Buckle up for DIAL H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, the airplane hijacking documentary that eerily foreshadowed 9-11. We meet the romantic skyjackers who fought their revolutions and won airtime on the passenger planes of the 1960's and 1970's. By the 1990's, such characters were apparently no more, replaced on our TV screens by stories of anonymous bombs in suitcases.

Most interestly, the documentary investigates the sexual urges behind the hijackers as well as investigating numerous people who are thrilled and not scared to be involved in hijackings. An amazing set of footage to behold.

Director Johan Grimonprez investigates the politics behind this change, at the same time unwrapping our own complicity in the urge for ultimate disaster. Playing on Don DeLillo's riff in his novel Mao II: "what terrorists gain, novelists lose" and "home is a failed idea", he blends archival footage of hijackings with surreal and banal themes, including fast food, pet statistics, disco, and his quirky home movies. David Shea composed the superb soundtrack to this free fall through history, best described in the words of one hijacked Pepsi executive as "running the gamut of many emotions, from surprise to shock to fear, to joy, to laughter, and then again, fear."

"Exceptional for its juice, its jazzy compelling fusion of social and aesthetic issues, and its stomach-churning power." - NY Times

"A sense of urgency and a wrenching emotional attack." - The Times (London)

"Each cut turns a screw deeper until your mind hurts." - SF Bay Guardian

"An eccentric, roller coaster ride through history." - Time Out

Check out the trailer!