'Sully' trivia and fun facts
First work together
First collaboration between Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks.
Image technology
Filmed entirely using IMAX cameras.
Biographies director
Clint Eastwood's fourth biographical film in a row, after 'J. Edgar', 'Jersey Boys' and 'American Sniper' and his seventh overall.
Old colleagues
Laura Linney and Aaron Eckhart had worked together previously on the 90s TV sitcom 'Frasier' where they portrayed a young couple.
Possible actor
An american newspaper stated in 2015 that Eastwood gave Doris Day a copy of the script, she loved it and was tempted to return to the big screen, this turned out to be a false rumour.
True story
This film is based on real events told in Sullenberger's autobiography. This pilot, portrayed by Tom Hanks, managed to prevent a deadly plane crash in 2009 when he ditched his plane on Hudson River, in what is now known as the 'Hudson River Miracle'.