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Title: ATC in the movies - Ground Control
Post by: BigSky on July 29, 2008, 09:29:41 AM: I just had the misfortune of watching Ground Control last night and wanted to venture that it could be the biggest mistake of a movie I have ever seen
Title: Re: ATC in the movies - Ground Control
Post by: KSYR-pjr on July 29, 2008, 09:38:12 AM: Why go to the movies and pay hard earned money to see Ground Control when you can simply listen to LiveATC's feed of JFK ground? Much more entertaining, IMO. :-)
Title: Re: ATC in the movies - Ground Control
Post by: w0x0f on July 29, 2008, 10:24:15 AM: Watch this and you will say to yourself, "Hey, I've seen this before."

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/09/out-of-context-.html

w0x0f
Title: Re: ATC in the movies - Ground Control
Post by: Squawk 7700 on July 29, 2008, 10:46:48 AM: Hi Colin,

Great topic of ATC in the movies.

What are your (and others) favorite aviation related films or movies with ATC scenes?

Here are some of my favorites:

1. Indianapolis Center ATC segment in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". (07m:37s-11m:02s)
2. Cliff Robertson as an alcoholic pilot in "The Pilot".
3. Van Nuys documentary "16 Right"
4. "Blue Thunder" A real air traffic controller / actor provided authentic ATC Chatter. (One of the best air to air helecopter scenes I've seen in a film).
5. The first "Airport" movie.

Ken
Title: Re: ATC in the movies - Ground Control
Post by: KSYR-pjr on July 29, 2008, 10:50:15 AM: Quote from: Squawk 7700 on July 29, 2008, 10:46:48 AM
1. ATC segment in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind".
...
3. Van Nuys documentary "16 Right"

Those would be my two favorites.
Title: Re: ATC in the movies - Ground Control
Post by: Beantown on July 29, 2008, 09:37:38 PM: "Pushing Tin"
Underrated movie
Title: Re: ATC in the movies - Ground Control
Post by: N628PW on July 29, 2008, 11:55:43 PM: Good view of Angelina Jolie in Pushing Tin :evil:
Title: Re: ATC in the movies - Ground Control
Post by: Scrapper on August 07, 2008, 08:05:35 PM: Pushing Tin is a GREAT movie but never have I seen a movie so unrealistic... it is definitely a classic movie though... I especially like when he gets home from a night shift, pulls into his driveway and realizes that he's in the wrong driveway (I've actually done this after a 12-hour night shift in the military...)

It also has some of the best lines...
If you guys enjoyed the movie, read this article, it's even funnier and it's where they got the idea FOR the movie:

http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~jeffj/ny_tracon.html
Title: Re: ATC in the movies - Ground Control
Post by: NAplaya16-ATC on August 07, 2008, 11:16:50 PM: haha thats prolly the best article ive read about ATC

great stuff there!

And, though it may be unrealistic, as ive heard from many experienced ATC's, Pushing Tin is a good good movie, and I also agree with 628PW up there, its never a bad thing when u get to look at Angelina Jolie!!

-NAplaya
Title: Re: ATC in the movies - Ground Control
Post by: NAplaya16-ATC on August 07, 2008, 11:19:30 PM: And even though its definitely not an ATC movie, though it has some ATC in it (prolly the most incorrect, yet the funniest ever), you can not rule out "Airplane" and "Airplane 2"

lol

-NAplaya
Title: Re: ATC in the movies - Ground Control
Post by: tyketto on August 08, 2008, 12:30:11 AM: Quote from: Scrapper on August 07, 2008, 08:05:35 PM
Pushing Tin is a GREAT movie but never have I seen a movie so unrealistic...

There was a movie that DiCaprio made that came out a year or so after Titanic. Name of it escapes me.. but the ATC and pilot readbacks were worse than Pushing Tin, the Airplane ("Flying High" outside the US), and Ground control Combined.

A clip I remember seeing is that ATC cleared DiCaprio (as the pilot which he read back!) to land on Runway 44.

:? :roll:

BL.
Title: Re: ATC in the movies - Ground Control
Post by: NAplaya16-ATC on August 08, 2008, 10:07:55 PM: lol its funny u mention runway 44, because in DiCaprio's movie, "Catch Me If You Can," as he is being transported back to the U.S., he turns to Carl Hanraddy (Tom Hanks) and says, "Look, there's LaGuardia! Runway 44!"

-NAplaya
Title: Re: ATC in the movies - Ground Control
Post by: glencar on August 09, 2008, 01:57:22 PM: Zack retired last week.
Title: Re: ATC in the movies - Ground Control
Post by: ZAUATC on August 10, 2008, 10:46:44 PM: What about ATC on boats? :-D :-D

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/ATCGUY/Boat/DSC_0009.jpg)
Title: Re: ATC in the movies - Ground Control
Post by: Scrapper on August 12, 2008, 03:20:43 PM: tyketto, could the movie you are referring to be "catch me if you can"? A movie about a guy who basically conned his way through life... he pretended to be an airline pilot in part of the movie, even though he never had a license or anything... scary thing is it's a true story... book is even better...