Freefall: Flight 174 (1995)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Captain Robert Pearson	William Devane	½
FIrst Officer Maurice Quintal	Scott Hylands
Flight Attendant Lynn Brown	Shelley Hack
Senior Flight Attendant Larry Roberts	Kevin McNulty
Pearl Dion	Gwynyth Walsh
Air traffic controller Al Williams	Nicholas Turturro
Rick Dion	Winston Rekert

Review

The true story about Air Canada Flight 143, which became known as the "Gimli Glider" after the 1983 incident upon which this 1995 film is based, is more or less buried in cheap 1990s TV movie production values, cheesy sub-plots and a slow, slow descent towards the inevitable conclusion. Still, at the core of it all is an interesting movie, it you're patient enough to wait for it. Or rather to edit it out yourself. William Devane's dependability as Captain Robert Pearson provides a solid base when the film otherwise seems clueless and badly paced.