The true story of Port Authority policemen John McLoughlin and William J. Jimeno, who volunteered for rescue duty and became trapped in the rubble of the Towers on September 11, 2001. The men became two of the last survivors extracted from Ground Zero. It is a story of the true heroes and of that fateful time in United States history, when buildings would fall and heroes would rise, literally from the ashes to inspire the entire human race.
MPAA rating: PG-13; for intense & emotional content, some disturbing images & language.|||adult
Paramount Pictures ; Double Feature Films ; Intermedia Films ; produced by Moritz Borman, Debra Hill, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Oliver Stone ; written by Andrea Berloff ; directed by Oliver Stone.
Based on the true story by John McLoughlin & Donna McLoughlin and William Jimeno & Allison Jimeno.
Special features: Commentaries with Oliver Stone, real life survivors & rescuers; Additional scenes with optional commentary by Oliver Stone.
Maria Bello, Connor Paolo, Anthony Piccininni, Alexa Geraimovich, Morgan Flynn, Michael Peña, Armando Riesco, Jay Hernandez, Jon Bernthal, Nicolas Cage, Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Director of photography, Seamus McGarvey ; art director, Richard L. Johnson ; editors, David Brenner, Julie Monroe ; music, Craig Armstrong ; costume designer, Michael Dennison ; production designer, Jan Roelfs ; special effects supervisors, Martin Bresin, Chris Hampton ; visual effects supervisor, John Scheele.
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., surround.
English or dubbed French dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles.
