NEW YORK, March 29 (UPI) -- "United 93," the film about the highjacked Sept. 11, 2001, flight that crashed in Pennsylvania, will open this year's Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
The world premiere will take place April 25, the opening night of the festival that runs through May 7, Universal Pictures and the Tribeca Film Festival announced Wednesday in a news release.
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Family members of the passengers and crew who died when the plane crashed outside of Shanksville, Pa., will be invited to the premiere along with other Sept. 11 survivors, relatives and first responders.
Actor Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff founded The Tribeca Film Festival in 2002.
