World Trade Center Movie Trailer Is Up (and It Sucks)

The trailer for the Oliver Stone movie,
World Trade Center movie, will be shown during previews this weekend. And Paramount Picture will have a warning before it plays, given how some people were upset when the Flight 93/United 93 trailer came out in March. In fact, some theater chains will be posting signs to warn moviegoers. Well, Gothamist hopes it's a sign warning them that the trailer is terrible. World Trade Center is based on the accounts of two Port Authority police officers who were trapped under WTC rubble; Nicolas Cage and Michael Pena play the officers, Maria Bello and Maggie Gyllenhaal play their wives. Story and casting aside, the trailer sucks on these grounds:

- It has one of those treacly, cornball musical scores, you know, it's like something out of a Hallmark movie to Make. You. Feel. Like. You. Have. Had. A. Moving. Unbelievable. Experience. And. That. You. Must. See. This. Movie. It makes the trailer seems half a step away from one of those "In a world where bad things happened to good people" cliched movie trailer lines...
- The trailer cuts from horror on the streets of downtown Manhattan to a woman (maybe Maria Bello) tenderly hugging fresh laundry for support - we don't know why it bothers us so much, but maybe because imagery is so overwrought
- All the dialogue seems stilted and hokey - again, maybe not an issue with the movie itself, but in the trailer, it's like a lead weight

Maybe the trailer will play well in parts not near NYC, but it really seems to trivialize what happened, to assign emotions to an event many people already have very strong emotions about. When Gothamist thinks about September 11, we don't have a sweeping soundtrack telling us to cry playing. We hope there's more naturalistic use of sound in the movie, because the trailer is telling us in big letters not to see it. Luckily, at the very end of the trailer, there is something that looks good: A cool shot of Cage and Pena under the rubble, and the camera pans up. Well, Paramount will have until August 11 to release another trailer.

Watch the trailer and tell us what you think. And the film was shot mostly in LA, with some exterior work in NYC.

Contact the author of this article or email tips@gothamist.com with further questions, comments or tips.

By Jen Chung in Arts & Entertainment on May 18, 2006 12:48 PM

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Ann-Sofie

Finally I found it. I also liked that countrysong in the beginning of the movie.

Brooks and Dunn - Only in America.

http://www.rogerwatersonline.com/Artists_B/Brooks_Dunn_lyrics/Only_In_America.html

Julien

Reply to : Hello everyone :) What's name of song on World Trade Center trailer, it starts 00:42. It's sad song. That song is not Coldplay - Fix You. Trailer link http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/wtc/small.html . Please help me !! Thank you very much !! If you know write me to fiLzzLe@one.lt or fiLzzLe@balticum-tv.lt .

The ending music of the World Trade Center trailer is from the "Life of David Gale" score by Alex Parker, track 7, "The Life of David Gale". Julien

Ron

Hii... i am from sweden and have also watch the movie and i am also wondering about a country song.

This song is when a cop is driving and have his radio on and they play a song and if i remember right they sing something about "wake up to sun in NY" or something like that.

Do someone knows what song this is? Ron

fiLzzLe

Hello everyone :) What's name of song on World Trade Center trailer, it starts 00:42. It's sad song. That song is not Coldplay - Fix You. Trailer link http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/wtc/small.html . Please help me !! Thank you very much !! If you know write me to fiLzzLe@one.lt or fiLzzLe@balticum-tv.lt .

Seth Quinter

Hey I just watched the movie I don't know that one country song that was playing but I would like too. Me and my girlfriend watched it and we loved that song but the movie was really good and people that think that Cage is bad it wrong because he was really good in this one. I've never seen somthing that was real come out this way it was funny to make you laugh at the same time upsetting the Jesus part was funny everyone laughed at that! But yeah I loved the movie and would buy it!

Seth

Michael Gallagher

Spam You are sick and you are a conspiracy junky!! You get off on thinking you are smarter than everyone else, when in actuality you are a moron that is lead around by these so called intellectuals. Please wake up and get your head out of your ass. If you believe your government is lying to you then get the fuck out and find one that better suits you... like maybe France you fucking pansy!!!

K

ok never mind on the song- found someone with the cd to share! thanks everyone

K

There is no way the song in the trailer is coldplay- fix you- it doesn't sound like it at all (at least in a clip) anyone that OWNS that song, can you seriously confirm this?

steve

hey gracko, are you talking to NO SPAM or STEVE?

Gracko

"No Spam"-i cannot beleive that you are trying to defend the evil that killed thousands of people. You aren't even taking the time to want to defend your country or the people who were hurt emotionally or physically by this event. Why can't people like you actually be sad and feel pain for those who suffered instead of trying to think of other reasons the towers collapsed?

get a heart.

UUURRRRGGGHHH. i dont even normally comment on things like this, infact i dont. i was looking for the song in the trailer. but this made me so angry and upset i couldnt not.

Safraz

the score from the trailer is track no.7 - "the life of david gale" off the soundtrack of the same movie. it's just beautiful... and listening to it on the trailer just made me feel like crying.. beautiful...

Safraz

the score for the trailer is "the life of david gale" off the movie soundtrack of the same name... it's a beautiful score and hearing it on the trailer made me cry... just beautiful.

Safraz

the score from the trailer is "the life of david gale" from the OST for the same movie.

steve

I meant Joe: the song is Coldplay- Fix You

steve

Emily: the song is Coldplay- Fix You

steve

as far as the explosions go that the police and fire fighters heard, one question comes to mind, have you ever heard a building collapse? its not quiet. have you ever heard a branch fall from a tree or a can getting crushed? imagine that 100 million times louder. i'm sure it did sound like explosions. not to mention, there were electrical lines probably everywhere hitting who knows what, possibly causing little explosions, but none were probably caused the way you are thinking.

steve

once the portion of the first tower collapsed, it was all downhill from there. the initial collapse caused the structure of the rest of the building to weaken and the entire building collapsed. after the first tower went down, the movement of the foundation of the second tower and the massive wind created by the fall of the other tower, amongst other things, created instability and the second tower fell. this is all simple physics and engineering.

steve

No Spam:

You need to know a little something about engineering. when these towers were finished being built in 1970 and 1972, the fastest and biggest plane that could have possibly crashed into the buildings was no where near as powerful as a 747. this was taken into consideration. do you realize how tall those towers were and how much weight those towers had to support? the wind factor for one causes the towers to sway, constantly weakening the structure after it was struck. the steel inside the structure also was only designed to withstand only a certain amount of heat. a product called mono-coat protects the steel beams for fires but only for long enough for evacuation purposes. once this is burnt through, the steel will begin to melt, weaken, and collapse.

Steve

No Spam:

You need to know a little something about engineering. when these towers were finished being built in 1970 and 1972, the fastest and biggest plane that could have possibly crashed into the buildings was no where near as powerful as a 747. this was taken into consideration. do you realize how tall those towers were and how much weight those towers had to support? the wind factor for one causes the towers to sway, constantly weakening the structure after it was struck. the steel inside the structure also was only designed to withstand only a certain amount of heat. a product called mono-coat protects the steel beams for fires but only for long enough for evacuation purposes. once this is burnt through, the steel will begin to melt, weaken, and collapse.

once the portion of the first tower collapsed, it was all downhill from there. the initial collapse caused the structure of the rest of the building to weaken and the entire building collapsed. after the first tower went down, the movement of the foundation of the second tower and the massive wind created by the fall of the other tower, amongst other things, created instability and the second tower fell. this is all simple physics and engineering.

as far as the explosions go that the police and fire fighters heard, one question comes to mind, have you ever heard a building collapse? its not quiet. have you ever heard a branch fall from a tree or a can getting crushed? imagine that 100 million times louder. i'm sure it did sound like explosions. not to mention, there were electrical lines probably everywhere hitting who knows what, possibly causing little explosions, but none were probably caused the way you are thinking.

This was a sick terrorist attack. it was and still is a sad time in our nations history, but instead of stewing on it, we should move forward.

Emily: the song is Coldplay- Fix You