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Summary: Must see!
Review: This was a great movie! I was especially impressed with the ATC part of it. Being an air traffic controller I am used to seeing an awful portrayl of what we do. Pushing Tin was not only a great movie it gave a very accurate insight to what air traffic controllers go through everyday. John Cusak did an excellant job!
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Summary: A must see for Pilots & the FAA
Review: Saw the movie at a pre-release opening in Washington...It was entertaining & fun and had a special appeal for all us pilots who were able to see a more 'mature' (sic) side to the ATC system.
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Summary: An Okay Movie
Review: I just got this movie and just finished watching it. Having enjoyed Director Mike Newell's previous effort in 4 Weddings and A Funeral, and always enjoying John Cusacks performances, it doesn't let down on that front. Also you have to like Billy Bob Thornton and Cate Blanchett who deliever.For such a stellar cast, though, the script is noticably lacking. It could have been a brilliant movie. Instead it's just enjoyable but unmemorable. Rent it, don't bother buying.
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Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: Sure, Pushing Tin has a great cast, but the script they're working with is flat at best. I kept waiting for the film to generate some energy or some thrills or some laughs, but it never happens. The sappy Hollywood loves-story "lets make up" ending is a real eye-roller. The DVD picture quality is first rate but apparently the studio didn't think the film was worthy of adding any extras.
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Summary: Competition...
Review: John Cusack plays an air traffic controller named Nick "The Zone" Falzone, who is a bit stressed but has mostly a normal life. He's married to Connie (Cate Blanchett), has two kids; he's also pretty popular with everyone, especcially since he's doing everything "better" than the rest. Then Russell Bell (Billy Bob Thorton) comes into town. His zen/cowboy attitude and his coolness intimidates Nick. Russell is suddenly take his place. He's more popular, doing everything better. Yet he's so calm it's scary. He never over reacts, not ever really reacting at all, to ANYTHING. So when Nick sees Russell's young wife, Mary, (Angelina Jolie) who seems to be somewhat of a drunk, he offers to take her out to dinner. They go, and after about a bottle of wine, they are in bed together. But everything's fine. Mary wont tell Russell, Nick wont tell Connie. Then, Mary tells Russell. And Russell is totally calm about it. He tells Nick that "if you ever want to sleep at night, never marry a young, beautiful woman." Since he did, he assumes it's understandable. (Wow) Suddenly, Nick starts thinking of Connie. What if she and Russell are having an affair? They seem to get along well enough. And after Russell offers to teach Connie French, well that just makes Nick more suspicious. His suspicion leads Connie to be suspicious of him. And the truth comes out. Nick is now really stressed. His job is too much. Russell is too much. Connie leaving him is too much.... And, then things go on a roller coaster ride of ups and downs. Until the credits roll. This movie was actually quite good, whether or not I portray it as one. :o)
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Summary: Not that great
Review: This movie is predicated on the premise that Air Traffic Control is an interesting job. About halfway through, the filmakers abandon the exitement of the control room for a plot about adultery and revenge. The characters are really uniteresting. John Cusack should be embarrassed for hamming it up as this guy who thinks he is macho because he's an Air Traffic Controler. Or is he an Air Traffic Controller because he thinks he is macho? Australian actress Kate Blanchette, whose best known role before doing this movie was Queen Elizabeth I in "Elizabeth," here plays Cusack's wife as a setrotypically dull middle-class American who doesn't really do that much. Her talent is completely wasted here. The main interest for this movie is that Billy-Bob Thornton and Angelina Jolie seem to have first met while making it, resulting in there breif, yet highly publicized marriage. Somebody else who reviewed this for Amazon says this movie is a comedy. While I admit there is some comic relief, it never occurred to me that this movie was ever meant to be a comedy.
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Summary: Pushing Tin
Review: This has to be one of the funniest films I have ever seen. John Cusack plays airtraffick controller extraordinaire Nick Falzone. The environment could be any work place that encompasses a great amount of stress. Billy Bob Thornton (Bell)arrives on the scene, a quiet but brilliant, airtraffick controller. The complete opposite to Falzone's personality. The reaction of the two main characters to each other is swift and combustable. Falzone happens to chance meet (Angelina Jolie)Bell's wife followed by one night of togetherness. Falzone and Mrs. Bell are already feeling guilty. She tells Bell of the occurence and the fun begins. Bell cleverly plays mind games on Falzone by "noticing" Mrs. Falzone (Cate Blachett). Falzone's becoming fanatical about the (implied)relationship between Bell and Mrs. Falzone.Nothing is happening but his desperation drives his wife away.The best scenes are those in the car after the funeral of Mrs.Falzones dad and the scene on the aeroplane. All the actors do a great job of defining real life scenarios, John is wonderful and has a great cast alongside him to present this fabulous film.
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Summary: Not that great
Review: This movie is predicated on the premise that Air Traffic Control is an interesting job. About halfway through, the filmakers abandon the exitement of the control room for a plot about adultery and revenge. The characters are really uniteresting. John Cusack should be embarrassed for hamming it up as this guy who thinks he is macho because he's an Air Traffic Controler. Or is he an Air Traffic Controller because he thinks he is macho? Australian actress Kate Blanchette, whose best known role before doing this movie was Queen Elizabeth I in "Elizabeth," here plays Cusack's wife as a setrotypically dull middle-class American who doesn't really do that much. Her talent is completely wasted here. The main interest for this movie is that Billy-Bob Thornton and Angelina Jolie seem to have first met while making it, resulting in there breif, yet highly publicized marriage. Somebody else who reviewed this for Amazon says this movie is a comedy. While I admit there is some comic relief, it never occurred to me that this movie was ever meant to be a comedy.
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Summary: Scrary job where split-second decisions are essential.
Review: Starring John Cusack as an air traffic controller, Pushing Tin introduced me to a scary world where split-second decisions can decide the fate of planes full of people, where being good enough to do this job and command good salaries requires quick thinking, fast talking and steady nerves. Set in pre-9/11 New York, I'm familiar with the neighborhoods and the skyline and I must say that every time a camera panned the World Trade Center, I got a little twinge. The year the film was made, 1999, comes across as a much more innocent age. Anyway, John Cusack is married to Cate Blanchett and they live with their children in an area that looks like Staten Island or Queens. She's a real babe in this film and plays her part well, being so good at her New York accent that I could have sworn she had grown up in Brooklyn. When Billy Bob Thornton, an air traffic controller from another part of the country, is transferred into the New York area, there is immediate competition between the two men. They compete on the job and I realized that the term "pushing tin" means pushing the planes on their computer screens through the complicated ritual of landing in a way to make sure they come in on time. This sometimes requires big risks be taken, as these planes have to be very delicately manipulated. The two men also compete for women. Billy Bob is also married to a babe, Angelina Jolie, and it doesn't take long for the two couples to get caught up in a romantic web. There's tension throughout as bedroom shenanigans seem to be getting out of hand and Billy Bob's propensity for unpredictable violent behavior becomes more and more threatening. Acting was excellent, and I loved the cinematography of the planes and the skylines. The romances were a little silly and maybe that was why the film is billed as a comedy, but it really didn't matter because I was totally caught up in the story itself. Certainly, Pushing Tin gave me a new understanding about the challenges of keeping airline passengers safe in the sky and the jobs of the people who do this for a living.
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Summary: Title Should be 'when bad things happen to good people'
Review: John Cusack and Billy Bob Thorton star as air traffic controllers in this interesting little movie. The stressful conditions of being air traffic controllers, the complex relationships between the star actors and the "whatever" attitude of Billy Bob's character makes this an intriguing and interesting film.
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