''Twin Towers'' is a 2002 short documentary film directed by
Bill Guttentag
Bill Guttentag is an American dramatic and documentary film writer-producer-director. His films have premiered at the Sundance, Cannes, Telluride and Tribeca film festivals, and he has won two Academy Awards.
Career
Guttentag won an Oscar for ...
and Robert David Port, depicting the
September 11, 2001 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial ...
on the
World Trade Center
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. It is about two brothers, policeman Joseph Vigiano and fireman John Vigiano Jr., and their actions during the attacks. The film was awarded an
Oscar
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for
Best Documentary Short at the 2003 Academy Awards honoring films released in the year 2002.
See also
*
List of American films of 2002
A list of American films released in 2002. ''Chicago'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. '' The Hours'' won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. ...
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List of firefighting films
The following criteria qualify a film for inclusion on this list:
* Primary plot of film regards firefighting or related fire/rescue service work in general.
* Primary plot of the film involves firefighters or their personal lives as affected by t ...
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2002 films
2002 short documentary films
Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners
American short documentary films
Films about firefighting
Films directed by Bill Guttentag
Documentary films about the September 11 attacks
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
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