USA: Jodie Foster's latest film, "Flightplan" arrives on the red carpet for its Hollywood premiere

Two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster arrived on the red carpet Monday night (September 19) for the Hollywood premiere of her latest film, the taut psychological thriller, "Flightplan." The event was held at the historic El Capitan theater. "Flightplan" teams up Foster with Oscar winning producer Brian Grazer. The film is set in a state of the art passenger jet, where Kyle Pratt (Jodie Foster) faces every mother's worst nightmare when her six-year-old daughter, Julia, vanishes without a trace mid-flight from Berlin to New York. Already emotionally devastated by the unexpected death of her husband, Kyle desperately struggles to prove her sanity to the disbelieving flight crew and passengers, while facing the very real possibility that she may be losing her mind. While neither Captain Rich (Sean Bean), nor Air Marshall Gene Carson (Peter Sarsgaard) want to doubt the bereaved widow, all evidence indicates that her daughter was never on board resulting in paranoia and doubt among the passengers and crew. Finding herself desperately alone, Kyle can only rely on her own wits to solve the mystery and save her daughter. Foster said that fear is something every parent can relate too. "One of my kids hid in a locker and the locker must have been this size," laughed Foster, recalling the time she thought she lost her own child. "I turned around and he was gone, it was one of those water parks and I called his name and finally I just started opening lockers and there he was there." Foster's co-star, Peter Sarsgaard, who plays the role of the Air Marshall in the film, learned during the filming that there's more than one way to keep the peace at 37,000 feet. "Everyone has their own way to keep their authority. You can be a cop style and really put the person in their place or you can be just be someone who is not showing them what you are feeling. Because, the minute you start engaging and having a conversation then you're having a conversation with someone who is losing it and you do not want to be doing that," said Sarsgaard. Working on "Flightplan" also meant having to spend about 55 days on a set that was close quarters. Although, Foster said she didn't really mind. "I like tight spaces," explained Foster. "I've made other films with tight spaces and it kind of makes you disciplined about the script and about your performance because they can't cut away to like a train." The film opens through North America on Friday, September 23.

ITN Source | September 22, 2005

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