Academy Award® winner Denzel Washington stars in this “riveting and powerful nail-biting thriller” from Robert Zemeckis the Academy Award® winning director of Forrest Gump and Cast Away. Airline pilot Whip Whitaker (Washington) miraculously lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe. But even as he’s being hailed for his heroic efforts questions arise as to who or what was really at fault. Action-packed engrossing and powerful Washington’s performance is being hailed as “a triumph2″ and one that “will be talked about for years.” — Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood, Richard Corliss TIME, Peter Travers Rolling Stone
A multimedia website on the life of Martin Waldseemüller is unveiled at the fourth of four sessions of a two-day conference celebrating the 500th anniversary of Waldseemüller’s Carta Marina and focusing on some of the most mysterious maps of the Medieval and Early Modern periods.
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