The Flight of the Phoenix
by Robert Aldrich
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Actor: Ernest Borgnine, Hardy Kr?ger, James Stewart, Peter Finch, Richard AttenboroughDirector: Robert Aldrich
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-Video, 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
Movie Reviews of The Flight of the Phoenix
Movie Review: 3 stars out of 4
Summary: 4 Stars
The Bottom Line:
An engaging adventure that is better in almost every way than its more modern remake, The Flight of the Phoenix makes the most out of its interesting premise and desert setting; with a cast of top-flight character actors behind the somewhat-annoying Jimmy Stewart, it's a worthy film.
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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