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  • Controversial United 93 Stirs Search

    by Molly McCall

    Apr 5, 2006

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    New York's AMC Loews movie theater at Lincoln Square yanked it. But the trailer for the film "United 93" continues to play at a few thousand theaters across the country—and generate a tremendous amount of buzz online. The movie, which depicts the September 11 United Airlines flight that crashed in a Pennsylvania field, premieres April 28 at the Tribeca Film Festival. Both the film (+1,665%) and its trailer (off the charts) have soared into Buzz's top movers over the past week.

    Most of that online interest is coming from places other than New York City or Washington, D.C., where the hijacked plane was headed. The N.Y. Daily News thinks this may be "too much, too soon" for some New Yorkers, and it looks like residents of the nation's capital may feel rushed, as well. While Rochester, Boston, and St. Louis top the group of metros seeking the film in Search, New York City registers a scant #12 on the list and D.C. comes in at #19.

    Meanwhile, searches for "flight 93" and "flight 93 trailer" more than doubled yesterday. People may be looking for the actual flight, or seeking the January made-for-TV movie from A&E. But our hunch is that the two films have gotten mixed up in peoples' minds (understandably). Things might get more confusing still as Hollywood's roster of 9/11 movies fills out in upcoming months. Notable among them is an August release titled "World Trade Center" from, oh dear, Oliver Stone.

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