The Flight Of The Phoenix Movie Wiki

The movie was not as well received as the first adaptation from 1965.

The flight of the phoenix movie wiki. The plot involves the crash of a transport aircraft in the middle of a desertand the survivors desperate attempt to save themselves. The flight of the phoenixis a 1964 novel by elleston trevor. Flight of the phoenix opened in the u s. The flight of the phoenix 1965 the flight of the phoenix.

Its pilot paul mantz died in an accident during a touch and go made to simulate a takeoff after which it was replaced by a crudely modified north american o 47a. Flying a very unusual aircraft the tallmantz phoenix p 1 built especially for the film mantz struck a small hillock while skimming over a desert site in arizona for a second take. Flight of the phoenix is a 2004 american survival drama film and a remake of a 1965 film of the same name both based on the 1964 novel the flight of the phoenix by elleston trevor about a group of people who survive an aircraft crash in the gobi desert and must build a new aircraft out of the old one to escape. Not rated 2h 22min adventure drama 15 december 1965 usa after a plane crash in the sahara one of the survivors says he s an airplane designer and they can make a flyable plane from the wreckage.

The flight of the phoenix is a 2004 the film of the book about the crew and passengers of a downed plane in the gobi desert who once realizing that rescue is not coming attempt to build a smaller airplane out of the remaining parts of their aircraft. The book was the basis for the 1965 film the flight of the phoenixstarring james stewartand the 2004 remaketitled flight of the phoenix. The tallmantz phoenix p 1 was an faa certified one off aircraft built for the 1965 film production the flight of the phoenix and used in the picture s initial aerial sequences. The film stars dennis quaid and giovanni ribisi.

The story describes a small group of men struggling to survive their aircraft s emergency landing in the sahara desert and stars richard attenborough peter finch hardy krüger and ernest borgnine. Robert aldrich s flight of the phoenix is a near flawless classic action thriller that boasts a tremendous cast of phenomenal talent. On december 17 2004. The film was a box office failure and received generally mixed reviews.