Flight (2012 film)

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Flight
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Zemeckis
Written by	John Gatins
Produced by	Walter F. Parkes Laurie MacDonald Steve Starkey Robert Zemeckis Jack Rapke
Starring	Denzel Washington Don Cheadle Kelly Reilly John Goodman Bruce Greenwood Melissa Leo
Cinematography	Don Burgess
Edited by	Jeremiah O'Driscoll
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Production companies	Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation ImageMovers
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	October 14, 2012 (2012-10-14) (New York Film Festival) November 2, 2012 (2012-11-02) (United States)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$31 million
Box office	$161.8 million

Flight is a 2012 American drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by John Gatins and produced by Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Steve Starkey, Zemeckis, and Jack Rapke. The film stars Denzel Washington as William "Whip" Whitaker Sr., an alcoholic airline pilot who miraculously crash-lands his plane after a mechanical failure, saving nearly everyone on board. Although hailed a hero, an investigation soon begins to cast the captain in a different light.

Flight premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 14, 2012, and was theatrically released the following month on November 2. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Washington's performance and Zemeckis' return to live-action filmmaking, his first such film since Cast Away and What Lies Beneath in 2000. The film was also a commercial success, grossing $161.8 million against a production budget of $31 million. Flight appeared on multiple critics' year-end top ten lists and received two nominations at the 85th Academy Awards for Best Actor (Washington) and Best Original Screenplay (Gatins).^[1][2]