Re: OT: Path to 9/11 Sun and Mon Nights ABC
- From: "Bill Bevington" <wpbent@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 8 Sep 2006 11:22:49 -0700
The absolute final truth about this whole discussion is that it has
absolutly nothing to do with dance. Please take this discussion
elsewhere.
Bill Bevington
memiki wrote:
quote:
"I wish everyone (Liberal, Conservative and who knows) would quit
snapping to defense anytime their side is criticized. What this country
needs is the truth about how things happened so that we can defend
ourselves against future attacks. From what I\'ve heard, this films
pokes at Clinton AND Bush. If YOUR guy screwed up, admit it and fix the
problem! The entire film is based on the 9/11 Commision Report and the
chairman was a special advisor to the film. This is not partisan
fiction like Farenheit 9/11. (Why didn\'t you scream about THAT?)
Congrats to ABC for having the courage to show the truth in spite of
partisan pressure (including a phone call from Bill Clinton himself!)"
ABC to Air The Path to 9/11
Source: ABC
July 5, 2006
On September 11, 2001 the world stood still as terrorists used four
planes as lethal weapons against innocent Americans. The 9/11
Commission was formed to determine how such an attack could happen, and
its report documents the trail from the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
to the tragedy of that autumn morning. The bipartisan commission effort
created a comprehensive record of events and provides valuable insight
into what must be done to protect the nation in the future.
ABC will present The Path to 9/11, a dramatization of the events
detailed in The 9/11 Commission Report and other sources, in an epic
miniseries event. The Path to 9/11 will begin on Sunday, September 10
and conclude on Monday, September 11 (8:00-11:00 p.m., both nights).
The miniseries will air with limited commercial interruption.
"This film is going to be enormously helpful to those of us who have
been working so hard to get the Commissions recommendations
implemented," said Governor Thomas H. Kean, Chairman of the 9/11
Commission and senior consultant on the miniseries. "More people will
see this film than probably anything else on the subject. Telling the
whole story of 9/11 will help people better understand the issues
involved and what we need to do nationally and locally to prevent
another tragedy."
"When you take on the responsibility of telling the story behind such
an important event, it is absolutely critical that you get it right,"
said Steve McPherson, president of ABC Entertainment. "Having Governor
Kean, who chaired the 9/11 Commission, as a key advisor on this movie
has not only been an honor, it's also been crucial to the project."
Mr. McPherson continued: "ABC is incredibly proud to bring this story
to our viewers. By dramatizing the events that ultimately led to the
9/11 attack, the miniseries presents a compelling story of what
happened then and what experts say needs to happen now."
Directed by David L. Cunningham (To End All Wars), the project stars
acclaimed actor and Oscar nominee Harvey Keitel (Pulp Fiction, The
Piano) as FBI agent John ONeill, an expert on al Qaeda and on Osama bin
Laden at the time of the attacks. His co-stars include (in alphabetical
order): Michael Benyaer (24) as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), Ramzi
Yousef's uncle; Shirley Douglas (A House Divided) as Madeleine
Albright; newcomer Mido Hamada as Massoud, one of America's pivotal
allies; Emmy winner Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) as
Barbara Bodine, Ambassador to Yemen; Frank John Hughes (Without a
Trace) as Bill Miller, DSS agent in Pakistan; Penny Johnson Jerald (24)
as Condoleezza Rice; Dan Lauria (Wonder Years) as CIA Director Richard
Tenet; Golden Globe winner Amy Madigan (Carnivale) as Patricia Carver,
a top CIA analyst who prodded her superiors to take further action
against terrorism; Michael Murphy (Tanner on Tanner) as William Cohen,
President Clinton's Secretary of Defense; Stephen Root (News Radio) as
Richard Clarke, counter-terrorism advisor to four presidents; William
Sadler (The Shawshank Redemption) as Neil Herman, an FBI Supervisory
Special Agent who worked closely with ONeill; Katy Selverstone (Drew
Carey Show) as Nancy Floyd, an agent who cultivated a key informant;
Pip Torrens (Pride & Prejudice) as CIA man Paul Kessler; film star
Shaun Toub (Crash) as Emad Salem, an FBI informant who helped bring
down the Blind Sheikh, and Donnie Wahlberg as Kirk, an undercover CIA
agent.
The miniseries will take viewers behind closed doors at the CIA, the
FBI and the White House and into the world of Richard Clarke, Madeleine
Albright, Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Sandy Berger and CIA Director
Richard Tenet, among others. Viewers will follow the international
manhunt for elusive bomber Ramzi Yousef (Nabile Elouahabi, Eastenders)
and meet several key players in the 9/11 saga, including: John ONeill,
the career FBI agent who spent years zealously chasing bin Laden;
then-ABC newsman John Miller (portrayed by Barclay Hope, Stargate
SG-1), who interviewed bin Laden; Emad Salem and other key Muslim
informants who aided the U.S.; and Ahmed Shah Massoud, commander of the
Northern Alliance, a crucial American ally and the person bin Laden
feared most.
The 9/11 Commission Report instantly became a national bestseller when
it was published in July 2004. Writer Cyrus Nowrasteh ("The Day Reagan
Was Shot") uses this historic document as the basis for a powerful
story with action as gripping and far reaching as the source material
itself. Shot in Toronto, Morocco, New York and Washington, DC, actors
portray the famous and infamous, along with the formerly anonymous and
often heroic people thrust onto historys stage. Beginning with the 1993
bombing of the World Trade Center and ending on the morning of 9/11,
the miniseries draws on detailed information from the Report and other
sources to take viewers on an unforgettable journey through the events
that presaged that fateful day -- to understand what went right and
wrong, and what can be learned from this crucial eight-year period.
Former ABC News anchor John Miller, now the FBIs Assistant Director of
Public Affairs, was also a consultant on the project. His book, "The
Cell," co-authored with Michael Stone, was optioned by ABC for use in
the teleplay. In addition, "The Relentless Pursuit" by Samuel Katz was
also optioned.
The Path to 9/11 is executive-produced by Marc Platt (Empire Falls).
The producers are Hans Proppe (Anne Frank) and Cyrus Nowrasteh (also
the writer); and Governor Thomas H. Kean (Chair, The 9/11 Commission)
is senior consultant. The director is David L. Cunningham. The
miniseries is a production of UHP Productions, Ltd., and will be
distributed by Touchstone Television.
This program will carry a TV-14,V parental guideline (both nights).
More links:
http://abc.go.com/movies/thepathto911/index.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/06/AR2006090601819_pf.html
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