United 93
(Movies) 

DVD release of the 2006 motion picture.

Special features include: United 93 : the families and the film (presents real-life stories behind the passengers and crew aboard United Flight 93 through interviews with their families); feature commentary with director Paul Greengrass; written biographies of each of the 40 passengers and crew members of United Flight 93.

Director of photography, Barry Ackroyd ; editors, Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse, Richard Pearson ; music, John Powell ; costume designer, Dinah Collin ; production designer, Dominic Watkins.

Christian Clemenson, Trish Gates, Polly Adams, Cheyenne Jackson, Opal Alladin, Gary Commock, Nancy McDoniel, David Alan Basche, Richard Bekins, Susan Blommaert.

Presents a fact-based story about the 40 passengers and crewmembers aboard San Francisco-bound flight United 93 on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Intercuts mostly real-time scenes of the flight and hijacking with the struggles of air-traffic controllers and U.S. military personnel to comprehend and deal with the unprecedented attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Shows how the passengers and crew find out about the tragic attacks through cell phone conversations and unite in a brave attempt to save their lives and prevent their plane from being a fourth weapon in the hands of the terrorists.

MPAA rating: R; for language, and some intense sequences of terror and violence.

DVD.

Region 1, anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital 5.1 surround.

English, French, or Spanish soundtracks; optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles; optional audio-described soundtrack for the visually impaired.