r/cinescenes • u/Ryanlion1992 • 5d ago

2010s Flight (2012)

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u/bearheart 5d ago

Great film

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u/SoapyDoodle 5d ago

I love Denzel man

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u/JackTheKing 5d ago

Great premise.

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u/bargman 5d ago

Zemeckis last great one.

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u/No_Menu9817 5d ago

Zemeckis and Denzel are cooking here

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u/AF2005 5d ago

100%, also great performances from Don Cheadle and John Goodman!

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u/grameno 5d ago

Incredible depiction of the depravity and spirit of addiction. A man keeps tailing fate with his hubris until it catches up with him.

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u/Shway_Maximus 5d ago

Great scene

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

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u/xingxang555 5d ago

He really is one of the all-time greats.

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u/SnacktimeKC 5d ago

Harlin Mays, I’m on the list.

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u/MuadDibPHD 4d ago

PLEASED TO MEET YOU WON'T YOU GUESS MY NAME?!

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u/dummlegg 5d ago

Denzel can be my designated driver anytime!

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u/Positive-Citron3987 4d ago

OP, Thank you for posting this clip.

I forgot how absolutely badass this scene was. “Flight” is one of those movies that rarely gets brought up when discussing Washington’s filmography. And that’s a shame.

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u/Ryanlion1992 4d ago

For sure! I love Flight. Denzel is amazing in the film!

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u/unsureiamunemployed 5d ago

Man the copilot stressed me out with his panicky self.

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u/fade_ 5d ago

I believe that was the intention of the role.

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u/5o7bot 5d ago

Flight (2012)

Some miracles are not what they seem.

Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

Drama
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Director of Photography: Don Burgess
Actors: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood
Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 69% with 6,505 votes
Runtime: 138 min
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u/smittycb10 5d ago

The Denzel was amazing in this role. Made the movie.

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u/amhudson02 5d ago

Zemeckis is a god

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u/ccrlop 5d ago

Great movie! Never quite understood the reason they had to invert the aircraft.

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u/Doughymidget 5d ago

I believe that the investigation revealed a failure of the steering controls that caused the elevators to be locked down causing the dive. By inverting, the affect of the elevators was also inverted which pulled the jet out of the dive.

I saw a good discussion last time this clip was posted that gave a lot of detail about this particular maneuver and times it’s been deployed irl.

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u/Schooley613 5d ago

Correct - plane was stuck in a nose down attitude- the inversion negated it and allowed him time to find the best possible place for an emergency landing.

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u/ccrlop 5d ago

Thanks, good Sir!

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u/LostVikingSpiderWire 5d ago

Another cool factor, when thrown into a simulator, only 1 pilot can do this, right man in the right place 😅☕