Tony Benatatos, Jamal Braithwaite, Steve Buscemi

Originally broadcast on CBS in March 2002, 9/11 is an extraordinary record of that fateful day in New York City. This one-of-a-kind documentary was originally conceived as a portrait of 21-year...( read more  read more... )-old Tony Benetatos, a firefighter trainee at Manhattan's Duane Street firehouse, located seven blocks from the World Trade Center. By the time filming was finished, brothers Jules and Gedeon Naudet had captured history in the making, including the only image of the first jetliner striking Tower 1, and the only footage from within the tower as it collapsed. This is not, however, a film about the murderous nightmare of terrorism. It's the ultimate rite-of-passage drama, more immediate and meaningful than any fiction film could be, with Benetatos and his supportive colleagues emerging as heroes of the first order. Sensitively narrated by codirector and fellow firefighter James Hanlon, 9/11 will endure forever as a tribute to those, living and dead, who witnessed hell on that sunny Tuesday morning. --Jeff Shannon

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Unrated, 130 min.

Directed by: James Hanlon, Rob Klug

Release Date: March 10, 2002

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DVD Release Date: September 12, 2002

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  • September 24, 2009
    Jules and Gedeon Naudet were there with their cameras the day the world changed. As film makers, they got the biggest break of their lives and although it would be better 9/11 never happened, we have been given the most amazing documentary ever filmed. This is historically very i...( read more)mportant and should be watched by the whole world!
  • August 10, 2008
    The first documentary of 9/11 made with the amazing 1st-person footage from the two French film makers who were there on that day.
  • July 25, 2008
    A tremendous blow once again, but I don't think we should rate documentaries such as this one. Can you really count how good a film is when we're dealing with human lives? Can you put a 5-star rating on life? I don't think so.
  • January 20, 2008
    These two French filmmakers were filming a documentary on NYC firefighters on the actual day the WTC collapsed!
    My husband was a Baltimore City firefighter for 32 years and says no other documentary on the subject will compare!
  • November 20, 2006
    Upsetting, frightening and heartbreaking.
  • August 22, 2009
    i think we watched this in history
  • May 1, 2009
    i feel like i should watch this like once a year.
  • March 31, 2009
    A hugely historic documentary, the only known footage of the first plane flying into the twin towers!
  • January 20, 2009
    lies, propaganda, american-patriotic-loving BULLSHIT! Bush and his evil white friends did it and got away with it and you know it. -_-'
  • September 9, 2008
    I don't know what to say....

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  • sylershane
    July 16, 2007
    My dad was born on that date and evrey time his b-day is i cry bc of that day were evrey body lost there life
  • sylershane
    July 16, 2007
    the most awesome movies in the whole and tier univers and at the end is just awesome i would hate to be thoughs men and they went though a lot and they saw there friend die and it is one of the most sadest movies but it is good but very very very Sad ( i cried in it)

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