastwood’s Sully

01 Jul 2016

Words by Charlie Theobald

The direc­tor has recruit­ed Tom Han­ks for this drama­ti­sa­tion of a US Air­ways pilot’s Hud­son Riv­er heroics.

The Mir­a­cle on the Hud­son” is mak­ing it to the big screen. In 2009, Cap­tain Ches­ley Sul­ly’ Sul­len­berg­er made an emer­gency land­ing on the Hud­son Riv­er after col­li­sion with a flock of geese caused engines to fail on US Air­ways Flight 1549. The image is still fresh six years after the fact: 155 pas­sen­gers wait for res­cue, stand­ing on an airplane’s wings as it slow­ly sinks into the freez­ing river.

Clint Eastwood’s lat­est tells the untold sto­ry’ of how Cap­tain Sul­ly came under intense scruti­ny dur­ing sub­se­quent inves­ti­ga­tions of the emer­gency land­ing, even as he was made a nation­al hero overnight. The film is based on Sullenberger’s own auto­bi­og­ra­phy, High­est Duty: My Search for What Real­ly Mat­ters’ and stars a sil­ver-haired Tom Han­ks in the title role.

In an inter­view with Peo­ple mag­a­zine, co-star Aaron Eck­hart spoke of Hank’s invest­ment in the role: He start­ed hold­ing him­self straight like Sul­ly did, and his econ­o­my of speech, and all of that sort of stuff that real­ly nailed the pre­ci­sion of Cap­tain Sul­len­berg­er. It was real­ly impres­sive.” Sul­len­berg­er him­self is said to have vis­it­ed the film’s pro­duc­tion often, includ­ing when the crew decon­struct­ed an Air­bus A320 and reassem­bled the air­craft in a pool on the Warn­er Bros lot. Watch the first trail­er above and let us know your thoughts @LWLies

Sul­ly is released 9 September.

Dark, moody film poster featuring a close-up portrait of a man in a suit against a dark background, with the film's title "SULLY" prominently displayed.
Two illustrated book covers depicting a smiling Black man wearing a hat and tie, with a city skyline in the background

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