25th Hour
25th Hour is a 2002 American drama film directed by Spike Lee and starring Edward Norton.25th Hour opened to positive reviews, with several critics since having ranked it as one of the best films of its decade and praising its portrayal of New York City after the September 11 attacks.The film opens with multiple shots of the Tribute in Light floodlights reaching into the sky from the site of the World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the 9/11 attacks.He has passed American flags, fire station memorials, and tattered posters, reminders of those lost in the 9/11 attack.These are Frank, a boorish Wall Street trader, and Jacob, an introverted high school teacher with a crush on one of his students, named Mary.Monty visits his father, James, a former firefighter and recovering alcoholic at his bar, to confirm their plans to drive to the prison the following morning.Facing himself in the mirror, Monty lashes out in his mind against everyone in New York before finally turning on himself, angry for becoming greedy and not giving up drug dealing before he was caught.As they drive up the Henry Hudson Parkway, James suggests they take the George Washington Bridge to go west, into hiding, and gives Monty a vision of a future where he avoids imprisonment, reunites with Naturelle, starts a family, and grows old.Six months before that a preliminary trade copy was circulated; actor and producer Tobey Maguire read it and became interested in playing the lead role of Monty Brogan.