Sully: Book vs. Movie
Clint Eastwood's Sully (2016) draws on Highest Duty, the book by Chesley Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow. Tom Hanks plays the pilot as the film dramatizes the Hudson River landing and the investigation into his decision.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Chesley Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow
- Year
- 2009
- Pages
- 424Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 8 hr 44 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Michael McConnohie
Chesley Sullenberger reflects on the life and training behind his emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River. Written with Jeffrey Zaslow, the memoir moves through his Texas childhood, military flying, airline career and family life. The river landing becomes part of a wider account of preparation, responsibility and the teamwork on which passengers depend.
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Writer
- Todd Komarnicki
- Year
- 2016
- Runtime
- 1 hr 36 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Anna Gunn
- Genre
- biographical, Drama
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
After landing a disabled passenger jet on the Hudson River, Captain Chesley Sullenberger finds himself celebrated in public and questioned in an official inquiry. Simulations suggest the aircraft might have reached an airport, making his decision the focus of scrutiny. As he and co-pilot Jeff Skiles reconstruct the emergency, Sully struggles with memories of what could have happened.
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