The Flight of the Phoenix

The Flight of the Phoenix
by Robert Aldrich

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Actor: Ernest Borgnine, Hardy Kr?ger, James Stewart, Peter Finch, Richard Attenborough
Director: Robert Aldrich
Brand: STEWART,JAMES
Cinematographer: Joseph F. Biroc
Producer: Robert Aldrich
Editor: Michael Luciano
Producer: Walter Blake
Writer: Lukas Heller
Writer: Trevor Dudley Smith
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 142 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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Movie Review: Warning: Package contains mutilated work of art!
Summary: 1 Stars

This version was made from a full screen version where the left and right sides were sliced off. Then the tops and bottoms were sliced off so the image would fit a modern 16:9 monitor. What you see is a small rectangle cut out of the center of the original movie.

The first clue was that the familiar 20th Century Fox logo was cut off on all four sides. When the actors came on screen, it looked like every shot was a closeup. Lots of giant faces, like how they used to shoot TV shows. The effect is gruesome. Watching this version is most unsettling. I could not stand to watch for more than about ten minutes.

The package says "widescreen edition". Maybe it's time for legislation to define terms, because this labeling should be illegal. All copies of this version should be destroyed.

I hope they release a genuine version of this terrific movie.

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Summary of The Flight of the Phoenix

James Stewart stars as the captain of a plane that has crashed in the desert and must be fixed on the double before all crew members die.

Robert Aldrich's tense, 1965 drama about a plane crash in the Sahara is a unique psychological study of men in desperate circumstances. In this somewhat revisionist view of classic heroism, every character within the mixed lot is stretched to his limit, and individual efforts to brave the elements and hostile nomads are duly punished. What is left is collective will and ingenuity. One could call this an allegory for transcending Cold War madness, perhaps, but Aldrich (Kiss Me Deadly) makes this such a gritty, immediate experience that you can feel the desert sand in your teeth. Superb performances by James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Hardy Kr?ger, Peter Finch, and the rest. --Tom Keogh

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