Flightplan is a 2005 thriller film directed by Robert Schwentke and starring Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Erika Christensen and Sean Bean. It was released in North America on September 23, 2005. It features many plot similarities with the films Bunny Lake is Missing and Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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If someone took everything you live for... How far would you go to get it back?
The Association of Professional Flight Attendants, with 85,000 members, had called for an official boycott of the film, which they say depicts flight attendants as rude, uncaring, indifferent, and even one as a "terrorist." The boycott eventually failed. As of February 10, 2006, the film had grossed over $200 million worldwide.
The fictionally designated E-474 aircraft aboard which the story is set, clearly resembles the Airbus A380 as far as its general arrangement of full length upper and lower passenger decks and four turbofan engines. The number is obviously derived from the Boeing 747. Additionally, the front portion of the aircraft most closely resembles the McDonnell Douglas MD-12. However, there are differences that become apparent such as the way the aircraft overhead bins are opened, the excessive use of the Aalto logo and the extremely large spaces within mechanical areas.
Every character referring to the Kaiser Wilhelm Hospital, where Kyle's husband was treated and pronounced dead, immediately adds "on Hochstraße" (in Berlin). There is no Kaiser Wilhelm Hospital on that street and city.
The airline featured in the film, Aalto Airlines, may be a reference to Finnish modernist architect Alvar Aalto, but also to the Latin root "altus," meaning "high."
Much of the film's plot is taken from Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 film The Lady Vanishes, even including the heart drawn in the fog on the window. Parts of the plot are also similar to that of Bunny Lake is Missing, in that a mother has to convince the authorities that her child is not a figment of her imagination.
The Goose Bay scenes were filmed far from snow, at the Mojave Spaceport in the Mojave Desert. One of the main taxiways was closed for the building of the set.
There is an easter egg on the DVD that contains stock footage from the seatback displays during the movie, and another that shows the challenges of filming post-9-11.
A "Welcome aboard" video is shown during the passenger boarding scenes, with morphing effects between airline employees speaking different languages. It features greetings in (more or less in order): Mandarin ("Huan Ying"), Italian ("Benvenuti"), Akan ("Awkaaba"), Belarusian ("Zaprashajem"), Greek ("Kalós Ílthate"), Irish Gaelic ("Fáilte"), Russian ("Dobro pozhalovat"), Tagalog ("Mabuhay"), Urdu ("Khush Amdeed"), Japanese ("Yokoso"), Spanish ("Bienvenidos"), English ("Welcome"), French ("Bienvenue"), Norwegian ("Velkommen"), Swedish ("Välkommen"), German ("Willkommen") and Dutch ("Welkom").Wikipedia
