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Pushing Tin (1999)

★ 5.9 · 440 ratings on TMDB

A comedy about losing control

Pushing Tin poster★ 5.9

Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.

DirectorMike Newell
CastAngelina Jolie, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Jake Weber, Jerry Grayson, John Cusack
GenresComedy, Drama
The emergence reading

Pushing Tin keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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