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The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

  • TV Movie
  • 1990
  • PG
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
130
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Ned Beatty, Peter Boyle, and Vincent Gardenia in The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990)
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Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

  • Director
    • Leslie Woodhead
  • Writer
    • Michael Eaton
  • Stars
    • Ned Beatty
    • Peter Boyle
    • Harry Ditson
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    130
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Leslie Woodhead
    • Writer
      • Michael Eaton
    • Stars
      • Ned Beatty
      • Peter Boyle
      • Harry Ditson
    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Ned Beatty
    Ned Beatty
    • Edward C. Acker
    Peter Boyle
    Peter Boyle
    • Fred Ford
    Harry Ditson
    Harry Ditson
    • Martin Shugrue
    Vincent Gardenia
    Vincent Gardenia
    • Harry Pizer
    Timothy West
    Timothy West
    • Col. Wilfred Wood
    Michael Wincott
    Michael Wincott
    • Ulrich Weber
    Sean Pertwee
    Sean Pertwee
    • Oliver Koch
    Richard Howard
    • Berndt Meyer
    Michael Cronin
    • Martin Hübner
    Stephen Hoye
    • Tommy Dome
    Emma Martin
    • Beate Franzki
    Peter Darling
    • Profile Screener 1
    Sandra Butterworth
    • Profile Screener 2
    Rivca Rubin
    • Alert Employee
    Martyn Read
    • X Ray Scanner
    Jamie Glover
    Jamie Glover
    • New Scanner
    Sasson Gabay
    Sasson Gabay
    • Marwan Khreesat
    • (as Sasson Gabai)
    Aharon Ipalé
    Aharon Ipalé
    • Hafez Dalkomoni
    • Director
      • Leslie Woodhead
    • Writer
      • Michael Eaton
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    8Sylviastel

    A decent portrayal but lacks some emotion!

    As somebody who takes interest in PAn Am 103's tragedy, I find this film plays around the publicly known events. If I had any say, I would have tried to focus on the human emotions of those who lost their relatives and friends in this crash. The film chronicles the events preceding the tragedy. I wished they would have made a conscious effort on examining the humans lost on 103 like on 9-11. Pan Am 103 was really the beginning of a war on terrorism for us. Pan Am 103 was our first warning which we ignored foolishly. If we had paid more attention to the events preceding the tragedy, we could have prevented 9-11. Pan Am 103 did not crash against a building but a small street in Lockerbie, Scotland. The residents there have never recovered emotionally neither have the families of Pan Am 103. 15 years later, we're still asking what happened. I have to say it's first rate casting with Timothy West, Peter Boyle, and others. It seems terrible that nobody paid close attention and we all have to ask why we didn't pay any close attention now. It's still a good film about the tragedy. I think they should have showed the names of those lost on the darkest day of the year.
    9rps-2

    Not likely as an in flight movie

    This a brutally honest, compellingly accurate, brilliantly crafted film. It's not exactly a docudrama. But it examines the facts behind the Lockerbee bombing in a dramatic fashion without preaching. And who among us, whether in the airline business, cigarettes, cat food or something else has not been trapped in the pressures of the sort of corporate culture that is so well documented here. Do you resign in conscience or do you reluctantly do what you're told in order to save your job. There are no real bad guys here; just a lot of disillusioned ones. Even the terrorists have their redeeming qualities. A whole lot of people got trapped in a situation that inevitably took on a life (and death) of its own. I am astounded this superb film has had such limited exposure. But don't expect to see it as in flight entertainment.

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    • Trivia
      Based on the same real life events as Pan Am Flight 103 (1989), Surviving Lockerbie (1998), Lockerbie: The Unheard Voices (2018), Lockerbie: A Night Remembered (1998), After Lockerbie (1998), The Lockerbie Plot (2015), Lockerbie: What Really Happened? (2014), The Lockerbie Bombing (2013) and Since: The Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 (2015).
    • Goofs
      The Air Malta baggage tag on the brown suitcase flying from Malta to Frankfurt says "Flight KM182", but the narrator later says this same suitcase starts its journey on flight KM180.
    • Quotes

      Col. Wood: I purchased all these items quite openly from the duty-free. In the right hands, they could blow a 747 out of the air. Now, watch carefully...

    • Alternate versions
      The UK version ("Why Lockerbie?") has a different narrator, uses different fonts and sound effects for on-screen titles and credits, omits the scene at the US embassy in Moscow and replaces footage of the aftermath of the bombing (houses burning at night, ambulances, wreckage at daylight) with footage of a memorial service.

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    • Release date
      • December 9, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Why Lockerbie?
    • Filming locations
      • Malta
    • Production company
      • Granada Television
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      1 hour 26 minutes
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