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Family members of those killed gather during the commemoration ceremony of the Sept. 11 attacks at the World Trade Center site in New York (AP)
Filming 9/11
Story aired: Friday, September 09, 2005



Hollywood is turning its lens on 9/11. Paramount Pictures is planning a film directed by Oliver Stone, the man behind Platoon, JFK, and Wall Street. It will star Nicholas Cage and Michael Pena as port authority officers trapped under the wreckage of the twin towers.

Universal Pictures says, their feature film will center around Flight 93, the plane that crashed in a Pennsylvania field after a valiant take over by passengers it will be helmed by British director Paul Greengrass, probably best known for "The Bourne Supremacy."

Guests:


Renee Graham, critic for the Boston Globe

David Wildman, Film Critic

Related Links:


9/11 Movie from Oliver Stone and Nicolas Cage (Movie Blog)

Greengrass Flies To 9/11 Film (Empire Online)

Renee Graham Reviews

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