Plot[]
In Upstate New York, a waste management firm loads barrels of toxic waste onto trucks, intending to illegally dispose of them. They are shown heading into a tunnel under the Hudson River between Lower Manhattan and Jersey City, New Jersey along with several other commuters, including struggling playwright Maddy Thompson, some young offenders, a vacationing family, an elderly couple, and a mountain climber named Roy Nord. Meanwhile, a gang of diamond thieves in a stolen car try to escape the NYPD by racing into the tunnel. The gang force their way through the north tube traffic, spilling the diamonds all over the floor of the car. While a female thief tries to retrieve them, she pushes the gas pedal to the floor, causing the driver to lose control, smashing though a security booth and into one of the trucks, killing them. The waste barrels explode, causing the other trucks to explode and setting off a chain reaction. The tunnel entrances cave in, and a devastating fireball sweeps through the tunnel.
About to enter the Manhattan end of the tunnel, former New York City Emergency Medical Services Chief Kit Latura, now working as a cab driver, witnesses the fireball erupting from the entrance. While racing to help whoever he can he runs into an old EMS colleague, who tells him that the tunnel is severely damaged, and could come down if any wrong moves are made. Kit then checks with tunnel administrators, and finds that most of the old exits have been sealed off or are considered unsafe. Kit makes his way into the tunnel through the ventilation system, risking his life as the massive fans can only be slowed down for a short time.
A group of the survivors trapped inside band around Nord, who believes he can find a way out through the mid-river passage, a service corridor running between the north and south tubes. Kit arrives and finds Nord, warning him that the passage could come down at any moment, but Nord dismisses the possibility. Kit barely escapes as the mid-river collapses, killing Nord, and causing another explosion which kills a survivor.
Water begins seeping in from the river above, and Kit uses an explosive to stop the leak. Police officer George Tyrell returns from investigating the Manhattan end and is crushed under a truck as the road shifts. The group manage to free him before he can drown, but he is left with a broken neck. The water level continues to rise and the angry survivors confront Kit. He claims he can slow it down but not stop it, as the clean-up effort on the Manhattan side of the tunnel is causing water to enter their side. Kit recalls that there are sleeping quarters beside the tunnels (left over from when the tunnel was built) and asks George how to access them. Kit finds one by swimming under a security booth, and leads the group to this area, but George has to be left behind. He gives Kit a bracelet intended for his girlfriend Grace, and tells him to “get them to daylight”.
Eleanor, one of the elder survivors, is distressed that her late sons dog Cooper is missing. She refuses to go on, then suddenly yet quietly passes away, presumably from hypothermia. The group moves to another room as the first one floods, convincing Eleanors husband to come with them. As they reach the top of an old wooden staircase, Kit notices Cooper swimming in the water below and dives down to rescue him, passing him up to one of the survivors, but a beam falls and destroys the lower half, sending Kit into the water. Maddy tries to help Kit up, but she falls as well, as more of the staircase is knocked down. The main group escape through a manhole into daylight while the corridor caves in behind them, but not before one of the survivors takes a flashlight from his daughter and tosses it to Kit, leaving Kit and the hysterical Maddy behind.
Kit and Maddy swim around looking for a possible way out, with the main highway tunnel now almost completely submerged. Kit realizes he will have to use his explosives to cause a “blow out” and rip the tunnel roof open. The blast forces Maddy towards the surface, but throws Kit downwards. Maddy finds a barely conscious Kit and keeps him afloat, as a boat discovers them offshore. Lying on a stretcher, Kit sees Grace in the crowd and hands her Georges bracelet. Maddy insists on riding with him in the ambulance, to which Kit replies “on one condition; we gotta take the bridge.”
Cast[]
As the films director, Cooper noted to AOL, “I could have brought him on set anyway, but hes a great actor.”
Charlie was named after the actors beloved parent. “That meant a lot for him to be in the film,” he said.
Thats good news, but unfortunately for Cooper, his “great actor” dog has let all this success go to his shaggy head.
See Charlie — and Cooper and Gaga — in action when “A Star Is Born” hits theaters Oct. 5.
“(Charlie) has an agent,” he joked to People. “I don’t talk to him much anymore. He doesn’t return my calls.”
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Its all about who you know in Hollywood, and for one fluffy pooch with no previous acting experience, knowing Bradley Cooper really paid off.
Thats how Charlie, the actor-directors very own labradoodle, landed a part in the most buzzed-about movie of the year, “A Star Is Born.”
But dont get the wrong idea. According to Cooper, despite the fact he hired his furry friend, “there was no nepotism” involved.
“I wanted this relationship with the dog (in the movie),” he explained to People at the films Los Angeles premiere last week. The lead characters, Jackson (Cooper) and Ally (Lady Gaga) “don’t have a child together but they have a dog together, and I wanted it to be part of their story.”
And Charlie happened to be perfect for that part. Besides, Cooper added, “I love dogs” — and, obviously, he adores this dog in particular.
But casting Charlie wasnt just a way to include his canine companion in the film. It was also a way to include someone else who couldnt be there.
The 43-year-old stars father, Charles J. Cooper, died in 2011 following a battle with lung cancer. He recently cited that devastating loss as part of what made it possible to tackle his gritty role in “A Star Is Born.”
Charlie was named after the actors beloved parent. “That meant a lot for him to be in the film,” he said.
Evidently, it meant a lot to Lady Gaga to have Charlie around, too. In a red-carpet chat with Entertainment Tonight, Cooper confessed that, during the making of “A Star Is Born,” “We were always playing with Charlie!”
As the films director, Cooper noted to AOL, “I could have brought him on set anyway, but hes a great actor.”
On Thursday, Lisa Lange, the vice president of animal rights group PETA, said in a statement that “Bradley Coopers happy, adorable and much-loved dog steals the spotlight — and viewers hearts — in this film because its clear that he loved being with his real-life dad.”
Lange added that, “PETA has witnessed so much abuse and neglect of dogs, both on and off set, that we’re hoping Cooper’s kind decision (to cast his own dog) sets a precedent for all of Hollywood to follow.”
In an effort to encourage that, the organization has given the star their Compassion in Film award for his work with Charlie.
Thats good news, but unfortunately for Cooper, his “great actor” dog has let all this success go to his shaggy head.
“(Charlie) has an agent,” he joked to People. “I don’t talk to him much anymore. He doesn’t return my calls.”
See Charlie — and Cooper and Gaga — in action when “A Star Is Born” hits theaters Oct. 5.