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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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