Ground Control is a 1998 disaster

Disaster film

A disaster film is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject...

 thriller film starring Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland is an English-born Canadian actor, producer and director, best known for his portrayal of Jack Bauer on the Fox thriller drama series 24 for which he has won an Emmy Award , a Golden Globe award , two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Satellite...

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Synopsis

Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

 air traffic controller

Air traffic controller

Air traffic controllers are the people who expedite and maintain a safe and orderly flow of air traffic in the global air traffic control system. The position of the air traffic controller is one that requires highly specialized skills...

 Jack Harris, though cleared of responsibility for a major Transair crash, killing all 174 aboard, gives up the job and designs air control software. Five years later, his ex-colleague T.C. Bryant, meanwhile also transferred to Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

, desperately asks him to help out short-term, given desperate staff shortage on New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve is observed annually on December 31, the final day of any given year in the Gregorian calendar. In modern societies, New Year's Eve is often celebrated at social gatherings, during which participants dance, eat, consume alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks to mark the...

 with a bad storm predicted, after a power cut hits. Colleagues welcome him in very different states of mind but he quickly proves his capabilities.

Cast

• Kiefer Sutherland
  Kiefer Sutherland
  Kiefer Sutherland is an English-born Canadian actor, producer and director, best known for his portrayal of Jack Bauer on the Fox thriller drama series 24 for which he has won an Emmy Award , a Golden Globe award , two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Satellite...
  
   - Jack Harris
• Bruce McGill
  Bruce McGill
  Bruce Travis McGill is an American actor who has an extensive list of credits in film and television. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jack Dalton on the television series MacGyver and as Daniel Simpson "D-Day" Day in National Lampoon's Animal House.-Early life:McGill was born in San...
  
   - T.C. Bryant
• Kristy Swanson
  Kristy Swanson
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   - Julie Albrecht
• Robert Sean Leonard
  Robert Sean Leonard
  Robert Sean Leonard is an American actor, who has regularly starred in Broadway and off-Broadway productions. Since 2004 he has played the role of Dr. James Wilson on the TV series House...
  
   - Cruise
• Kelly McGillis
  Kelly McGillis
  Kelly Ann McGillis is an American actress. Her films include Top Gun, The Accused, and Witness, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination.-Career:...
  
   - Susan Stratton
• Margaret Cho
  Margaret Cho
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   - Amanda
• Ruben Paul - Sam
• Charles Fleischer
  Charles Fleischer
  Charles Fleischer is an American actor, stand-up comedian and voice artist.-Life and career:Fleischer was born in Washington, D.C. As a child, he is reported to have spent several summers at Kamp Kewanee in La Plume, Pennsylvania, where he started practicing his stand-up routine at age nine...
  
   - Randy
• Henry Winkler
  Henry Winkler
  Henry Franklin Winkler, OBE is an American actor, director, producer, and author.Winkler is best known for his role as Fonzie on the 1970s American sitcom Happy Days...
  
   - John Quinn
• Farrah Forke
  Farrah Forke
  Farrah Rachael Forke, sometimes credited as Farrah R. Forke , is an American actress known for her role as "Alex Lambert" on the NBC sitcom Wings, and "Mayson Drake" on Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman...
  
   - Laura Franklin
• Michael Gross
  Michael Gross (actor)
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   - Murray
• Vito D'Ambrosio - Weather Analyst
• Jack Plotnick
  Jack Plotnick
  Jack Stuart Plotnick is an American film and television actor.Born in Worthington, Ohio, Plotnick is based in Hollywood...
  
   - Curtis
• Mike Kimmel - Pudgy
• Brian George
  Brian George
  Brian George is a British-Israeli actor and voice actor for Indian accents, who typically plays guest roles for characters of South Asian descent. Perhaps his most famous role is as Pakistani restaurateur Babu Bhatt on Seinfeld.-Early life:...
  
  - Shamaal