Sep 20, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min · 20 segments
With the 25th anniversary of 9/11, a day that will live in infamy, we are bringing UNITED 93 to the pod, as Alec and Tim join to talk about Greengrass movie. No film stars appear, just really good…
Oliver Webb CarterHost
Alec MarshGuestAnd the subject of today is United 93, which for obvious reasons is the 25th anniversary of those terrible attacks in 2001, September the 11th, 11th of September.
I'll, I'll, I'll be honest straight away, I think it's a hugely brilliant film.
Loving it is a bit of an odd thing to say because it's horrifying, but it is an incredible film.
And this is actually the second film we've done of Paul Greengrass', Tim and I, but we discussed that on a separate podcast.
I think it was made for, for TV, and is a also powerful and horrifying film based on real events.
And then he's also made, um, some Jason Bourne and Green Zone as well, and you'll probably name another, a bunch of films, Tim, that he's, he's made.
But I think that I would say between this and Bloody Sunday I think are his, his best.
Certainly most, sort of, you certainly don't, um, forget this soon after watching it.
I mean, I, I can do a quick summary before I go to you, Alec, but, uh, basically it is the story of the United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed into, uh, uh, Stony Creek, uh, Pennsylvania, as a result of a passenger revolt against the four hijackers, and this was the plane that I think only had four, the others had five each.
Well, I h- it's an awful strange thing to say, but because of the kind of enormity of 9/11 in our lives, people who were alive at the time and the way it just changed, it did change, um, uh, the world for a period of time quite dramatically.
It's, I mean, I wasn't there, I was in the UK at the time, but it was just too dramatic, too ubiquitous, and I just thought that I just don't need to have, I just, I don't...
But, you know, I was incredibly wrong because it's an incredible film, and I'm so pleased I've watched it because, yes, it's heart-rending and it's, um, uh, and, you know, it, it's quite a lot of crying on camera and quite a lot of crying going on when you're watching the thing 'cause it's just deeply horrific.
Um, but equally it's, and it's chilling and all the rest of it, but equally it's the most astonishing story and, of course, there's a, a degree of fiction in it, but it's an astonishing story of courage and, um, and I found it the most overwhelming watch.
And the subject of today is United 93, which for obvious reasons is the 25th anniversary of those terrible attacks in 2001, September the 11th, 11th of September.
I'll, I'll, I'll be honest straight away, I think it's a hugely brilliant film.
Loving it is a bit of an odd thing to say because it's horrifying, but it is an incredible film.
And this is actually the second film we've done of Paul Greengrass', Tim and I, but we discussed that on a separate podcast.
I think it was made for, for TV, and is a also powerful and horrifying film based on real events.
And then he's also made, um, some Jason Bourne and Green Zone as well, and you'll probably name another, a bunch of films, Tim, that he's, he's made.
But I think that I would say between this and Bloody Sunday I think are his, his best.
Certainly most, sort of, you certainly don't, um, forget this soon after watching it.
I mean, I, I can do a quick summary before I go to you, Alec, but, uh, basically it is the story of the United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed into, uh, uh, Stony Creek, uh, Pennsylvania, as a result of a passenger revolt against the four hijackers, and this was the plane that I think only had four, the others had five each.
Well, I h- it's an awful strange thing to say, but because of the kind of enormity of 9/11 in our lives, people who were alive at the time and the way it just changed, it did change, um, uh, the world for a period of time quite dramatically.
It's, I mean, I wasn't there, I was in the UK at the time, but it was just too dramatic, too ubiquitous, and I just thought that I just don't need to have, I just, I don't...
But, you know, I was incredibly wrong because it's an incredible film, and I'm so pleased I've watched it because, yes, it's heart-rending and it's, um, uh, and, you know, it, it's quite a lot of crying on camera and quite a lot of crying going on when you're watching the thing 'cause it's just deeply horrific.
Um, but equally it's, and it's chilling and all the rest of it, but equally it's the most astonishing story and, of course, there's a, a degree of fiction in it, but it's an astonishing story of courage and, um, and I found it the most overwhelming watch.
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