Fearless
Directed by	Peter Weir
Written by	Rafael Yglesias based on his novel
Starring	Jeff Bridges Isabella Rossellini Tom Hulce Rosie Perez Benicio del Toro John Turturro
Music by	Maurice Jarre
Cinematography	Allen Daviau
Release date(s)	1993
Running time	122 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

Fearless is a 1993 film directed by Peter Weir and written by Rafael Yglesias from his novel of the same name. Peter Weir (born August 21, 1944) is an Australian film director. ... Rafael Yglesias (born May 12, 1954) is an American novelist and screenwriter. ... Jeff as The Dude in The Big Lebowski. ... Isabella Rossellini, 1990 for others of the same surname see Rossellini Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini, born June 18, 1952 in Rome, is a model and an actress, daughter of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini. ... Tom Hulce starring as Mozart in Amadeus. ... Perez in Do the Right Thing Rosa Maria Perez (born September 6, 1964 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York) is an Oscar-nominated American actress, dancer, and choreographer based in New York City. ... Benicio Monserrat Rafael Del Toro Sanchez (born February 19, 1967) is an Academy Award winning actor. ... John Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an Italian-American actor noted for his performances in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), The Color of Money (1986), Five Corners (1987), Do the Right Thing (1989), and Men of Respect (1991). ... Maurice Jarre (born in Lyon, France, September 13, 1924) is a French composer of film scores, noted for his use of the Ondes Martenot, and for the scores of many films including a series of David Lean films, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryans Daughter (1970) and A... Allen Daviau (born June 14, 1942 in New Orleans) is an American cinematographer. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Peter Weir (born August 21, 1944) is an Australian film director. ... Rafael Yglesias (born May 12, 1954) is an American novelist and screenwriter. ...

Rosie Perez was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carla Rodrigo. She lost to Anna Paquin. The film's soundtrack features part of the first movement of Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 3, subtitled Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. Perez in Do the Right Thing Rosa Maria Perez (born September 6, 1964 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York) is an Oscar-nominated American actress, dancer, and choreographer based in New York City. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Anna Helene Paquin (born July 24, 1982) is an Academy Award-winning Canadian-New Zealander actress. ... Henryk MikoÅ‚aj Górecki (born December 6, 1933) is a Polish composer of classical music. ... The Symphony No. ...

Max Klein is a survivor of a plane crash. Many die, including his business partner. The trauma transforms his entire life. He enters an altered state of consciousness; soon after the crash he even thinks he is dead, and begins rethinking life, death, God, and the afterlife. Existential questions start to preoccupy his life. He moves away from his wife, son, and friends but, encouraged by an aircraft company psychiatrist, he tries to break the depression and apathy of another survivor, Carla Rodrigo, who lost her baby son during the flight. Eventually Max's increasingly dramatic attempts at pushing the boundaries between life and death succeed in jolting Carla from her uncertain state. However, after parting company with Carla, Max remains preoccupied, which endangers his relationship with his wife and son. Max has another, more serious near-death experience after eating strawberries, to which he has a severe allergic reaction. He survives and (it is implied) he recovers his emotional connection to his family and the world.

Historical connections

The doomed flight in the movie bears many resemblances with the real-life crash landing of United Airlines Flight 232 in 1989: United Airlines flight 232 UA232, UAL232 (United 232 Heavy) was a scheduled flight operated by United Airlines. ...

• The plane suffered a failure in the hydraulics system, following an engine explosion.
• The crew attempted an emergency landing, and many of the passengers and crew survived.
• The speech given by the Captain to the passengers before impact resembles closely to the one Captain Al Haynes gave in real life, including his closing line "Good luck to us all."
• A man receives media coverage for saving the life of a small child who is supposed to be a real-life survivor. This child, in real life was Spencer Bailey. In real life, the man was Lt. Colonel Dennis Nielsen.
• The plane skids into a cornfield.

United Airlines flight 232 UA232,UAL232 (United 232 Heavy) was a scheduled flight operated by United Airlines. ... Biography [[1]]Spencer Bailey was born on August 18, 1985. ...

External links

• Fearless at the Internet Movie Database

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