Flight Of The Phoenix (DVD)

...early 70's; that movie was Flight Of The Phoenix. The trouble with Flight Of The Phoenix in 1965 was that it was a movie that belonged to the 1950's in its style and story. In 2004 having been remade Flight Of The Phoenix again slipped under under the radar the difference was that this time unfortunately it was much needed; and it was very much a movie of today. Flight Of The Phoenix has it all action, disaster, comedy, drama with fantastic performances ...
...is fine, but during the flight out they encounter a terrific sand storm; during this the plane crashes into the most remote part of the desert without life for over 200 miles. Just prior to the crash the planes transmitter broke off the plane leaving them without means of communicating with the outside world. Worse still they soon discover that they are less alone than they realised; Mongolian bandits are closing on on them wanting to loot the plane. ...

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Flight of the Phoenix is a 2004 remake of the 1965 film of the same name starring James Stewart and Richard Attenborough. It isa disaster movie about survival and teamwork, and is a solid remake of a very good film. The Plot Following the crash of a plane in the Mongolian desert, the survivors must work together and struggle in the conditions facing them in a race against time to find a way out of their predicament. Each and every hour they use ...
...dehydration and madness. This quirky bunch of characters must combine their skills to survive, and the only way out seems the most infeasible: rebuilding a plane from the remains of the crashed one! The Cast and Performances This is a cast full of names. All characters have something that is useful to their survival or escape. Dennis Quaid plays Frank Towns, who quickly takes control of the group and sets about finding a way of fixing the plane ...

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Now, I have the possibly unusual aspect here that I have not seen the original film, so I could only take this as a film in itself, not comparable to something else. As a film overall I found it entertaining. An oil company shuts down a desert branch and a plane is sent to take the workers home, which then gets brought down by a sand storm, forcing the disparate mix of survivors to find a way to get home and work together. A bit of a cliched story ...
...predictable. I enjoyed the interesting development of how the characters learn to get along, the frustrations as they have to work without water and find a way to survive, and the rather glorious scenic shots of sand and desert (I watched this around the same time as Michael Palin's Sahara so had had enough of desert shots by the end!). The film was a little frustrating for me in the way that it held such promise but didn't quite deliver - the characters ...

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Flight of the Phoenix- DVD Starring: Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese, Miranda Otto ,Tony Curran, Sticky Fingaz, Hugh Laurie, Jacob Vargas, Scott Michael Campbell ,Kevork Malikyan Release date: June 27, 2005 Production year: 2004 Run time: 108 mins The Story: An oil company shuts downa remote drilling site in teh mongolian desert and sends a plane to collect its misfit employees and the equipment. On route back the plane gets into difficulty ...
...The pilot and passengers survive apart from a couple of people who arnt even introduced to the viewers and so were obviously going to be lost. After awaiting rescue in the searing heat and realising that it probably isn't coming they decide to build a new plane out of the old parts and machinery from the drilling site. With numerous hicups, such as sandstorm, nomadic desert pirates, and rouge workers, this film is a slow and painful crawl through ...

wompie99 29.08.2005 · Read full review
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The Summary A group of passenger crash their plane in the Mongolian desert, with no chance of being saved. So they begin to overcome their trials and begin to unite. The Review This movie was an okay survival movie, with good visual effects and alright actors who get the job done. My first impression was that it was a bit boring but after a while things started to pick up and there were conflicts between the survivors you got told about the survivors ...
...the desert smugglers battled them. But the building of the plane was little in detail. The film is rated 15 and runs for 1hr 49 mins, also it is in widescreen and comes with many features from a audio commentary to deleted scenes. Overall the film was average and okay. ...

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