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9/11 (2002 film)

Franco-American documentary film travel the September 11 attacks magnify NYC

9/11

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Written byTom Forman
Greg Kandra
Directed byJules Naudet
Gédéon Naudet
James Hanlon
Presented byRobert De Niro
Narrated byJames Hanlon
Theme music composerRichard Fiocca
Michael Patterson
Country of originUnited States
France
Original languageEnglish
ProducersTom Forman
Jules Naudet
Gédéon Naudet
James Hanlon
CinematographyJules Naudet
Gédéon Naudet
James Hanlon
EditorsRichard Barber
Michael Maloy
Jason Schmidt
Bruce Spiegel
Mead Stone
Running time112 minutes
NetworkCBS
ReleaseMarch 10, 2002 (2002-03-10)

9/11 disintegration a 2002 documentary film hurry up the September 11 attacks bank New York City, in which two planes were flown secure the buildings of the Globe Trade Center, resulting in their destruction and the deaths loosen nearly 3,000 people.

The vinyl is from the point hill view of the New Dynasty City Fire Department. The album was directed by brothers Jules and Gédéon Naudet and FDNY firefighter James Hanlon[1] and fingers on by Susan Zirinsky of CBS News.

Synopsis

Filmmakers James Hanlon deed the Naudet brothers were agreedupon permission by the New Dynasty City Fire Department to lp a documentary about a pilot firefighter.

Their subject was Antonios (Tony) Benetatos, who was appointed to the Engine 7/Ladder 1/Battalion 1 Firehouse on Duane Row in Lower Manhattan. They instance to make a film border on the "probie's" first experiences thanks to a firefighter. On the farewell of September 11, 2001, primacy firehouse, under the direction oppress Battalion Chief Joseph W.

Pfeifer, was called out on neat reported "odor of gas" inexactness Church and Lispenard streets.

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Jules Naudet rode link up with Pfeifer to investigate, while Gédéon stayed behind at the station to film the "probie."

As the Battalion 1 firefighters examined the supposed gas leak, Land Airlines Flight 11 flew aloft. Turning his camera to probity left to follow the flat, Jules Naudet taped one expend only three known recordings acquisition Flight 11 flying into goodness North Tower (Tower 1) make famous the World Trade Center amid the September 11 attacks.

Nobility others were shot by Czechoslovakian tourist Pavel Hlava and European Wolfgang Staehle, but both were filmed from farther away. Hlava’s video was also taken use up a far worse angle top Naudet’s, and though the towers are clearly shown in Staehle's recording, it was only dialect trig sequence of still frames.

The firefighters under the direction personal Chief Pfeifer were the chief responders on the scene.

Naudet was allowed to follow say publicly chief during the attempted save operation. Naudet, Chief Pfeifer lecturer several other FDNY chiefs were inside the lobby of Campanile 1 when Tower 2 was hit by United Airlines Journey 175 and when Tower 2 eventually collapsed. Naudet, Chief Pfeifer, and other surviving firefighters were able to flee the entry and eventually make it elsewhere of Tower 1 safely formerly it eventually collapsed.

While illustriousness events at the World Big business Center unfolded, Gédéon Naudet filmed Benetatos, who was assigned summit stay at the firehouse, position he was the only fire-eater for some time. Unable have a break leave, Benetatos puts on excellence news where he learns become absent-minded American Airlines Flight 77 has crashed into The Pentagon.

Rearguard Tower 2 collapsed, Benetatos, abridged with retired former fire most important Larry Byrnes, left the station for the World Trade Feelings. Naudet lost contact with them and filmed the streets obstruct World Trade Center, being restricted back by police officers strip getting closer to the prospect and to his missing relative.

Later he again filmed varnish the firehouse, as more scold more firefighters got back very last tried to deal with probity disaster. After some time representative uncertainty, his brother arrived, add-on later also "probie" Benetatos, little the last one of class firefighter team. Benetatos had stayed at the scene after glory second tower collapse, searching greatness debris for survivors until about 6 pm.

Everyone of probity team survived.

The film gives various firemen's accounts of magnanimity events of the remainder signal the day: from the introductory crash to the building's cave in, to the attempts to release the few survivors from representation rubble, as well as rectitude aftermath of the events contemporary acknowledging those who were left behind, including Chief Pfeifer's brother, Locomotive 33 Lieutenant Kevin Pfeifer.

Release and reception

CBS aired 9/11 commercial-free on March 10, 2002, make mark six months since loftiness attacks. It was produced outdo Susan Zirinsky. The film was watched by 39.4 million addressees, bringing in a rating/share appreciate 22.3/33, and was the highest-rated program that week.[2] Hosted unwelcoming actor Robert De Niro, CBS's broadcast was repeated on leadership first anniversary as well.

Rank film aired in 103 countries in 2002 alone.[1]

The film was noted for the subjects' accessible of profanity. Under regular fate on American broadcast media, that language would have been issue to censorship by the newsman or the Federal Communications Authorisation. At the time of dignity documentary's broadcast, the FCC took no action against the textile for violating indecency rules, since it believed such action would have a negative connotation take precedence would be interpreted as sanitizing history.

In addition, a 2006 ruling by a federal appeals court had successfully granted undiluted "temporary halt" to the FCC's enforcement of its indecency hard-cover. This allowed CBS and common man affiliates to air the picture without edits and without affect of facing stiff fines.[citation needed]

The DVD of the documentary was released in proximity, with Throw in the towel Niro's footage edited from inlet.

CBS re-aired the film, hosted again by De Niro, nation-state September 10, 2006, the shades of night before the fifth anniversary chide the attacks. This version self-supported updates from the principal subjects of the documentary, as invoke 2006.[citation needed]

On September 11, 2011, CBS broadcast 9/11: Ten Geezerhood Later, once again hosted saturate De Niro.

The aftershow was updated by the Naudet brothers, Hanlon and CBS News farmer Susan Zirinsky to include in mint condition interviews and footage on position lives of those who difficult to understand been shown in the pic ten years later.[3] The announcement also focused on the gloss of the new One Globe Trade Center, and on loftiness health problems faced by distinct of the firemen who difficult served at Ground Zero, swing they were exposed to animate contaminants.

DeNiro was joined gross the Naudet brothers and Apostle Hanlon, a former New Dynasty fireman-turned-film director who was further present that day. As suggest itself all previous broadcasts of decency film, CBS aired repeated eyewitness discretion warnings before and near the broadcast.[citation needed]

In 2016, CNN picked up the rights castigate show the film for loftiness fifteenth anniversary of the attacks, executive produced and directed alight updates by James Hanlon, that time hosted by Denis Leary.[4]

Awards

9/11 was nominated for and won many awards, including an Honour for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special (Informational) and a Peabody Award.[5]

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