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In the film, while Captain Sally was running in Times Square, New York, a poster starring director Clint Eastwood appeared in the film "Vintage Cars". The film was released on December 12, 2008. Sally's hearing investigation was January 2009.
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"Captain Sally" invested 60 million U.S. dollars to truly restore the details of the forced landing of the flight in terms of visual effects.
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Lombardi, the ferry captain who was the first to arrive at the Hudson River rescue scene in a real event, played himself in this movie.
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The filming location of the New York Marriott Hotel in the film happened to be the place where passengers were sent the first time after the accident.
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During the preparation of the film, Tom Hanks spent a long time getting along with Captain Sally at his home in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sally felt that Hanks had captured his charm very accurately.
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The filming location of the aircraft rescue scene on the Hudson River in the movie was the actual rescue place on January 15, 2009.
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The character played by Tom Hanks has white hair. I thought that styling with white hair would be easy, but it caused a lot of trouble for the makeup department.
Sully behind the scenes gags
2022-01-27 08:05
Extended Reading
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LT Cook: A pilot never stops acquiring knowledge. You'll make mistakes, everyone does. Just learn from them.
Sully (16 Years Old): Yes, sir.
LT Cook: And never forget, no matter what's happening, to fly the airplane.
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Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger: [New York late at night and both men can't sleep so they decide to go for a walk. It's cold outside and both are bundled up] It's all so unreal. I guess I'm just having a little trouble separating reality from whatever the hell this is.
Jeff Skiles: This is two men freezing their asses off.
[They both laugh]
Jeff Skiles: Sully
[pause]
Jeff Skiles: don't worry. You did a great thing and it's going to be remembered for a very long time.
Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger: Funny thing is, I've delivered a million passengers over 40 years in the air and in the end I'll be judged on 208 seconds.
Jeff Skiles: Come on. Tomorrow's going to be a good day. Computer SIMS will prove you were right and we can all put our wings back on.
Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger: Do you want to run?
[Both men go jogging on down the street]