Sully (2016) Movie poster and book cover compared.

Sully

Clint Eastwood, 2016

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Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters
Chesley B. Sullenberger, 2009

Sully is a movie directed by Clint Eastwood in 2016 and based on the book Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters by Chesley B. Sullenberger, first published in 2009. The movie features Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Valerie Mahaffey, Delphi Harrington, Mike O’Malley, Jamey Sheridan, and others.

What users say

“The movie is better than the book”

But the book is worth reading.

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RATING

7.4

/ 10

Movie Poster: Sully (Clint Eastwood, 2016)

8.3

/ 10

Book Cover: Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters (Chesley B. Sullenberger, 2009)

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AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook cover of Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters, the 2009 book by Chesley B. Sullenberger.

Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters

Read by: Chesley B. Sullenberger

Storyline

On January 15, 2009, US Airways pilots Captain Chesley Sully Sullenberger and First Officer Jeff Skiles board US Airways Flight 1549 from LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Without engine power and judging themselves unable to reach nearby airports, Sully ditches the aircraft on the Hudson River.

Movie vs Book

Poster of Sully, the 2016 movie by Clint Eastwood

Year

2016

Minutes

96

Movie Rate

7.40

Source: IMDb

Movie

Sully

Country: USA

Year: 2016

Length: 1h36m

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Cover of Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters, the 2009 book by Chesley B. Sullenberger

Year

2009

Pages

368

Book Rate

8.32

S: Goodreads

Book

Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters

Country: USA

First published in: 2009

Length: 368 pages

Genre: Biography

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User polls & recommendations

Which is better?

Poster of Sully, the 2016 movie by Clint Eastwood

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Cover of Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters, the 2009 book by Chesley B. Sullenberger

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movie

IS IT WORTH WATCHING?

Poster of Sully, the 2016 movie by Clint Eastwood

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11% No

8 votes

1 votes

book

IS IT WORTH READING?

Cover of Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters, the 2009 book by Chesley B. Sullenberger

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42% No

7 votes

5 votes

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