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Deepwater Horizon
Why this pick
Peter Berg brings the same urgent, ground-level procedural intensity to a real catastrophe, balancing escalating chaos with attention to ordinary people under extraordinary pressure.
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MOVIE2016 2h 13m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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The 15:17 to Paris
Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The movie begins on April 14, 2013, a day before the marathon. The next day, brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev detonate two bombs during the Boston Marathon, causing widespread panic. A young couple, Patrick Downes and Jessica Kensky, are injured and taken to separate hospitals, where they are both required to have their legs amputated. Steve Woolfenden, a family man, is also injured and separated from his toddler son, Leo, who is taken by the police to a safe location.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Mark Wahlberg
Sgt. Tommy Saunders
Kevin Bacon
Richard DesLauriers
Michelle Monaghan
Carol Saunders
Alex Wolff
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Themo Melikidze
Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Michael Beach
Gov. Deval Patrick
Vincent Curatola
Mayor Thomas Menino
James Colby
Superintendent Billy Evans