View from the Top
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| Directed by | Bruno Barreto |
| Produced by | Brad Grey Matthew Baer Bobby Cohen |
| Written by | Eric Wald |
| Starring | Gwyneth Paltrow Christina Applegate Mark Ruffalo Candice Bergen Joshua Malina Kelly Preston Rob Lowe Mike Myers |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
| Release date(s) | March 21, 2003 |
| Running time | 87 min. |
| Language | English |
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View from the Top is a 2003 film directed by Bruno Barreto.
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[edit] Main cast
- Gwyneth Paltrow .... Donna Jensen
- Christina Applegate .... Christine Montgomery
- Mark Ruffalo .... Ted Stewart
- Candice Bergen .... Sally Weston
- Joshua Malina .... Randy Jones
- Kelly Preston .... Sherry
- Rob Lowe .... Pilot Steve Bench
- Mike Myers .... John Witney
[edit] Plot
- Tagline: Don't stop till you reach the top.
Donna is a girl from a small town who wishes to get out of it and see the world. She reads a book by Sally Weston, a flight attendant who has flown to practically everywhere and decides to become a flight attendant at a small commuter airline.
After gaining a little experience, Donna decides to apply to a major airline. She convinces her two co-workers, Sherry and Christine, to join her. While Christine and Donna get in, Sherry does not. Donna puts her heart and soul into the new position, and after meeting her idol Sally Weston, she is determined to be assigned to an international route. Alas, when the assignments are posted, Donna is shocked to discover that she has been assigned to a commuter route in Cleveland. It turns out that her friend Christine changes her test to Donna's test. That's why Donna goes to Cleveland and Christine goes to New York.
One time, Donna meets Christine in Cleveland and they get a reunion. Donna happens to discover that Christine always steal stuff on the airplane such as soap, perfume,etc. Donna comes to Sally Weston because she suspects there is a mistake in her test. She is accepted to take a retest. Donna gets 100% correct, the first person in 7 years.However, deciding to fight for what she wants means deciding between him and her career. She chooses her career.
Get all she wants: Paris, first class, etc, Donna realizes that she is still not happy. She misses her boyfriend in Cleveland terribly and with Sally Weston's courage, she returns to Cleveland to meet him. The movie ends up with the scene them two kissing each other.
[edit] Trivia
- At the end of the credits there are a few deleted scenes.
- There is a cameo of George Kennedy. The veteran of the Airport movies (Airport (1970), etc) is the man in first-class who declines Donna's offer of champagne and caviar.
- This film wrapped filming in 2001, and was originally scheduled for a Christmas 2001 release, then after initial tests, an April 2002 release. However, after the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001, the studio felt it was not appropriate to release a comedy which made light of airline flight crews. After another year in the can, and another round of edits which cut out cameo appearances by Robert Stack and Regis Philbin, the film was finally released in spring 2003
- The segment where the trainee flight attendants at Royalty Airlines are undergoing training by Mike Myers's character included a lesson on how to deal with terrorists. The scene was cut from the film, and was not included on the DVD release as a deleted scene.
- The DVD includes a special supplement about the history of the flight attendant.
- Paltrow calls the film a "terrible movie" that Harvey Weinstein talked her into starring in. She puts the film into the 'shite' category of films that she acts in, meaning she took the role only for the paycheck. [1]
