[Mishmash] United 93

[Ingrid & Eric Holzman]

Thanks for your thoughts, Fred.  Eric and I want to see this.  I'm not sure 
I'll be able to handle the emotional end well.  I can cry at kodak 
commercials!  I went into labor with Dirk after watching Schindler's List. 
:-)  Hmm...it's a good thing I'm not pregnant.  I plan to rent this soon.

Ingrid

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Atkinson" <fatkinson at mishmash.com>
To: "Mishmash" <Mishmash at mishmash.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:49 PM
Subject: [Mishmash] United 93


>    I was at Walmart in the video section today.  Believe it or not, United
> 93 is already on the shelf.
>
>    I took it home and watched it again tonight (I saw it when it was at 
> the
> theatre).
>
>    I don't take back a single word I said about it.  It was excellent and
> very well done.  They didn't mention Osama bin A**hole's name even once
> (depriving him of the glory) or give the names of the hijackers (who cares
> about the name of men who would kill so many innocent people, I don't),
> which I thought was a nice touch.
>
>    But the video version didn't have the same ending as the one in the
> theatre.  In the theatre, they crashed and it was over.  In this video, 
> they
> showed events after the crash.
>
>    It stirs up so much emotion in me.  And it makes me proud to know that
> America bred people strong enough to overcome the fear of their imminent
> deaths to save the lives of so many other people.  It brings out the kind 
> of
> emotions that will help us to heal and move on so that the loss of their
> lives will not be meaningless.
>
>    As I think I previously said, I saw David Beamer (Todd Beamer's father)
> interviewed on Fox News.  He said that the nine eleven families had 
> already
> previewed the film and were in support of it,  He also said that the film
> makers had worked very closely with the families to be sure that the
> character sketches of their loved ones were accurate.
>
>    I think these film makers hit their target.
>
>    The movie studio has pledged ten per cent of the profits be donated to
> the fund to build the United 93 memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvana at 
> the
> crash site.
>
>    Go see it and/or get the video.  It's well worth it.
>
>
>
>                                                                Fred
>
>
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