'' is a
2003 Film directed by
Bruno Barreto .
- Tagline : ''Don't stop till you reach the top.''
Donna is a girl from a small town who wishes to get out of it and see the world. She reads a book by Sally Weston, a
Flight Attendant who has flown to practically everywhere and decides to become a flight attendant at a small commuter
Airline .
After gaining a little experience, Donna decides to apply to a major airline. She convinces her two co-workers, Sherry and Christine, to join her. While Christine and Donna get in, Sherry does not. Donna puts her heart and soul into the new position, and after meeting her idol Sally Weston, she is determined to be assigned to an international route.
Alas, when the assignments are posted, Donna is shocked to discover that she has been assigned to a commuter route in
Cleveland . While she feels that her dreams have been dashed, she does meet her dream guy - Ted. However, deciding to fight for what she wants means deciding between him and her career.
- At the end of the credits there are a few deleted scenes.
- There is a cameo of George Kennedy . The veteran of the Airport movies ( Airport (1970), etc) is the man in first-class who declines Donna's offer of champagne and caviar.
- This film wrapped filming in 2001, and was originally scheduled for a Christmas 2001 release, then after initial tests, an April 2002 release. However, after the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001, the studio felt it was not appropriate to release a comedy which made light of airline flight crews. After another year in the can, and another round of edits which cut out cameo appearances by Robert Stack and Regis Philbin , the film was finally released in summer 2003. It promptly flopped and disappeared.
- The segment where the trainee flight attendants at Royalty Airlines are undergoing training by Mike Myers 's character included a lesson on how to deal with terrorists. The scene was cut from the film, and was not included on the DVD release as a deleted scene.
- The DVD includes a special supplement about the history of the flight attendant.
