SULLY (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Tom Hanks (Bridge of Spies), Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight), Laura Linney (Kinsey), Anna Gunn (Equity), Autumn Reeser (The Girl Next Door), Ann Cusack (Accepted), Holt McCallany (Alpha Dog), Mike O’Malley (Leatherheads), Jamey Sheridan (Rain), Jerry Ferrara (Battleship), Molly Hagan (Red State), Max Adler (Café Society), Sam Huntington (Superman Returns), Wayne Bastrup (Love & Mercy), Valerie Mahaffey (Seabiscuit), Jeff Kober (Hidalgo), Chris Bauer (8mm), Michael Rapaport (True Romance)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Clint Eastwood (American Sniper), director, producer; Todd Komarnicki (Perfect Stranger), writer; Frank Marshall (Raiders of the Lost Ark), Tim Moore (Eye of the Storm) and Allyn Stewart (Madeline), producers; Christian Jacob (Blue in Green) and Tierney Sutton Band (film debut), composers; Tom Stern (Gran Torino), cinematographer; Blu Murray (Divorce Invitation), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In early 2009, pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger (Hanks) successfully lands a disabled passenger airline onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of everyone on board. As the media portrays him as a hero, Sully begins to suffer from a severe trauma following the incident, while an investigation into the crash could ruin his heroic reputation…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Tom Hanks is on top form as the heralded pilot who made worldwide headlines when he saved the lives of every person on board after his place was struck with disaster, in director Clint Eastwood’s new film about him.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2016

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