Dec 27, 2008 whisky romeo zulu argentina 2000 106 min. The film tells the story prior to the accident lapa boeing 737 on 31 august 1999 after hitting an embankment in central buenos aires, killing 67 people. Whisky romeo zulu tells the story prior to the crash of lapa boeing 737 that on august 31, 1999, caught fire after hitting an embankment in the center of buenos aires, killing 67 people. As an airline captain with a couple of thousand hours in the 737, i was very impressed with the technical accuracy of this movie. You can watch whisky romeo zulu online on videoondemand services netflix, hbo now, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in spanish. The flight was operated with a boeing 737204c, registration lvwrz, that crashed on 31 august 1999 at 20. Directed and performed by a former pilot of the same company, this film reveals a complex web of complicity between the air force and the. The lapa boeing 737200 plane, lapa flight 3142, went into flames after crashing into a mound. Without commercial breaks, the full movie whisky romeo zulu has a duration of 105 minutes. Whisky romeo zulu tells the true story of an argentinean pilot who helped raise the bar in terms of airline safety, though this is not something we discover until well into the film. Watch whisky romeo zulu now on your favorite device.
This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 2004 movies 2004. Whisky romeo zulu movie trailer, news, cast, interviews. If you like whisky romeo zulu you are looking for tense, sincere and thought provoking movies about with whistleblower, adventure, airplane, air disaster, investigation, heroes and workplace intrigue themes of drama and thriller genre shot in argentina. Staring mercedes moran, alejandro awada and enrique pineyro. Whisky romeo zulu is a 2004 argentine drama film directed by enrique pineyro and written by pineyro and emiliano torres. The film tells the story prior to the accident lapa boeing 737 on 31 august 1999 after hitting an embankment in central buenos. Whisky romeo zulu the internet movie plane database. The film is named after the nato phonetic alphabet version of the identifier of the accident aircraft, lvwrz lima victor whisky romeo zulu. Aqua films veronica cura was the executive producer and enrique pineyro was the producer. Airline pilotturnedwhistleblowerturnedactor enrique pineyro makes his debut as a writerdirector with the autobiographical docudrama whisky romeo zulu. Filmmaker and former commercial pilot enrique pineyro plays t a character based on himself in this docudrama inspired by an actual tragic event. Eastern province minister and malambo member of parliament makebi zulu joined over one thousand christian. Find release information for whisky romeo zulu 2004 enrique pineyro on allmovie.
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Mar 17, 2015 makebi zulu joins interdenominational choir festival. The drama is based on the experiences of enrique pineyro, former airline pilot turned whistleblower, who became a film actordirector, and of the august 31, 1999 lapa airline accident. Whisky romeo zulu on dvd 014381299526 from home vision. One pilots mission to raise the safety standards of his airline threatens. As usual, this film was shot in hd video high definition widescreen and bluray with dolby digital audio. Released 2004, whisky romeo zulu stars enrique pineyro, mercedes moran, adolfo yanelli, carlos portaluppi the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 45 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. The first hour of the movie is devoted to flashbacks of said pilots childhood, where he had a crush on a fellow classmate. O filme narra a historia previa ao acidente do boe. With enrique pineyro, mercedes moran, alejandro awada, adolfo yanelli. Whisky romeo zulu 2004 filmmaker and former commercial pilot enrique pineyro plays t a character based on himself in this docudrama inspired by an actual tragic event. Based on a true story, whisky romeo zulu tells the story of a 1999 argentinean air disaster in which 67 passengers died.
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