Pushing Tin is a 1999 comedy-drama film directed by Mike Newell. It centers on Nick Falzone , a cocky air traffic controller who quarrels over proving "who's more of a man" with fellow employee Russell Bell . The film was a box office failure and moderate critical success. The original music score was composed by Anne Dudley and Chris Seefried. Nick "The Zone" Falzone and his fellow air traffic controllers at New York TRACON pride themselves on their ability to handle the intense stress of being a controller for one of the busiest airspaces in the country, even boasting of the 50% drop-out... rate for new additions to the staff who are unable to cope with the pressure. The group is joined by the quiet and confident Russell Bell , a veteran of TRACONs in the Western United States. Russell quickly proves to be exceptionally capable of handling the increased workload by using unorthodox and risky methods.
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| Release date: | 1999 |
| Directed by: | Mike Newell |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 119 Minutes |
| Producer: | Art Linson |
| Editor: | Jon Gregory |
| Music by: | Anne Dudley, Chris Seefried |
| Cinematography: | Gale Tattersall |
| Screenplay by: | Darcy Frey, Glen Charles, Les Charles |
| Estimated budget: | $33,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |