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| Flight of the Phoenix [1] |
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| Director: Robert Aldrich |
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Lukas Heller, Trevor Dudley Smith |
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Robert Aldrich, Walter Blake |
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James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine |
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Action & Adventure |
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| Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 |
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(NTSC Widescreen) |
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English, Spanish |
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| Studio: 20th Century Fox |
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DVD Region: 1 |
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NR |
| DVD Release: May 2003 |
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Discs: 1 (Cloud) [$14.98] |
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Reviews: I dusted my “Flight...” off and watched it again, seeing that there was another one coming out. I wanted to see how this measured up to it. I have not seen the newer version, but with James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Hardy Kruger, Ernest Borgnine, Peter Finch, George Kennedy and a few other stars, as well as Robert Aldrich directing, what can go wrong!
Nothing!
Will the new release stand up to such an outstanding film? Hopefully.
It is about a crew and passengers on broad a cargo-like plane who crash in the desert and rebuild one with the leftover parts. The passengers are a motley crew, made up from Dapper Dan to you-don’t-have-your-head-screwed-on. What happens to each is a treat to study, especially Stewart as the pilot and Kruger as the aircraft designer. Those two are at each others thoat until the very end.
I especially like the quote from James Stewart when he says “I supposed the guy with the slide-rule and computer will rule the world one of these days.” So true. So true! |
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