'' World Trade Center '' is a 2006 American survival disaster drama film directed by Oliver Stone and based on the September 11 , 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center . It stars Nicolas Cage , Maria Bello , Michael Peña , Maggie Gyllenhaal , Stephen Dorff and Michael Shannon . The film was shot between October 2005 and February 2006 , and released on August 9 , 2006
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World Trade Center (film)