Release Date
April 23, 1999
Director
Mike Newell
Writer
Les Charles, Glen Charles, Darcy Frey
Cast
Joe Pingue, Matt Gordon, Neil Crone, Mike O'Malley, Philip Akin, Michael Willis, Jerry Grayson, Matt Ross, Vicki Lewis, Kurt Fuller, Jake Weber, Angelina Jolie, Cate Blanchett, Billy Bob Thornton, John Cusack
Studio
Running Time
124 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for language and a scene of sexuality
Nick Falzone (John Cusack) is a control freak. An air traffic control freak.
He "pushes tin" at New York's Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) center. Part catacomb, part frat house, TRACON is the chaotic air traffic facility on Long Island that handles up to 7,000 flights a day into and out of the finite airspace above Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark airports. Nick works the Newark radar scopes, the busiest of them all, and he is... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
I am now scared to fly after seeing Pushing Tin. But it is not a airplane terrorism movie; it is a comedy about air traffic controllers. If the skies above airports are anywhere as hectic as seen in this film, which I believe they are, then that is pretty scary. And especially if John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton are fighting all the time, I will never set foot on an airplane again. Well, at least for a couple days. Full movie review »
