Flight of the Phoenix
by John Moore
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Actor: Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Miranda Otto, Tony Curran, Tyrese GibsonDirector: John Moore
Brand: TCFHE
Producer: Alex Blum
Producer: John Davis
Producer: Ric Kidney
Producer: William Aldrich
Writer: Edward Burns
Writer: Lukas Heller
Writer: Scott Frank
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Extra tracks, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
Published: 2005-03-01
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-01
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Flight of the Phoenix
Movie Review: Saw it Saturday
Summary: 5 Stars
Saw it Saturday at the Bridge theater in Culver City. In one word, my review would be, "awesome." I remember when I was a boy my dad taking me to see the old Robert Aldrich movie "The Flight of the Phoenix" at the tiny Kings Park Theater on Long Island. That as so long ago James Stewart could still play an action hero. I loved the picture then, and I think a lot of boys my age still will connect the movie with similar male-bonding experiences with their dads--maybe they should have released this re-make during Father's Day holiday instead of Christmas. Anyhow, the remake did not disappoint. Dennis Quaid is no Jimmy Stewart, but he's just as good in this as he was in THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. Funny in this one he's always traipsing up and down over Gobi desert hills in Gunga Din heat sweating his balls off, whereas in TOMORROW he was all icy cold with ice forming over his face. What a year it's been for poor Dennis Quaid. In this film he plays Frank "Shut Em Down" Townes, a crack pilot who makes some unfortuante decisions early in the film and spends the rest of the time living them down and trying to righten things.
Miranda Otto looks completely different than she did in the final two films of the LORD OF THE RINGS tragedy. She plays Kelly, a tough as nails oil driller and physically she looks a lot like Evangeline Lilly who plays "Kate" on ABC's LOST. Everyone around me sitting in the theater was commenting on how much this film resembles LOST. Frank and Kelly are just like Jack and Kate in LOST, there's a quasi-Sayed guy who spouts a lot of mystic Kahil Gibran philosophy, a chubby guy sort of like Hurley, and strange monstrous creatures out there who are using the castaways as target practice. And of course, there is the shadow of the wrecked plane spilling out over the sands. But THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX is not a rip off of LOST, rather, the resemblance is the other way around. Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat its lessons, but for today, my tip is, if you like action pictures and don't mind the constant burning sun, see this film and try to figure out what twists and turns are coming next. And also, even if you dislike Giovanni Ribisi in other movies, don't let us casting here prevent you from seeing this film, because he shows another side of himself here and will really win your heart despite playing such a loathsome, racist, lying, manipulative and sociopathic character.
Summary of Flight of the Phoenix
A GROUP OF CRASH SURVIVORS - CAST-OFFS FROM SOCIETY WHO WILLNEVER BE MISSED - ARE STRANDED IN THE MONGOLIAN DESERT WITH NOHOPE OF RESCUE. AS THEY ATTEMPT TO BUILD A NEW PLANE FROM THE WRECKAGE OF THE OLD ONE, IN HOPES OF FLYING BACK TO CIVILIZATION, THEY EXPERIENCE A REBIRTH OF THEIR OWN.Similar DVD Movies
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