Pushing Tin is a 1999 comedy-drama film directed by Mike Newell. It centers on a cocky air traffic controller (John Cusack) who quarrels over proving "who's more of a man" with fellow employee Bell (Billy Bob Thornton). The film got mixed reviews, ranking 50% at Rotten Tomatoes, and opened #4 at the box office. It only grossed $8.4 Million in its US domestic run, despite an estimated cost of $33 Million.
Nick "The Zone" Falzone and his fellow air...
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Pushing Tin is a 1999 comedy-drama film directed by Mike Newell. It centers on a cocky air traffic controller (John Cusack) who quarrels over proving "who's more of a man" with fellow employee Bell (Billy Bob Thornton). The film got mixed reviews, ranking 50% at Rotten Tomatoes, and opened #4 at the box office. It only grossed $8.4 Million in its US domestic run, despite an estimated cost of $33 Million.
Nick "The Zone" Falzone and his fellow air traffic controllers at New York TRACON pride themselves on their ability to handle the intense stress of being a controller for one of the busiest airspaces in the country, even boasting of the 50% drop-out rate for new additions to the staff who are unable to cope with the pressure. The group is joined by the quiet and confident Russell Bell, a veteran of TRACONs in the Western United States. Russell quickly proves to be exceptionally capable of handling the increased workload by using unorthodox and risky methods. Nick feels challenged by...
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