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Clip trailer  'World Trade Centre'AP TelevisionNew York- 15 July, 20062. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nicolas Cage: \"I've been wanting to work with Oliver for many,...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eNo re-use/re-sale of film/video clips without clearance\u003cbr/\u003eParamount Pictures \u003cbr/\u003e1. Clip trailer  'World Trade Centre'\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eNew York- 15 July, 2006\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nicolas Cage: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I've been wanting to work with Oliver for many, many years. I think he's made some of the greatest films of the last 20 years ever. I saw this as an opportunity. Then when I read the script Andrea Berloff's script I was very moved by the human spirit that emerges from the story, the actual account of what happened to John McLoughlin, Will Jimeno and their families and the rest of the team involved. It was a real chance for me to apply my abilities to something that I thought would be actually helpful in some way.\"\u003cbr/\u003eParamount Pictures\u003cbr/\u003e3. B-roll: 'World Trade Centre'\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eNew York - 15 July, 2006\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Oliver Stone: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I just like working class stories, ordinary people. I did it in 'Platoon.' Did it on 'Born on the Forth of July.' Did it with character in 'Wall Street,' union guys. It was good to get back to the firemen, port authority and policemen. Guys who were on the ground, who say it with their own eyes. Testimony of history. It's a big event but let's start with who saw it and who was there.\"\u003cbr/\u003eParamount Pictures\u003cbr/\u003e5. Clip: 'World Trade Centre'\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eNew York- 15 July, 2006\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Oliver Stone: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Listen it's our job to make relevant stories. We have to deal with all kinds of social situations: ugly, positive, sacrificial. Whatever it is, you have to make it because it matters. The consequences of that day are far worse then what happened that day. More people have been killed. More wars. Constitutional breakdown. We talk about all the consequences. It's high time we looked at that event with no rose tented glasses, no political glasses. Just look at it as it happened, like we looked at 'Platoon' years after the Vietnam war and saw Ground Zero, this is what they went through.\" \u003cbr/\u003eParamount Pictures\u003cbr/\u003e7. Clip: 'World Trade Centre'\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eNew York- 15 July, 2006\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nicolas Cage: \u003cbr/\u003e\"They are very few and far between. If the opportunity arises I want to take it. I do want to use my abilities to be helpful in some way. I think film can be like a medicine. I think the critics will say what they want to say. That's their job. It's storytelling that depicts history. There's a lot of young people that went through this five years ago, watching this on television who want answers. I would say, take your family and go see the movie. Maybe it will be cathartic in some way for them.\"\u003cbr/\u003eParamount Pictures\u003cbr/\u003e9. Clip: 'World Trade Centre'\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eNew York- 15 July, 2006\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Maggie Gyllenhaal (sitting with Allison Jimeno): \u003cbr/\u003e\" I tried to imagine what it would be like. It's a very difficult thing to imagine before you've been through it. I think maybe I feel more empathy now. I think you are more emotional and also in some ways clearer and stronger pregnant. At least that's been my experience. Everything is more intense.\"\u003cbr/\u003eParamount Pictures\u003cbr/\u003e11. Clip: 'World Trade Centre'\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eNew York -15 July, 2006\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Pena: \u003cbr/\u003e\"For me, just thinking about him, I'm just recreating the moments. It wasn't too hard to think about what he went through, him and John and his family. That served as good enough motivation and also what happened during that day.\" \u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Will Jimeno: \u003cbr/\u003e\"For me it was difficult to see a lot of the scenes because you are reliving it. I think the thing that helped me a lot was Michael. Michael taught me about film-making. He said, 'I am going to be you, but I'm not going to be you.' I put myself on the sideline and watched him work. Also, what helped me was being involved to make sure the film was accurate. It put me off to the side. It's a difficult movie because it is reality. 9/11 was a bad day. All of the support I got from Michael and the rest of the cast helped me get though this film in a positive way.\" \u003cbr/\u003eParamount Pictures\u003cbr/\u003e14. Clip Trailer: 'World Trade Centre'\u003cbr/\u003e11 September 2001 is a day most Americans will never forget.\u003cbr/\u003eOn 9/11 nearly 3,000 people died when terrorists flew airplanes into a field, the Pentagon in Washington D.C. and the World Trade Centre in New York City.\u003cbr/\u003eFive years later and hot off the heels of Flight 93, Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone tells the story of two families directly affected by the attacks in the film - 'World Trade Centre.'\u003cbr/\u003e'WTC' is based on the true stories of two port authority police officers who were trapped in the rubble of one of the towers. \u003cbr/\u003eOscar winner Nicolas Cage plays John McLoughlin, a respected police sergeant who leads a rescue team into the World Trade Centre.\u003cbr/\u003eMost of his men were killed when the towers collapse. \u003cbr/\u003eMcLoughlin and another officer, Will Jimeno, somehow survive the collapse but are trapped below the rubble for nearly 12 hours. \u003cbr/\u003eAs the men fight to keep each other alive, both of their families play the waiting game hoping their loved ones escape unharmed.\u003cbr/\u003eStone says he felt compelled to make 'WTC' because it is a story of two everyday men.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I just like working class stories, ordinary people,\" Stone told AP Television. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I did it in 'Platoon.' Did it on 'Born on the Forth of July.' Did it with character in 'Wall Street,' union guys. It was good to get back to the firemen, port authority and policemen. Guys who were on the ground, who say it with their own eyes. Testimony of history. It's a big event but let's start with who saw it and who was there.\"\u003cbr/\u003eDespite criticism, Stone says he did not make the movie to capitalise off of 9/11 victims.\u003cbr/\u003eAs for Nicholas Cage - he maintains meaningful roles are hard to come by.\u003cbr/\u003eHe couldn't miss the chance to play McLoughlin.\u003cbr/\u003eCage spent a lot of time with McLoughlin and his family. \u003cbr/\u003eHis 'WTC' co-stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena also spent major time with the people their characters are based on.\u003cbr/\u003eGyllenhaal plays Allison Jimeno, a young pregnant woman who is waiting to hear word on her husband's safety.\u003cbr/\u003eWhen Gyllenhaal filmed 'WTC' she had to wear a fake belly to create a pregnant look.\u003cbr/\u003eNow the actress really is pregnant.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I tried to imagine what it would be like,\" Gyllenhaal says of the role. \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's a very difficult thing to imagine before you've been through it. I think maybe I feel more empathy now. I think you are more emotional and also in some ways clearer and stronger pregnant. At least that's been my experience. Everything is more intense.\" \u003cbr/\u003e9/11 survivor Will Jimeno acted as a consultant on the film. He says reliving that terrible day was no easy task.\u003cbr/\u003e\"For me it was difficult to see a lot of the scenes because you are reliving it. I think that helped me a lot was Michael. Michael taught me about film making. He said, 'I am going to be you, but I'm not going to be you.' I put myself on the sideline and watched him work. Also, what helped me was being involved to make sure the film was accurate. It put me off to the side. It's a difficult movie because it is reality. 9/11 was a bad day. 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