Flight Page #3

Synopsis: Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker (Denzel Washington) 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.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 42 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
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Year:
2012
138 min
$89,400,000
Website
2,356 Views


EVANS:

(looks to Margaret)

No ma’am. Thank you.

(she leaves)

Sir, it’s 8:
50.

WHIP:

Then let’s push. I got a great ‘on

time’ record.

EVANS:

Yes sir, you gottit. And how you

feeling today, sir?

WHIP focuses on EVANS, trying to read into that statement.

WHIP:

Tired, sir. But, this is a quick

turn for me. Ten turns in three

days. Off tomorrow.

MARGARET returns with the coffee, placing it down near WHIP’s

chair on an airline cocktail napkin.

MARGARET:

Here’s your coffee and the final

manifest. 102 souls on board.

WHIP:

Thank you, thank you, thank you,

you’re a life saver. And Margaret

gettem’ tucked in, we’re ready to

push.

7.

WHIP goes to the head. MARGARET and EVANS exchange a look.

CUT TO:

EXT. ATLANTA SUBURB - STONE MANSION - DRIVEWAY - DAY

NICOLE gets out of her Tercel and slams the door twice beforeit closes. She checks the address on her phone and looks upat the enormous mansion.

INT. ATLANTA -- STONE - MANSION - DAY

NICOLE pushes through the overly tall front door of thehouse. At first glance, it’s completely empty, unfurnished.

A GUY in cargo pants and a baseball hat sleeps sitting upagainst the huge dual staircase that leads to the secondfloor. Random boxes of video equipment are now evident asare thick cables that lead to a staircase going down.

On the staircase she immediately encounters another YOUNGCREW GUY holding a tiny lap dog while standing next to aNAKED GIRL wearing a Shakespearean Military Helmet. The

YOUNG CREW GUY holds up the “be quiet” finger to his lips.

NICOLE quietly makes her way down a few steps, stopping at

the odd duo. We now hear activity downstairs, music.

SUDDENLY the YOUNG CREW GUY frantically points at the NAKED

GIRL.

NAKED GIRL IN HELMET

Othello you bastard!

And she grabs the TINY DOG and hustles downstairs. NICOLE

waits with the YOUNG CREW GUY until we hear....

KIP (O.S.)

CUT! CUT THAT!

NICOLE is free to walk all the way downstairs now.

INT. MANSION -OTHELLO PORN SET - BEDROOM SUITE - DAY

NICOLE enters to reveal a large porn set with a Shakespeareantheme, specifically “Othello.” We see an Elizabethan Fourposter

bed with a canopy surrounded by stone arches andcardboard Venetian Columns. In the bed we find an AFRICAN

AMERICAN PORN ACTOR laying with TWO FEMALE ADULT ACTORS.

A GIRL WITH DYED-BLONDE HAIR stands naked next to the throne

smoking a joint as she shaves her crotch with a man'selectric razor.

8.

NICOLE approaches a YOUNG TATTOOED MAN who only wears boardshorts. He's talking with an OLDER ASIAN MAN as they groom apile of coke for snorting.

NICOLE:

Kip-

He sniffs a quick line and gets up to kiss her, she turns hercheek avoiding the coke-frozen kiss.

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John Gatins

John Gatins (born April 16, 1968) is an American screenwriter, director, and actor. He is credited with writing and directing Dreamer and writing Coach Carter, Real Steel, and Flight, among others. As an actor, he has collaborated three times with Eddie Murphy. more…

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