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View from the Top

View from the Top
View from the top poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Bruno Barreto
Produced by Brad Grey
Matthew Baer
Bobby Cohen
Written by Eric Wald
Starring Gwyneth Paltrow
Christina Applegate
Mark Ruffalo
Candice Bergen
Joshua Malina
Kelly Preston
Rob Lowe
Mike Myers
Music by Theodore Shapiro
Deborah Lurie
Cinematography Affonso Beato
Edited by Christopher Greenbury
Ray Hubley
Charles Ireland
Production
company
Distributed by Miramax Films
Release date
  • March 21, 2003 (2003-03-21)
Running time
87 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $30 million
Box office $19.5 million
View from the Top: Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various
Released March 18, 2003
Label Curb Records
Producer Mike Curb, Michael Lloyd

View from the Top is a 2003 American romantic comedy film directed by Bruno Barreto, and stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Candice Bergen, Joshua Malina, Mark Ruffalo, Rob Lowe, Mike Myers, and Kelly Preston. The film follows a young woman (Paltrow) from a small town who sets out to fulfill her dream of becoming a flight attendant.

Donna Jensen is a girl from a small town in Nevada who wishes to see the world in order to get away from her unhappy life of living in a trailer with her alcoholic mother, a former Las Vegas showgirl, and her abusive, alcoholic stepfather, where she feels miserable and lonely. After graduating from high school, Donna tries to make ends meet by working as a clerk in a Big Lots.

After her boyfriend, Tommy, leaves her for another girl, she goes to a bar where she sees a talk show segment about Sally Weston, who has written a memoir called My Life in the Sky, and decides to follow her destiny by becoming a flight attendant. Her first position is at a small, seedy California commuter airline called Sierra, where she works with Sherry, a senior attendant, and also gets an intern herself, named Christine. After working for several months, this success builds up her confidence and encourages her to attend open interviews for Royalty Airlines. She convinces Sherry and Christine to join her at Royalty Airlines. While Christine and Donna get in, Sherry does not, and remains in Sierra Airlines.

After getting the job, Donna puts her heart and soul into the training camp, and, after meeting Weston, she is determined to be assigned to the top route, "Paris, First Class, International". Alas, when the assignments are posted, Donna is shocked and disappointed to discover that, instead of the top route, she has been assigned to a commuter route in Cleveland. Christine, who had initially struggled with the material and procedures, has inexplicably been assigned the high-priority New York City route, much to the dismay of Donna.


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