Flight of the Phoenix - Definition and Overview

The Flight of the Phoenix is the name of a 1964 novel by Elleston Trevor, a 1965 movie, and its 2004 remake (as Flight of the Phoenix). The overall plot involves the crash of a plane (a C-82 Packet in the 1965 version, a C-119 Flying Boxcar in the remake) in the middle of a desert and the survivors attempting to make a flyable plane from the wreckage to escape.

In the 1965 version, the plane crashed in a sandstorm in the Sahara desert and in the 2004 version, it crashes in the Gobi.

The 1965 version starred James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine, Hardy Krüger, George Kennedy, Dan Duryea and Ian Bannen (nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar) and was directed by Robert Aldrich. The 2004 version starred Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese, Miranda Otto and Hugh Laurie and was directed by John Moore.

Stunt pilot Paul Mantz was killed during the filming of the 1965 movie.

External links

• The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059183/) at the Internet Movie Database
• Flight of the Phoenix (2004) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377062/) at the Internet Movie Database