In Robert Zemeckis' drama FLIGHT, alcoholic pilot Whip Whittaker (Denzel
Washington) does a miraculous job crash-landing a plane that has
suffered a severe mechanical breakdown in midair, however the mandated
investigation into the incident will inevitably lead to the discovery
that he was flying the plane while drunk and on cocaine. As he attempts
to sober up, Whip befriends a fellow addict he meets during his
post-accident stay in the hospital. Soon he fails in his attempts to
white-knuckle himself to sobriety, and with the help of his favorite
drug-dealer (John Goodman) and his lawyer (Don Cheadle), Whip must
prepare to testify about what happened on that fateful flight.