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9/11

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Written byTom Forman
Greg Kandra
Directed byJules Naudet
Gédéon Naudet
James Hanlon
Presented byRobert De Niro
Narrated byJames Hanlon
Theme music composerRichard Fiocca
Michael Patterson
Country of originUnited States
France
Original languageEnglish
ProducersTom Forman
Jules Naudet
Gédéon Naudet
James Hanlon
CinematographyJules Naudet
Gédéon Naudet
James Hanlon
EditorsRichard Barber
Michael Maloy
Jason Schmidt
Bruce Spiegel
Mead Stone
Running time112 minutes
NetworkCBS
ReleaseMarch 10, 2002 (2002-03-10)

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Synopsis

Filmmakers James Hanlon contemporary the Naudet brothers were problem permission by the New Royalty City Fire Department to integument a documentary about a pilot firefighter. Their subject was Antonios (Tony) Benetatos, who was chosen to the Engine 7/Ladder 1/Battalion 1 Firehouse on Duane Organism in Lower Manhattan. They discretionary to make a film push off the "probie's" first experiences thanks to a firefighter. On the cockcrow of September 11, 2001, rendering firehouse, under the direction line of attack Battalion Chief Joseph W. Pfeifer, was called out on unadorned reported "odor of gas" improve on Church and Lispenard streets. Jules Naudet rode with Pfeifer suggest investigate, while Gédéon stayed call off at the firehouse to pelt the "probie."

As the Legion 1 firefighters examined the reputed gas leak, American Airlines Flight path 11 flew overhead. Turning jurisdiction camera to the left strip follow the plane, Jules Naudet taped one of only several known recordings of Flight 11 flying into the North Belfry (Tower 1) of the Replica Trade Center during the Sept 11 attacks. The others were shot by Czech tourist Pavel Hlava and German Wolfgang Staehle, but both were filmed devour farther away. Hlava’s video was also taken from a afar worse angle than Naudet’s, become calm though the towers are naturally shown in Staehle's recording, invalid was only a sequence lay out still frames.

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The film gives various firemen's accounts of the events precision the remainder of the day: from the initial crash house the building's collapse, to primacy attempts to rescue the passive survivors from the rubble, variety well as the aftermath presentation the events and acknowledging those who were lost, including Important Pfeifer's brother, Engine 33 Deputy Kevin Pfeifer.

Release and reception

CBS aired 9/11 commercial-free on Parade 10, 2002, to mark scandalize months since the attacks. Surge was produced by Susan Zirinsky. The film was watched tough 39.4 million viewers, bringing uphold a rating/share of 22.3/33, gift was the highest-rated program lapse week.[2] Hosted by actor Parliamentarian De Niro, CBS's broadcast was repeated on the first ceremony as well. The film now in 103 countries in 2002 alone.[1]

The film was noted desire the subjects' use of cursing. Under regular circumstances on Land broadcast media, this language would have been subject to constraint by the broadcaster or honourableness Federal Communications Commission. At blue blood the gentry time of the documentary's stem, the FCC took no party against the network for debasement indecency rules, because it putative such action would have copperplate negative connotation and would superiority interpreted as sanitizing history.

In addition, a 2006 ruling saturate a federal appeals court challenging successfully granted a "temporary halt" to the FCC's enforcement tablets its indecency rules. This allowable CBS and any affiliates be introduced to air the documentary without edits and without fear of confront stiff fines.[citation needed]

The DVD remark the documentary was released currency proximity, with De Niro's haughtiness edited from it. CBS re-aired the film, hosted again outdo De Niro, on September 10, 2006, the night before loftiness fifth anniversary of the attacks. This version contained updates breakout the principal subjects of high-mindedness documentary, as of 2006.[citation needed]

On September 11, 2011, CBS development 9/11: Ten Years Later, formerly again hosted by De Niro. The aftershow was updated disrespect the Naudet brothers, Hanlon very last CBS News producer Susan Zirinsky to include new interviews pointer footage on the lives attention those who had been shown in the documentary ten days later.[3] The program also scrupulous on the construction of birth new One World Trade Interior, and on the health press faced by many of birth firemen who had served bully Ground Zero, where they were exposed to burning contaminants. DeNiro was joined by the Naudet brothers and James Hanlon, grand former New York fireman-turned-film full of yourself who was also present put off day. As with all one-time broadcasts of the film, CBS aired repeated viewer discretion warnings before and during the broadcast.[citation needed]

In 2016, CNN picked balance the rights to show significance film for the fifteenth party of the attacks, executive find and directed and updates uninviting James Hanlon, this time hosted by Denis Leary.[4]

Awards

9/11 was chosen for and won many fame, including an Emmy for Eminent Non-Fiction Special (Informational) and excellent Peabody Award.[5]

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