‘World Trade Center’ – Official Trailer:

5 September, 2023 Siobhan Marie Day 0 Comments 2 categories

Directed by Oliver Stone, Written by Andrea Berloff, Produced by Moritz Borman, Debra Hill, Michael Shamberg, and Stacey Sher, Starring: Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Stephen Dorff, Jay Hernandez, Michael Shannon, Jon Bernthal, with Cinematography by Seamus McGarvey, and Edited by David Brenner, and Julie Monroe, with Music by Craig Armstrong, Production companies: Double Feature Films, Intermedia Films, Ixtlan, and Kernos Filmproduktionsgesellschaft & Company, Distributed by Paramount Pictures (2006)

WAKE AMERICA UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS…

World Trade Center is a 2006 docudrama disaster film directed by Oliver Stone and written by Andrea Berloff. The film is based on the experience of a team of Port Authority Police officers during the September 11 attacks, in which they were trapped inside the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center. The film was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on August 9, 2006. It was met with generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $163 million worldwide.

Oliver Stone directing his film "World Trade Center" (2006) Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures

Screenwriter Andrea Berloff attends the world premiere of Paramount Pictures' "World Trade Center" at the Ziegfeld Theatre August 3, 2006 in New York City. Photo Credit: Evan Agostini/Getty Images

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, or Port Authority Police Department (PAPD), is a law enforcement agency in New York and New Jersey, the duties of which are to protect and to enforce state and city laws at all the facilities, owned or operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), the bi-state agency running airports, seaports, and many bridges and tunnels within the Port of New York and New Jersey. Additionally, the PAPD is responsible for other PANYNJ properties including three bus terminals (the Port Authority Bus Terminal, the George Washington Bridge Bus Station and Journal Square Transportation Center), the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, and the PATH train system. The PAPD is the largest transit-related police force in the United States. Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons

The second tower of the World Trade Center bursts into flames after being hit by a hijacked airplane in New York in this September 11, 2001 file photograph. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in Pakistan on May 1, 2011, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Brooklyn bridge is seen in the foreground. Photo Credit: Reuters/Sara K. Schwittek/Files

New York, NY, September 27, 2001 -- The remaining section of the World Trade Center is surrounded by a mountain of rubble following the September 11 terrorist attacks. Photo by Bri Rodriguez/ FEMA News Photo

NEW YORK - AUGUST 03: Film signage is pictured at the world premiere of Paramount Pictures' "World Trade Center" at the Ziegfeld Theatre August 3, 2006 in New York City. Photo Credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images

The film stars an ensemble cast that features Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Stephen Dorff, Jay Hernandez, Michael Shannon, and Jon Bernthal. The film centers around the events of September 11, and the collapse of the World Trade Centers, where Sergeant John McLoughlin, played by Nicolas Cage, and Officer Will Jimeno, played by Michael Peña become trapped in the rubble of the elevator shaft on the concourse level as a result of being trapped in an effort to retrieve rescue equipment from Building 5, after dispatching to Manhattan and the World Trade Centers after learning of the two planes that hit the buildings.

Nicolas Cage as Sergeant John McLoughlin in "World Trade Center" (2006) Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures

Michael Peña as Will Jimeno in "World Trade Center" (2006) Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures

Maggie Gyllenhaal as Allison Jimeno in "World Trade Center" (2006) Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures

Maria Bello as Donna McLoughlin in "World Trade Center" (2006) Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures

Stephen Dorff as NYPD ESU Rescueman Scott Strauss in "World Trade Center" (2006) Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures

Jay Hernandez as Officer Dominick Pezzulo in "World Trade Center" (2006) Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures

Michael Shannon as Marine Sergeant Dave Karnes in "World Trade Center" (2006) Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures

Jon Bernthal as Officer Christopher Amoroso in "World Trade Center" (2006) Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures

John McLoughlin (born June 6, 1953) is one of two Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police officers who survived after being trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks. His rescue and that of William Jimeno are later the subject of Oliver Stone's film World Trade Center in 2006, in which McLoughlin was portrayed by actor Nicolas Cage. McLoughlin graduated from the State University of New York at Oswego, where he was a member of the Sigma Tau Chi fraternity. Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures

William J. Jimeno (born November 26, 1967) is a Colombian-American author and retired Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department officer who survived the September 11 attacks in 2001. He was buried under the rubble for a total of 18 hours, but survived, along with fellow Port Authority officer John McLoughlin. He has written two books regarding the experience. Jimeno was born in 1967 in Colombia but immigrated to New York City as a boy with his family. Photo Credit: Associated Press

Michael Peña as Officer Will Jimeno in "World Trade Center" (2006) Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures

The Concourse and B-Levels in the original World Trade Center before its collapse. Photo Credit: SkyscraperCity.com

9:03:02: Flight 175 crashes into the south face of the South Tower (2 WTC) of the World Trade Center, between floors 77 and 85. Photo Credit: Google Images

The Port Authority police officers portrayed by Cage and Peña, John McLoughlin and Will Jimeno, and their wives, played by Bello and Gyllenhaal, were involved with the writing and overall production. McLoughlin and Jimeno said they wanted to have a film made to honor their rescuers and comrades who died on September 11, not for personal gain.

(L to R) Michael Peña as Officer Will Jimeno, the real Officer Will Jimeno (Ret), the real Sergeant John McLoughlin (Ret), and Nicolas Cage as Sergeant John McLoughlin in a promotional photo for the Oliver Stone film, "World Trade Center" (2006)

The producers met with all relevant September 11 victims groups, before production began, to inform them of the intent. After its release, they, the NYPD, and the FDNY were very pleased with it. Former mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Governor George Pataki, and then-Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta, as well as representatives from the NY Port Authority, were at the premiere of the film at the Ziegfeld Theatre in Manhattan.

Film signage is pictured at the world premiere of Paramount Pictures' "World Trade Center" at the Ziegfeld Theatre August 3, 2006 in New York City. Photo Credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images

63rd Venice Film Festival.Premiere of the film 'World Trade Center' by Oliver Stone In Venice, Italy On September 01, 2006-US director Oliver Stone , center, and US actress Maria Bello and survivor police officers of the Twin Towers collapse, John Mcloughlin and William Jimeno pose with Italian firefighters and police officers prior to the screening of the movie 'World Trade Center'. Photo Credit: Pool Catarina/Vandeville/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

(L-R) Retired Port Authority Police Sergeant John McLoughlin, Governor George Pataki and actor Nicolas Cage attend the world premiere of Paramount Pictures' "World Trade Center" at the Ziegfeld Theatre August 3, 2006 in New York City. The film is based on McLoughli's true-life rescue from the collapsed World Trade Center Towers. Photo Credit: Getty Images

Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and his girlfriend Judith Nathan attend the world premiere of Paramount Pictures' "World Trade Center" at the Ziegfeld Theatre August 3, 2006 in New York City. Photo Credit: Evan Agostini/Getty Images

FDNY Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta attends the world premiere of Paramount Pictures' "World Trade Center" at the Ziegfeld Theatre August 3, 2006 in New York City. Photo Credit: Evan Agostini/Getty Images

(L-R) Retired Port Authority Police Sergeant John McLoughlin, actor Nicolas Cage, his wife Alice Kim and Retired Port Authority Police Detective William J. Jimeno attend the world premiere of Paramount Pictures' "World Trade Center" at the Ziegfeld Theatre August 3, 2006 in New York City. The film is based on Jimeno and McLoughlin's true-life rescue from the collapsed World Trade Center Towers. Photo Credit: Evan Agostini/Getty Images

World Trade Center is the Featured Blog of the Month for September for its political history! You can expect to read a critique of the September 11th Attacks. You can also read a recommendation looking at the real Port Authority Police featured in the film. There is also a detailed review of the 2006 Oliver Stone film. You can also watch an interview with Cage, and the real Port Authority Police Sargent Jon McLoughlin, whom he plays in the film from 2006 when they promoted the film’s release. There is also a Top Ten List to commemorate the film being a Featured Blog of the Month, and for World Trade Center, the topic of the list is My Top Ten Docudrama Disaster Movies! And finally, as a Featured Blog of the Month film, you can watch the Official Trailer for the 2006 film and then plan on watching World Trade Center tonight!