| Show World Trade Center tells 9 11 story Jonathan Bonner Sports Editor World Trade Center an Oliver Stone film was released nationwide on Aug 9 The Paramount Pictures project looks to incite much heated debate debate debate de de- bate in a nation less than five years removed from the turmoil of September Local moviegoers filled Gateways Gateway's 12 Theater on Aug 2 as the Salt Lake Film Society hosted an advanced screening of the film Trading Friday the traditional opening day for films World Trade Center debut audiences to nationwide and and according according according accord accord- ing to Paramount Pictures earned million at the box office Widely viewed as an overtly political filmmaker er Stones Stone's latest release offers offers offers of of- fers a stunningly unbiased account of the largest terrorist terrorist terrorist ter ter- attack on US U.S. soil The film focuses on the lives of two Port Authority Authority Authority Author Author- ity Police Department PAP D officers Sergeant John McLoughlin Nicolas Nicolas Nicolas Nico Nico- las Cage and Will Jimeno Michael Pena saved from ITom the wreckage The officers were two of 20 total numbers 18 and 19 who were recovered and survived after being buried during the collapse of the towers Stone whose filmmaking filmmaking filmmaking ing credits include and Born on the Fourth of July remained largely neutral in his portrayal of the horrific events Centered upon the families families families lies of the fallen men World Trade Center distances distances distances dis dis- itself from ITom political views and offers a rather simple perspective on a complex event Opening the film Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Ser Ser- geant McLoughlin rises at 3 29 am a.m. Sept 11 2001 He kisses his wife showers show show- ers and peers in to his sleeping childrens children's rooms before leaving for his New Jersey commute Will Jimeno a father of one wakes to the loving loving loving lov lov- ing gaze of his beautifully beautifully beautifully fully pregnant wife Alison Maggie Gyllenhaal and sets off to work singing country music on a seemingly seemingly seemingly seem seem- picture perfect New NewYork NewYork NewYork York morning In the midst of daily duties the officers are summoned to Ground Zero It is not the familiarity familiarity familiarity famil famil- of the event that cap- cap Cage continued on page 5 Cage brings real-life real officer to life Continued from Page 4 tures tunes viewers it is the dialogue dialogue dialogue dia dia- logue and unique character perspectives that are prevalent prevalent prevalent preva preva- lent thought throughout the film As the jettisons through Manhattan to the smoking towers officers are oblivious and unaware of the impending danger and stunned by the light light- quick ing-quick unfolding of planes striking the towers The officers fumble with cell phones struggling to call their wives discuss the local radio stations relaying information and react with genuine confusion The unflinchingly real dialogue is atypical of Hollywood fare and views that national news outlets were unable to capture and convey to the masses The film proceeds as a small group of officers officers officers of of- led by attempt to ascend Tower One The men are split as the monolithic structure crashes around them and Jimeno trapped but alive become the focal point as settings bounce from their family and homes to the hellish depths in which they are trapped A combination of computer computer computer com com- puter generated images current footage acquired by bythe bythe bythe the filmmakers and media images broadcast across the nation during the events set the scene for a battleground only Hollywood d could rec rec- reate The beauty of the film becomes the messages of the struggle for life for family and the heroism of not only the fallen officers but that of their rescuers World Trade Center is rated PG- PG PG I 3 |
