A Thousand Heroes aka Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 is a 1992 American disaster drama television film directed by Lamont Johnson and written by Harve Bennett. The film stars Charlton Heston, Richard Thomas, and James Coburn. It is based on a true story of United Airlines Flight 232, which crash-landed at Sioux City, Iowa on July 19, 1989.
Cast Charlton Heston as Al Haynes Richard Thomas as Gary Brown James Coburn as Jim Hathaway Leon Russom as Bob Hamilton John M. Jackson as Dennis Nielsen Tom O'Brien as Chris Porter Philip Baker Hall as Sam Gochenour Tom Everett as Mack Zubinski Carmen Argenziano as Bill Records Bruce McGill as Dudley Dvorak Arthur Rosenberg as Dennis Fitch Bill Geisslinger as Chuck Sundberg Steven M. Porter as Gary Anderson Stephanie Dunnam as Elaine Brown Mariangela Pino as Marcia Poole
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref. 1992 44th Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special Lamont Johnson Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Miniseries or a Special Andre Caporaso Clark Conrad Gary Gelfand Stephen Grubbs Philip Jamtaas Joseph A. Johnston Stan Jones Craig Otte David A. Scharf Randal S. Thomas Terence Thomas Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special David E. Fluhr George R. Groves Jr. Troy Porter Kenneth B. Ross 39th Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing in Television Long Form – Sound Effects & Foley Stephen Grubbs
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