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The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) 7.6
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. Director:Robert Aldrich |
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Heinrich Dorfmann
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A cargo plane goes down in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will build to escape before their food and water run out. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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airplane | sahara | sandstorm | cargo plane | stranded in the desert |Taglines:
Theirs was the triumph - yours, the excitement! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
15 December 1965 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Fönix repülése See more »Company Credits
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'Ratbags' Crow: [in a mocking, ironic tone] What? Find us? Nah, it'll simplify things no end, old chap! They'll just bloody give up! Oh, you're not frightened, are ya? You don't want to be despondent, old man, you know! Wait till the water runs out. Then you'll really start laughing!
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Sung by Connie Francis
Music and Italian lyrics by Gino Paoli
English lyrics by Alec Wilder
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Brief footage of the crash that killed Paul Mantz is shown near the end of the documentary "Cinerama Adventure". See more »Goofs
When the crew is discussing how to deal with the Arabs, Dorfmann is clean-shaven one moment and he has a beard the next. See more »Quotes
Standish: [nervously] The sandstorm'll make it more difficult, won't it?'Ratbags' Crow: [in a mocking, ironic tone] What? Find us? Nah, it'll simplify things no end, old chap! They'll just bloody give up! Oh, you're not frightened, are ya? You don't want to be despondent, old man, you know! Wait till the water runs out. Then you'll really start laughing!
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Crazy Credits
It should be remembered... that Paul Mantz, a fine man and a brilliant flyer gave his life in the making of this film... See more »Soundtracks
Senza FineSung by Connie Francis
Music and Italian lyrics by Gino Paoli
English lyrics by Alec Wilder
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Edwin Aldrin the second man to walk on the moon was asked once if he was in his spacecraft and his engine quit running and he was going to die in an hour how would he spend that last hour? He replied `I'd work on the engine.' This film essentially is about that same type situation. A cargo plane with passengers aboard goes down in the Arabian Desert and the survivors quickly come to the realization that they eventually will be found but probably by that time they will be dead. One of the passengers says he can build a flyable plane out the existing wreckage and they can save themselves. However he's never taken on a project quite this large before.
There are a number of little subplots with the characters to include a hard-nosed pilot, his booze guzzling co-pilot, a British Army sergeant who has a dislike for officers, A by the book British Army officer, A doctor, A mental patient, A cynical oil field worker, an accountant, and so forth. It's somewhat of an all star cast so it helps the picture. Although a little long the film is intriguing. The only damper on this movie is that Paul Mantz a superb pilot was killed in the making of it.