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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5039036015882
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 2
Sales Rank: 169176
Theatrical Release Date: December 15, 1965
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Robert Aldrich's tense, 1965 drama about a plane crash in the Sahara is a unique psychological study of men in desperate circumstances. In this somewhat revisionist view of classic heroism, every character within the mixed lot is stretched to his limit, and individual efforts to brave the elements and hostile nomads are duly punished. What is left is collective will and ingenuity. One could call this an allegory for transcending Cold War madness, perhaps, but Aldrich (Kiss Me Deadly) makes this such a gritty, immediate experience that you can feel the desert sand in your teeth. Superb performances by James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Hardy Krüger, Peter Finch, and the rest. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The definition of a classic
This may not have won any awards, but it is a great story superbly acted by a stellar cast. Infinitely better than the recent trashy remake. The interplay between the characters is finely done and keeps you hooked from start to finish. Best film of 1965 without a doubt and definitely an important addition to anyone's history of cinema collection.
Rating: - computer nerd vs. grizzled old veteran
"Flight of the Phoenix" is truly a superior film and is one of my all time favorites. An airplane carrying a cargo of men, mostly oil field types, crashes into the North African desert because of a sudden sand storm that the pilot, Jimmy Stewart, is unable to climb over. Several men are killed in the initial crash and Stewart is a writhing mass of guilt.
The ordeal, however, is by no means over. The crash site is hundreds of miles away from the nearest help and, worse, because the ... Read More
Rating:  - Aldrich's 2nd best All Male Action Classic
This film released in 1965 did less than sensational business at the box office even with a great all male cast which includes James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Hardy Kruger, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine, Christian Marquand & Dan Duryea and tight suspenseful plot. The story is one of survival when a plane has to crash land in the Sahara due to technical difficulties and each of the men have to depend upon one another to survive. Stewart is excellent as usual as the crusty WWII vet who is forced ... Read More
Rating: - Flight Of The Pheonix ( original)
Interesting film better than the re make i give this a 8 out of ten for entertainment
Service was excellent
Rating: - The Flight of the Phoenix - an important analogy
This movie was on TV recently and even though I bought the DVD last year,I still watched it. It is one of my all time favorites. I saw this at the same time I was studying and writing an essay on our energy situation when it occurred to me there was an interesting analogy, an analogy that I felt could be used in the essay. So here is a brief part of that essay.
The sub-title for this essay is from the movie, The Flight of the Phoenix. For those who have not seen this it featured a crash landing ... Read More
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