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From the academy award winning director Clint Eastwood comes the astounding film “Sully” which features Tom Hanks as the protagonist named Sully. While the film uses many techniques and even more tricks to achieve its looks, it also has a true story that captivates the audience making this a movie to remember. Clint Eastwood has been a world renowned actor ever since his first appearance in “Revenge of the Creature” debuting in 1954 which started his legacy in the film industry. Tom Hanks, an equally legendary actor, was cast as the protagonist Sully who landed the airplane into the Hudson River. Tom Hanks’ life has been filled with acting awards for his outstanding work in many movies. This film used CGI for a lot of its action sequences, …show more content…
But even though he saved everyone on the plane, investigators find that the left engine was still able to be piloted to the airport for a landing that would have saved the airplane. Sully takes this harshly and begins to have regrets about his actions in the air at the moment of panic. The film proceeds to recap the incident by replaying the memory in a flashback of Sully’s memories in a bar. The flashback shows Sully and Jeffrey calmly land the plane while the air hostesses help calm the passengers while they descend into the water. After had made a safe landing, many of the ships inside the Hudson River quickly come to their aid, rescuing all of the passengers. In the final scenes of the movie, the investigators take Sully and Jeffrey to court in a case against their actions that destroyed the plane. The simulations that are done are corresponding to the exact situation that happened to Sully and seem to be able to land back at the airport, saving the plane. Sully points out that the simulation isn’t human at all and demands that they give the simulation pilots 30 seconds of thinking time before they turn around for the airport. The plane does not make it this time. Sully and Jeffrey are then proven innocent and are hailed heroes by the

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