A film has just joined the Netflix top 10, rising to fourth place in the ranking. Carried by Nicolas Cage, this dramatic feature film is linked to current events.
September 11 is a date that no one will be able to forget. Every year, the whole world remembers the terrorist attacks that struck New York in 2001. That day, two planes were projected onto the twin towers of the World Trade Center located in Manhattan and a third onto the Pentagon. A fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania, with passengers and crew managing to regain control to divert the plane’s path after learning what had just happened in New York. During these deadly attacks, 2,977 people lost their lives and 6,291 others were injured.
World Trade Center joins the top 10 Netflix
Among the Netflix catalog, the film World Trade Center was uploaded to the streaming platform some time ago. It tells the true story of two police officers who found themselves trapped in the rubble of the two twin towers. And in view of this sad anniversary, this feature film starring Nicolas Cage jumped into the Netflix top 10. To date, the film directed by Oliver Stone, released in 2006, is currently in fourth place in the ranking of the most viewed films this week on Netflix.
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Will Jimeno (World Trade Center): “We We saw these people jump into the void.”
Several members of the film were present on the day of the attack. This is the case for Will Jimeno who plays Michael. “Our motto is ‘Serve and Protect’. It defines the essence of our mission. When we arrived at the edge of the Towers and saw these people jumping into the void, we felt helpless. I can’t think of anything worse for a cop”, he confided. When he discovered the setting of the film, he was shocked: “I initially felt a certain uneasiness, and preferred to stay in the background. The effect was the same among the firefighters and police officers present that night. It was therefore good to be able to be together in this context and to be able to talk about it. World Trade Center was highlighted at several festivals, but only won one award, Director of the Year at the 2006 Hollywood Film Festival.
Article written with the collaboration of 6Medias.
