A Thousand Heroes

A Thousand Heroes is a 1992 American disaster drama television film directed by Lamont Johnson and written by Harve Bennett. The film stars Charlton Heston, Richard Thomas, and James Coburn. It is based on a true story of United Airlines Flight 232, which crash-landed at Sioux City, Iowa on July 19, 1989.

A Thousand Heroes
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Also known as	Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Written by	Harve Bennett
Directed by	Lamont Johnson
Starring	Charlton Heston Richard Thomas James Coburn
Composer	Charles Fox
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Dorothea G. Petrie
Producers	Bradley Wigor Joseph Maurer
Cinematography	William Wages
Editor	Paul LaMastra
Running time	95 minutes
Production companies	Dorothea G. Petrie Productions Helios Productions Bob Banner Associates The Gary L. Pudney Company
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	February 24, 1992 (1992-02-24)

Cast

• Charlton Heston as Al Haynes
• Richard Thomas as Gary Brown
• James Coburn as Jim Hathaway
• Leon Russom as Bob Hamilton
• John M. Jackson as Dennis Nielsen
• Tom O'Brien as Chris Porter
• Philip Baker Hall as Sam Gochenour
• Tom Everett as Mack Zubinski
• Carmen Argenziano as Bill Records
• Bruce McGill as Dudley Dvorak
• Arthur Rosenberg as Dennis Fitch
• Bill Geisslinger as Chuck Sundberg
• Steven M. Porter as Gary Anderson
• Stephanie Dunnam as Elaine Brown
• Mariangela Pino as Marcia Poole

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
1992	44th Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special	Lamont Johnson	Nominated	[1]
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Miniseries or a Special	Andre Caporaso Clark Conrad Gary Gelfand Stephen Grubbs Philip Jamtaas Joseph A. Johnston Stan Jones Craig Otte David A. Scharf Randal S. Thomas Terence Thomas	Won
		Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special	David E. Fluhr George R. Groves Jr. Troy Porter Kenneth B. Ross	Nominated
	39th Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing in Television Long Form – Sound Effects & Foley	Stephen Grubbs	Won