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 enlarge | Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Connor Paolo
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  137 reviews
Sales Rank: 44342
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 129
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: PARBR119974
UPC: 097361199740
EAN: 0097361199740
ASIN: B000JMK6LM
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: June 3, 2008
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Regardless of whether it was "too early" in 2006 to dramatize the events of September 11th, 2001, World Trade Center succeeds as a tribute to the courage and sacrifice of those who served at "ground zero" in the wake of terrorist attacks on the WTC's twin towers in New York City. Removed from the politics of war and terrorism (yet still, like all films, inherently political in expressing its point of view), Oliver Stone's potent drama focuses on the nightmarish ordeal, and subsequent rescue, of Port Authority policemen John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Will Jimeno (Michael Pena), who were buried deeply within the rubble of the WTC after the twin towers collapsed. Granted, it's only the film's historical context that distinguishes it from any other dramatic rescue story, but in focusing on the goodness of humanity in response to the evil of terrorists who remain unnamed and off-screen, Stone and first-time screenwriter Andrea Berloff create an emotional context as powerful as anything Stone has directed since Platoon. Even as he resorts to some questionable tactics typically lacking in subtlety, Stone refrains from much of the blunt-force filmmaking that has made him a critical punching bag, rising to this challenging occasion with a heartfelt and deeply American portrait of unity - personal, familial, and national. Flaws and all, World Trade Center serves an honorable purpose, reminding us all that for those fleeting days in September 2001, America showed its best face to a sympathetic world. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description
Two port authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the world trade center. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 10/19/2006 Starring: Nicholas Cage Maggie Gyllenhaal Run time: 128 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Oliver Stone
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 This film does not do justice to the TRUE Heroes of 911. October 21, 2008
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The men who died and risked their lives were true heroes, and true men of honor, not this band of candy-coated liberal sissies that made the movie.
I'm sorry they missed the chance to film a movie that would truly honor the fallen and be a memorial to them. This is just another heap of Hollywood and Liberal media style bs.
Oh please. Of all people to play the part of a heroic paramedic risking his life to save others, Nicholas Cage? Cage? The talentless actor who makes millions per year, couldn't act his way out of a paper bag, doesn't even do the minimum expected that any of us would do if we were in such a fortunate position--working out, fixing his male pattern baldness, taking acting lessons, looking decent, etc. If anything, he is the OPPOSITE of the character he was casting.
Storyline does not even remotely follow the truth about what happened that day among the real people the story was supposed to be about.
Shame on everyone who created this film. Very sorry job.
 Brilliant film October 6, 2008
This is a brilliant story. It follows a police officer and shows another side of september 11. It is fiction, but at the same time is close to the truth. (I might be wrong about that actually, it might be a true story) Forgive me for not having the full facts on it before typing this review. It is well worth seeing all the same.
it was excellent October 4, 2008
i bought this movie because i thought it might be good but when i watched it it was way way better then i thought it would be. i cried and cried watching this movie and for a guy that is pretty unusual.for all you people out there never go by other reviewers. you have to see it for yourself. thank you.
Horrible events-focus on 2 characters distills the anxiety for viewer September 19, 2008
I had a dentist appointment in Toms River, NJ on 9/11/2001. I watched, like many, in horror, at the events unfolding in NYC, and was completely devastated. Like many, I know exactly where I was, what my mom said to me, when she put on the news, and I saw the planes hit the towers on CNN. It was impossible, and ubelievable at the time.
Since then, I've made it a point to become more involved in world events to understand all of the "behind the scenes" structure, and international events/politics, not just those on American soil to gain perspective on how horrible things like this can happen here and around the world.
Although I can't imagine the pain that families who didn't know if their sons, daughters, lovers, sisters, friends and others, had perished, I have felt loss. This film captures at least some of this horrendous anxiety that was felt in the US, and specifically for everyone directly affected. I just watched this film, today, 9 years after the events (I previously also saw United 93).
Sgtrictly from a cinematic standpoint, and as an avid hi-def collector, The PQ and sound on the HD DVD are spectacular and it's the special features that really make this story even more real. As an East Coast resident, it was too soon for me, to watch this in theaters. As an avid NYC visitor, I have friends who work or have friends/relatives in the area, and when I saw the movie today, for the 1st time, the movie captured the mayhem that they described.
I actually think it was a good thing that only a handful of characters were chosen to attempt to tell an uplifting story and provide some focus. I've seen several WTC documentaries, to try to get my mind around this horrible event. Triumphs were rare that day, and unfortunately most of the 4000 total people who died, and their families were not able to celebrate any.
This film was supposed to be an exception, a film about the sparse hope and miracles that existed that day. I don't believe you can make a 2 hour film with 40 characters. There were probably many different viewpoints and experiences amidst that chaos and no one can sum all of them up in 2 hours, not even a major director; it may even dilute the film, and create an overwhelming "split screen" type atmosphere. I felt emotionally invested in the characters, because there was focus.
The method of involving a few families,created at least some frame work and representation of the events. And as is the case with all films about real wars, or other current events, the viewpoints, especially amidst chaos, will be as different as the stars in the universe. This was a very touching film, and I highly recommend that you take the time (and emotional energy) to watch it, and the extras, they are worth it. May we, and other people around the world, who have previously lived under the every day anxiety of death caused by terrorism, never have to experience another event life this again.
 7 Years Later... September 12, 2008
It has been 7 years since that tragic day. I was in sixth grade when it happened. None of our teachers told us anything, so my dad told me about it, and I didn't know what to think!
Nicolas Cage stars as Port Authority police officer John McLoughlin, and his friend, Will Jimeno who become trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center. They struggle to survive and wait to be rescued. If you are a patriot, hate terrorists, and want to take a huge dump in Osama Bin Laden's mouth, you'll like WORLD TRADE CENTER!!!
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