What do you think of this decision? Do you agree with the making of this movie? Will you go see it?



A New York City movie theater has pulled the trailer for "United 93," which chronicles in real time the hijacked United Airlines flight that crashed into a Western Pennsylvania field on Sept. 11.

The AMC Loews Lincoln Square 12 theater in Manhattan said it made the decision after viewers complained they found it too upsetting.

"I don't think people are ready for this," theater manager Kevin Adjodha said.

"One lady was crying," Adjodha told Newsweek. "She was saying that we shouldn't have played the trailer. That this was wrong."

Universal Studios in Los Angeles, meanwhile, said it would go ahead with plans to show the trailer for the thriller, which is scheduled to open in theaters on April 28.

Adam Fogelson, Universal's president of marketing, said the trailer would be shown only before R-rated movies or "grown-up" PG-13 ones.

"The film is not sanitized or softened, it's an honest and real look" at the events of Flight 93, Fogelson told The New York Times in Tuesday editions. "If I sanitized the trailer beyond what's there, am I suggesting that the experience will be less real than what the movie itself is? We as a company feel comfortable that it is a responsible and fair way to show what's coming."

"United 93" is scheduled to make its world premiere on opening night at the Tribeca Film Festival in Manhattan.

The festival, which was created to help lower Manhattan recover economically from the attacks, begins April 25 and runs through May 7.

The trailer begins with images of passengers boarding the plane on a sunny morning, and builds to a disturbing scene that includes actual news video of a plane about to hit one of the World Trade Center towers. It then returns inside Flight 93 as terrorists begin hijacking it and a passenger calls his family to tell them of the impending disaster.

The Families of Flight 93 have said that Universal Pictures will donate 10 percent of the first three days' grosses to the memorial.

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On the Net:

http://www.united93movie.com

I won't be seeing the movie, no matter when it's released.  I know too many people personally affected by that day, and I don't want to sit there and have it rammed down my throat. 


In my mind, it's too soon.

It was inevitable that a movie would be made about this. A&E had a show about it, there was a TV program about it. I watched niether and I won't watch a Hollywood movie about it. I think it's wrong to profit from this. Some people will never be ready for this, others will watch in earnest, it's a strange world.

The Families of Flight 93 have said that Universal Pictures will donate 10 percent of the first three days' grosses to the memorial.

I heard on the evening news that 100% of the first 3 days gross goes to the memorial. Maybe they(my local news) reported it wrong? Either way, it isn't enough.

Personally I feel it's a bit early for a movie about the Sept. 11 happenings. It was only 4 and a half years ago.

Anything to make a few bucks I guess.

I guess I'm the only person who doesn't understand why there is controversy.

All of the families of the people who died on Flight 93 consented to the making of this film.

They made WW2 and Pearl Harbor movies in the 40s.

I guess I'm the only person who doesn't understand why there is controversy.

All of the families of the people who died on Flight 93 consented to the making of this film.

They made WW2 and Pearl Harbor movies in the 40s.



See, I agree. I feel as though the family members want their deceased relatives story to be heard....and yes, it is very touchy and a very sad subject, but it is all a part of history.

See, I agree. I feel as though the family members want their deceased relatives story to be heard....and yes, it is very touchy and a very sad subject, but it is all a part of history.


I agree.  I think the movie will cause people to realize how tragic such things truly are.  Seriously, hearing "40 people died in plane crash" isn't very sad-sounding, it sounds like a statistic.  Seeing a movie about those 40 people makes you realize how tragic it truly is.

If anybody says "Let's roll!" in the screenplaly, the whole film is prolly based on a pack of lies called the official version. It's like if Oliver Stone made a passionate film about the JFK assassination using the Warren Commission findings as gospel truth.
:D

If anybody says "Let's roll!" in the screenplaly, the whole film is prolly based on a pack of lies called the official version. It's like if Oliver Stone made a passionate film about the JFK assassination using the Warren Commission findings as gospel truth.
:D


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