United 93 15, selected cinemas As I'm sure you are aware, United Airlines' Flight 93 was the fourth plane hijacked on 9/11 -- the one that did not reach its target. I shall ignore the internet-based argument over what happened to United 93 in its final minutes (did it crash into the ground or explode in the air? ) since ...

When you recreate actual events for the cinema, and the prospective audience is presumed to know the outcome, there are a variety of strategies available to the film-maker. One is that used by the producers of The Longest Day, the 1962 movie about the 1944 Normandy landings, and Tora! Tora! Tora!, the 1970 picture about Pearl Harbor: you have an ...