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At 39,000 feet, you're on your own.

Nomination Year: 2023

SYNOPSIS: A new airplane that's equipped with a new computer that can fly the plane on its own is about to have its first flight. When the son of the owner decides to upload more software, he doesn't bother to check if there are any viruses with it. And he also invites some potential investors to try it. So the plane appears to be working well but suddenly it veers off course and it can't be shut down. When the military learns of this, they fear of something happening over a populated area and decide to shoot it down along with everyone on board. The man who built the computer whose wife is among the passengers thinks if he can get on board so that he might be able to shut it down and regain control of the plane. So the military using a new plane gets him on board. But what he didn't know is that both pilots are incapacitated so there's no one who can fly the plane.

Smithee Award Nominations

"Whoops!"
Has Fred Olen Ray Ever Been on a Commercial Aircraft? An hour and a half to landing but gear is down; engine noise continues after both engines are shut down.

Acting Appropriately Stupid
Who Needs Testing? Our first test of our experimental self-flying plane will be a transcontinental flight with the CEO, major investors, and a bunch of journalists on board. What could go wrong?	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Fred Olen Ray	If there's a contender for worst, most prolific Bad Director ever to (dis)grace Hollywood, he might be second only to Roger Corman. Oh, AND he wrestles under the name "Fabulous" Freddy Valentine.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Casper Van Dien	Tom Woodard	Is in a lot of sci-fi, fantasy, and action projects. Broke out as Johnny Rico in the Starship Troopers franchise. Voiced Amok in Alita: Battle Angel. And was both Johnny Cage on "Mortal Kombat: Legacy" and Andre Forester on "Watch Over Me."
Brad Dourif	Richard Devain	Famous creepy guy. "Wormtongue" in The Lord of the Rings movies and "Suder" on Star Trek: Voyager, also appeared in Blue Velvet, Dune, Alien 4, and all of the Child's Play movies (he is the voice of Chucky). But best known in his breakout role as Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Nicole Eggert	Samantha Woodard	Supermodel extraordinaire. Was one of the hotties on "Charles in Charge" and "Baywatch."
Patrick Muldoon	Charles Devain	Was Richard Hart on "Melrose Place"; Zander Barclaw in Starship Troopers; and Joe in Arkansas.
Ted Monte	Peterson	Was going to be a vet, but we got this instead. Lots of small parts on TV, and some detectives/sheriffs/officers in film. Was in Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfolds, Star Hunter, and played *cough* Jizz in Aliens on Crack. A Smithee perennial!

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