Crash Landing (1999 film)

Crash Landing
Traditional 緊急迫降
Simplified 紧急迫降
Directed by Zhang Jianya
Produced by Zhu Yongde
Li Dianliang
Written by Hao Jian
Starring Shao Bing
Xu Fan
You Yong
Music by Pan Guoxing
Cinematography Yang Tao
Edited by Sun Huimin
Production
company
Release dates
  • 1999
Running time
 114 minutes
Country China
Language Mandarin

Crash Landing (simplified Chinese: 紧急迫降; traditional Chinese: 緊急迫降; pinyin: Jǐnjí pòjiàng; literally: "emergency forced landing") is a 1999 Chinese thriller film directed by Zhang Jianya.

A Shanghai Film Studio production, Crash Landing follows the contours of many airplane disaster films, such as the Airport series, and stars Shao Bing, Xu Fan, and You Yong.

Plot

Crash Landing follows the tense hours on board a stricken passenger aircraft that was on a routine flight from Shanghai to Beijing. Shortly after taking off, the pilot (Shao Bing) discovers that the plane's landing gear is unable to be retracted. Unable to continue, but unable to land, he and his flight attendant wife (Xu Fan), are forced to circle Shanghai.

Meanwhile, on the ground, a troubleshooter (You Yong) is called to see if he can get the aircraft safely back on the ground.

Inspiration

The film is inspired by the first emergency landing in China. On September 10, 1998, China Eastern Flight 586, a McDonnell-Douglas MD-11, flying from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport, suffered a nose gear failure after take-off. The aircraft landed back in Shanghai with the nose gear up on a foamed runway.

Reception

Due to the film's scale and budget, Crash Landing was seen upon its release as a prime example of the growing sophistication of China's mainstream film industry,[1] with one western media review calling it "one giant leap for Chinese cinema."[2]

Note

No connection with the 1958 and 2005 film of the same name.

References

  1. ↑ Elley, Derek (2000-10-02). "Crash Landing Review". Variety. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  2. ↑ Short, Stephen (2001-10-29). "Have Kitsch, Will Travel". Time. Retrieved 2009-04-20.

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